Raspberry Pi OS Updated With More Wayland Work, Likely The Last Based On Debian 12

Written by Michael Larabel in Raspberry Pi on 7 May 2025 at 09:48 AM EDT. 1 Comment

Raspberry Pi today announced the latest update to their Raspberry Pi OS, which continues to be based on Debian Linux and likely their last major release before migrating from a Debian 12 base to Debian 13 later in the year.

A new Raspberry Pi OS release is available for new installations or simply upgrading your existing Raspberry Pi OS environment. This is likely their last version based on Debian 12 "Bookworm" before moving to Debian 13 "Trixie" after its official release later in 2025.

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Some of the new Raspberry Pi OS improvements include:

- Raspberry Pi OS is now using a modified version of Swaylock for its screen-locking.

- Separation of console and desktop auto-login options under the Raspberry Pi Configuration app.

- A new Printers application for managing printers on Raspberry Pi OS.

- Improved touchscreen handling under Wayland.

- Upgrading to the labwc 0.8.1 Wayland compositor.

More details on the new Raspberry Pi OS release via RaspberryPi.com.