{"id":13763,"date":"2015-11-27T10:19:09","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T09:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13763"},"modified":"2015-11-27T10:23:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-27T09:23:38","slug":"lite-version-of-raspbian-jessie-available-from-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13763","title":{"rendered":"Lite version of Raspbian Jessie available from Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pi.gate.ac.uk\/pages\/images\/raspbian-logo-400x234.jpg?resize=400%2C234&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"234\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a surprise, though welcome, move, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has made available a slimmed-down version of the Raspbian operating system image. I haven&#8217;t tried it myself, but I imagine it does away with most, if not all,\u00a0of the bundled software on the full version. The download is a svelte 375MB and expands to an image 1.3GB\u00a0in size. It&#8217;s sure to be popular amongst those who just want a bare-bones installation for using the command line and those who have loads of 4GB SD cards lying about. Good move folks!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/downloads\/raspbian\/\" target=\"_blank\">Download the new image from the Foundation&#8217;s download page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a surprise, though welcome, move, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has made available a slimmed-down version of the Raspbian operating system image. 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