Those who know the Raspberry PI may have already understood what we are talking about in this article, that is the new and improved default operating system for Raspberry mini PCs, which can also be used on any other computer to save it from old age and make it become super fast as if it was a latest generation tablet. For those who do not know it, the Raspberry, (now you can buy the Raspberry PI 3 online for 40 Euros) is a mini computer made only of a motherboard, as small as a cell phone, processor, wifi RAM network, space for SD card and connectors to connect monitor or TV, keyboard and mouse.
In essence it is a PC in all respects, only that very small and essential, with a very negligible and low cost.
A new Linux-based operating system called Pixel (which stands for Pi, X Environment, light ) has also been released for the Raspberry 3, which works really well and can be downloaded for free and installed on any other computer, even a Windows PC or a Mac.
This is the best lightest operating system that can be found today, designed to be fast even on a computer with only one GB of RAM (like the Raspberry PI), which already includes the most important programs.
Since it requires little hardware resources and is the lightest operating system for PC and Mac, perfect to use on any computer that, with less than 1 Giga of RAM or even with 2 GB, can never be fast if you use Windows.
Installing Pixel on PC and Mac is quite simple and is an operation for everyone, without needing to be an expert system administrator.
To get started, you need to download the ISO image of the Pixel operating system, i.e. the installation file, from the project page which also provides all the instructions to install it and solve problems.
This system can then be burned to a DVD or copied to a USB stick .
In case you want to use a USB stick, Pixel's creators recommend downloading and installing the Etcher program, which has an automatic procedure for copying (Flashing) the system to a USB stick without using other programs.
Once you have created the installation USB stick with Etcher or the DVD, connect it to a free port on the laptop and restart the computer from the USB drive.
To boot the PC from USB just change the boot order at boot, which can be done by pressing only the F12 or F11 key as soon as it is turned on.
The same thing also applies to Pixel on DVD, changing the PC boot to start it from the DVD player instead of from the hard disk.
On Mac computers, however, just press and hold the Option key during startup to view the list of available drives, then choose the USB stick.
NOTE: Pixel, currently works only as a live operating system, which is not installed on the computer disk, but runs directly from the DVD or USB stick (so the current installation of Windows or Mac is not touched).
For now it is not possible to install it as the main operating system of the computer on hard disk, but I think it will be shortly, when the final version is ready.
Once you start the Raspberry operating system, you will immediately notice an aesthetically very nice desktop screen, with menus and icons ordered to make their use easy even for beginners and those who have never used Linux.
For example, you can quickly activate and deactivate bluetooth and wifi with the buttons in the upper right corner and open the list of programs, preferences and folders from the main menu in the upper left.
In addition, as mentioned above, Raspberry's Pixel already includes some pre-installed programs including RealVNC, to connect in remote desktop to another computer, Chrome, to surf the internet and Libreoffice, to work on Word Excel and Powerpoint documents.
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