Raspberry Pi OS Now Based On Debian 12 "Bookworm" + Wayland

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Raspberry Pi OS Update Released - Based On Debian 12 "Bookworm" + Using Wayland

For going along with the recently announced Raspberry Pi 5 speedy single board computer, an updated Raspberry Pi OS is now available that has re-based against Debian 12 "Bookworm"...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Raspberry-Pi-OS-Bookworm

[Danny3]

Does Debian itself have releases for Raspberry Pi and are all the desktop environment that Debian offers in its installer for x86 computers available to be installed on raspberry Pi devices too?

What does Raspberry Pi OS have compared to Debian, why doesn't they upstream their bugfixes and improvements into Debian?

[access]

Does Debian itself have releases for Raspberry Pi and are all the desktop environment that Debian offers in its installer for x86 computers available to be installed on raspberry Pi devices too?

https://raspi.debian.net/

[Sethox]

The term Wayland in Linux is popping up more frequently recently. It will die off when it's standard...

On a serious note, neat news about the Raspberry Pi OS.

[plonoma]

Congratulations!

[V1tol]

Detailed changelog actually looks impressive. Making so many internal changes while maintaining the same user interface is really awesome.

[Vermilion]

What does Raspberry Pi OS have compared to Debian, why doesn't they upstream their bugfixes and improvements into Debian?

They're not just making bug fixes. This is a debian-based distro with different defaults, different software selection (including proprietary software), and their own desktop environment.
They still upstream their changes to upstream projects.

[cen1]

X clowns coming in any minute now, explaining to us how this is really bad for some reason.

[cb88]

X clowns coming in any minute now, explaining to us how this is really bad for some reason.

Pot calling kettle black... just sayin'

[skeevy420]

X clowns coming in any minute now, explaining to us how this is really bad for some reason.

That's how I imagine X Clowns