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2.9 Other Operating Systems

Raspbian Linux is not the only OS that you can run on a

Raspberry Pi. Many varieties of Linux have been repackaged so

that you can use them, and there are several non-Linux

operating systems that also work.

Arch Linux

Arch Linux is an extremely lightweight version of Linux that is

ideal for servers or devices with unusual purposes – where many

of the packages that are normally installed to create a usable

desktop environment are not needed. You can download a disk

image of Arch Linux from

http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/ or install it from

NOOBS.

RISC OS

RISC OS is available at http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/

or you can install it using NOOBS. It has been in use since 1987,

and was designed for Archimedes line of computers made by

Acorn Computers Ltd. These machines used the first ARM

processors.

RetroPie

RetroPie is a customized version of Raspbian that repackages the

OS with a variety of emulators for classic computers and video

games consoles. Find out more at

http://blog.petrockblock.com/retropie/

AEROS

AROS is designed to be a successor to the operating system

AmigaOS, which is itself based on the operating system used by

the Commodore Amiga range of 16-bit computers. The

Raspberry Pi version is called AEROS.