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Slightly under the radar, the Raspberry Pi Foundation have released<\/a> a new, slicker and more user friendly version of the standard Raspbian desktop. You can get the new desktop by downloading a new image for your Pi<\/a> or by typing in the following instructions:<\/p>\n

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Slightly under the radar, the Raspberry Pi Foundation have released a new, slicker and more user friendly version of the standard Raspbian desktop. You can get the new desktop by downloading a new image for your Pi or by typing…<\/p>\n
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