Download Raspberry Pi OS 2020-12-02

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has released a new version of its operating system for the single-board computers of the same name. Raspberry Pi OS is based on Debian Linux and is available in three different versions; an implementation with a desktop environment and various applications, an implementation with only the desktop environment, or an implementation without a desktop environment. In the new version, the switch from Alsa to PulseAudio has been made, there is improved support for Cups printing, Chromium has been updated to the latest version and the new Raspberry Pi fan can be controlled. Extended release notes are up this page to find, this is the changelog:

2020-12-02:

• PulseAudio now included and running by default
• Bluealsa Bluetooth interface removed – Bluetooth audio is now handled by PulseAudio
• LXPanel volume control plugin replaced with PulseAudio version
• Version 84.0.4147.105 or Chromium web browser included
• Version 3.3.0 or Thony included
• Version 32.0.0.453 of Flash player included – note that this will be the final release of Flash, as it is end-of-lifed at the end of 2020
• CUPS printer system included, along with system-config-printer CUPS GUI and HP printer drivers
• raspi-config menu structure rearranged to match Raspberry Pi Configuration tabs
• Control for GPIO-connected fans added to raspi-config and Raspberry Pi Configuration
• Control for power / activity LED on Pi 400 and Pi Zero added to raspi-config and Raspberry Pi Configuration
• Improved screen reader voice prompts in several applications
• Added ctrl-alt-space shortcut to install Orca screen reader at any point
• Low voltage warnings added to battery monitor plugin
• Magnifier plugin zoom can now be changed with scroll wheel when pointer is over icon
• Change to notification popups – now will only close when clicked on directly, not by clicking anywhere
• Bookshelf now made compatible with translated versions of books and magazines, and will offer translated versions where available, based on system language setting
• Bug fix – crash in CPU temperature plugin when throttling detection fails
• Bug fix – if Orca is running, shutdown commands and shutdown dialog will force kill it to prevent it locking up the reboot or shutdown process
• Various additional language translations added
• Various minor bug fixes and UI tweaks
• Raspberry Pi firmware b324aea801f669b6ab18441f970e74a5a7346684
• Linux kernel 5.4.79