This page catalogues operating systems used for personal robots.
Linux-Based Operating Systems#
- Raspian vs. Alternatives for Raspberry Pi
"Raspian", a portmanteau of "Raspberry" and "Debian", was the original Linux-based OS for the Raspberry Pi. The current version is still Debian-based, but has been renamed as "Raspberry Pi OS".
To install the OS on a Pi, it is copied onto an SD card using an application like the Balena Etcher, but the preferred method is to an application called the Raspberry Pi Imager, a free download from the Raspberry Pi OS home page
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Other Operating Systems#
- Armbian is a Debian-based OS used for ARM architecture, non-Raspberry Pi boards (it has not been and is not likely to be ported to the Raspberry Pi)
- CircuitPython or MicroPython, a programming language, not an operating system but effectively used as such on microcontrollers (when powered on they run a single program)
- JavaScript (as used on the Espruino)