The latest release is based on the Raspbian Stretch OS

Nov 21, 2017 17:03 GMT  ·  By

After releasing last week the Raspberry Digital Signal 10.0 operating system, Binary Emotions developers inform us today on the availability of Raspberry Slideshow 10.

Raspberry Slideshow is another Linux-based operating system that runs on Raspberry Pi single-board computers, this time designed to provide image and video slideshows, as its name implies. The OS is capable of playing different media formats from a Windows (Samba), FTP, or web server share, or from a USB flash drive.

The latest version, Raspberry Slideshow 10.0, is using packages from Raspberry Pi Foundation's Raspbian Stretch release, which is based on the Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" operating system series. It also adds support for all the Raspberry Pi models available on the market, as well as a number of improvements for better performance.

Among these, we can mention that the old SysV init-based scripts that were used for launching the slideshows have been replaced with the systemd unit file, and smoother transitions have been implemented between images and videos. This release also includes some minor under-the-hood improvements.

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update errors

The developers inform us that you might experience permission/write errors with the latest build of Microsoft's Windows 10 Fall Creators Update when using USB drives for sharing media to the Raspberry Slideshow OS. If this happens, you'll have to try again until it works correctly, as there's no other fix in place.

Raspberry Slideshow 10.0 is available for download right now from the official website. It is important to mention here that the operating system is built with various functions that can refresh the media list on a regular basis to slide images or videos in accordance with your needs. More details about the OS and the changes implemented in this major release can be found on today's announcement.