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NOOBS (New Out Of the Box Software) version 1.3.9, which is suitable for the new Raspberry Pi Model B+, provides beginners an easy way to install operating systems on their Rasp Pis.

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Six operating systems on a single DVD:

NOOBS (New Out Of the Box Software) version 1.3.9, which is suitable for the new Raspberry Pi Model B+, provides beginners an easy way to install operating systems on their Rasp Pis. The NOOBS installation manager offers the following operating systems:

  • Raspbian "wheezy" – Debian-based distribution recommended for beginning users.
  • Pidora – A Fedora remix optimized for the Raspberry Pi.
  • Arch Linux ARM – A special version of the popular Arch Linux tailored for the Pi.
  • OpenELEC – Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center – a small (80-120MB) Linux distribution that turns your Raspberry Pi into an XBMC media center.
  • Raspbmc – XBMC media center distro based on Raspbian.
  • RISC OS – Not Linux, but a separate OS that has been around since 1987 and traces its roots to some of the original developers of the ARM chip.

The DVD enclosed with this issue comes with a collection of some of the best and most popular Raspberry Pi distributions. Format an SD card of at least 8MB as FAT32 using a card reader attached to your PC and write the files included on this disk to the SD card using a disk image writer application. Then, unmount the SD card, insert it into the Raspberry Pi, and reboot.

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