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Pop!_OS (Pi edition)
Les Pounder loves pop… pop music, fizzy “pop” drinks and popcorn. But does he have an appreciation of Pop!_OS?
IN BRIEF
Pop!_OS aims to bring its famed ease of use to the Raspberry Pi. Making use of a slick, custom Gnome desktop, Pop!_ OS is designed to be run on the Raspberry Pi 4 and 400. It’s based on Ubuntu 21.10, Pop!_OS and so inherits some of Ubuntu on Pi’s failings, but don’t let that put you off a solid OS.
C hances are, being a Linux Format reader you’ll have already heard of Pop!_OS. This is an open source distro for STEM and creative users, created by System 76. Until now, Pop!_OS has been locked to x86 CPU platforms. However, a new version, powered by the latest Ubuntu 21.10 “Impish Indri” 64-bit release and geared towards the Raspberry Pi’s Arm CPU, has been unleashed upon the world.