{"id":16976,"date":"2017-06-23T10:18:30","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T09:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16976"},"modified":"2017-06-23T10:18:30","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T09:18:30","slug":"update-to-raspbian-desktop-includes-scratch-2-0-and-a-new-python-ide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16976","title":{"rendered":"Update to Raspbian desktop includes Scratch 2.0 and a new Python IDE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/scratch2gpio.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16977\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/scratch2gpio.jpg?resize=510%2C363&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/scratch2gpio.jpg?w=510&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/scratch2gpio.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/scratch2gpio.jpg?resize=260%2C185&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/scratch2gpio.jpg?resize=160%2C114&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Simon Long has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/blog\/a-raspbian-desktop-update-with-some-new-programming-tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just posted on the Raspberry Pi website<\/a>\u00a0about an update to Raspbian that has just been released. The following changes have been implemented:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scratch 2.0 (offline version) pre-installed, including ability to do physical computing!<\/li>\n<li>Thonny IDE for Python pre-installed (a new IDE which gives a nicer experience than the popular IDLE IDE).<\/li>\n<li>New icon set with thinner outlines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also released is an x86 image of the update, allowing both live-booting from a USB stick and wipe-and-installation.<\/p>\n<p>Simon also announced that software development is well under way for the new version of Raspbian, based on Debian Stretch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/blog\/a-raspbian-desktop-update-with-some-new-programming-tools\/\">Read more about the update here<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/downloads\/raspbian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download the new Raspbian image here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Long has just posted on the Raspberry Pi website\u00a0about an update to Raspbian that has just been released. The following changes have been implemented: Scratch 2.0 (offline version) pre-installed, including ability to do physical computing! Thonny IDE for Python&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16976\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15,42,49],"tags":[414,124,411,412,413],"class_list":["post-16976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-distros","category-raspberry-pi","category-software","tag-ide","tag-python","tag-raspbian","tag-scratch","tag-thonny"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Update to Raspbian desktop includes Scratch 2.0 and a new Python IDE - Raspberry Pi Pod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16976\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Update to Raspbian desktop includes Scratch 2.0 and a new Python IDE - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Simon Long has just posted on the Raspberry Pi website\u00a0about an update to Raspbian that has just been released. 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