PINN is a version of the NOOBS Operating System Installer for the Raspberry Pi with the following additional features:
- Joysticks - New joystick drivers including triggers and deadzones. Support for 2 joysticks.
- Firmware - Removed firmware upgrades for very old OSes.
- Install - Install icon changed to warn against deletion {#380}
- CM4 - Added dwc2 USB driver for CM4
- Backup - Better backups by deleting socket files (#442) and setting attributes (#447).
- ssh - Uses permanent storage
- progress - prevent progressdialog from closing
- buildroot - improve some build scripts
- dualhdmi - fix license
- Installation - Refactor close dialogs for better error handling
- Memory - Display amount of Pi memory fitted
- partuuid - Allow installation to USB without partuuid
- Filesystems - Added ext3 & exfat
- Wifi - Updated wifi firmware
- KERNEL - Fix issue with PI4 8GB models
- Translations - Update it translations
- HDMI - Automatic switching between HDMI0 and HDMI1
- KERNEL - Bump firmware & kernel as NOOBS 3.5 for CM4
- Certificates - Fix arora certificate errors
- Translations - Update it and zh_TW translations
- Prompt - Update shell prompt
- Clarify - Clarify text between replace & reinstall
- Logs - Add Show Log in Fix up menu
- Labels - Fix partition labels when replacing OS
- Backup - Fix backup of Raspberry Pi OS
- Install - Use multithreaded xz
- Flavours - Fix use of .txt files
- bugfix - fix crash if no source (#414)
- Firmware - Update firmware 5.4.45 for usb-boot (beta)
- Name Change - Update recommended OS name
- KeybdTrigger - Fix keyboard trigger option
- Translations - Update Italian language
- CloneSD - Remove drive restrictions on Clone SD
- Set Time - Added indication that time is in UTC
- Replace - Fixed shortcut for Replace OS
- Buildversions - Made buildversions more intuitive (for me!)
- Legacy - Accounted for Pi4 when identifying legacy hardware
- MBR fix - Better detection of non-MBR formatted SD cards.
- Joysticks - Better detection of joysticks that are slow to connect.
- Reload Repos - New button to reload the distribution list from internet.
- fontsize - Added rudimentary font size adjustment using +/- keys.
- Joystick - Added support for USB Joysticks/Gamepads (Xbox-style)
- Silentinstall - Fixed a bug when silent-installing from the network
- VirtualKeyboard - Added a Virtual Keyboard for wifi and option dialogs
- Translations - Updated a few translations (it, zh_TW, ko, de)
- HDMI Pi4 - Removed hdmi_force_hotplug
- Downloads - Fixed download progressbar
- Replace - Changed accelerator key from L to C
- Tidy up - Development moved to Ubuntu 18.04 prompting a tidy up
- PI4 support - Added support for the new RPi4. Includes Raspbian Buster in full version.
- Hyperpixel - Fixed hyperpixel 4 overlay file
- Wifi Drivers - Re-added Realtek rtl8188eu and rtl8192cu modular wifi drivers.
- Build - Modified to build on Ubuntu 18.10 'cosmic'
- Progress - Experimental modification to measure installation progress more accurately
- Wifi dialog - Removed focus for better use by keyboard
- Zipfles - Use bsdtar to unzip inline for checksums
- Esc - Esc key exits all menus
- Firmware - Don't automatically downgrade firmware
- Options - Added shortcuts for better keyboard use
- GPIO - Allows gpiochannel and gpiochannelValue to be specified to trigger the recovery menu
- Customisations - Fix bug introduced by backup preventing customisations.
- Backup hotfix - Fix for OSnames with spaces.
- Translations - Updated IT & zh_TW
- Iconsizes - fixed to 40x40
- Download - ignore partials
- Bootselectiondialog - update for CEC and keyboard
- Added Ts & C's dialog - for Future OSes
- Resumable download - in case of download errors
- More robust file transfer - in case of download errors
- Change boot selection order - Just for aesthetics
- Added file checksums - for download verification
- Added partition_setup.sh checksum - for download verification
- Added options dialog - To make option setting easier.
- alias - Fix underscores
- backup - Much faster backups on multicore processors
- silentreinstallnewer - exits to boot menu & stops remotetimeout
- menu - Removed PageDown->nextmenu function because it conflicts
- Translations - Updated IT & zh_TW translations
- Nano - Added nano text editor
- Rename - Allows giving an OS an Alias name & change its description
- Hyperpixel - Added full kernel drivers to support Pimoroni Hyperpixel 3.5" and 4" touchscreens
- ScreenSwitch - Performs automatic screen switching at bootup
- dhcpcd - Now configurable
- forceupdatepinn - Add forceupdatepinn option
- OS Replace - Fixed problem replacing an OS when PINN is booted from USB
- Backup USB - Fix for multiple USB sticks.
- Translation - Ko & zh_tw.ts updated.
- Backup USB - Improved backup size calculation for USB installed OSes.
- Backup/Download - Removed the need to reboot after a download or backup.
- Wallpapers - removed wallpapers folder & Allowed JPEGs
- **Default wallpaper - Changed default to wallpaper.jpg
- Backup - Backup an OS in PINN format
- Time - Added button to set date & time
- Download - Fixed foldername of some OSes when downloaded
- Iconcache - Cache icons when connected to internet to speedup startup
- RPi 3A+ - Supports RPi 3A+
- Firmware - Disabled firmware downgrade on 3B+
- Clear - Added Clear button to clear all selections
- Kernel Bump - Linux kernel 4.14.74, firmware and userland bumped to match NOOBS 2.9
- Replace - Removed RiscOS & Windows_10 from OS replacement
- SilentInstall - Fixed waiting for USB images
- networktimeout - 0 means wait indefinitely for network before silentinstall
- Boot menu - Sticky default now uses bootmenutimeout
- rebootp - Added rebootp command to recovery shell
- Boot menu - Fixed focus and sticky default partuuid issues.
- wallpaper_resize - Customised wallpaper can now be resized to fill the screen
- Partuuid - Fixed an issue from v2.8 where partuuids were introduced to installed_os.json
- Wallpaper - Customised wallpaper is now available by writing your own
wallpaper.pngfile to PINN's recovery partition
- VNCnotice - Displays a notice on the main screen when vncinstall is in use
- PINN update - Prevents crash on manual update when there is no network
- ae-ts - tidy up of translations
- Reinstall - BUGFIX for Re-install.
- translations - Updated it and zh_TW translations.
- silentreinstallnewer - USE WITH CAUTION. With
select=it will silently re-install any selected OSes that are newer than the installed version.
- Boot Cancel - Added a new cancel button to the bootselection dialog which will reboot back into PINN
- Swedish keyboard - Swedish keyboard fixed when language selected
- Bootable selection - The bootselection dialog is only available if a bootable OS is installed.
- Select Option - Auto select/check OSes to be installed. "allsd,allusb,allnetwork,waitsd,waitusb,waitnetwork,waitall,allinstalled,"
- SilentInstall - with Select will auto-install selected OSes
- Added Disablesdimages - Disablesdimages in recovery.cmdline will prevent OSes on SD card from being shown
- Network start - The network is always started, even with silentinstall.
- Flavour download - Flavours can now be downloaded from remote repos. Only need to download 1
- Added flavours.tar.xz - Remote flavours need to include flavours.tar.xz
- RPi Model Name - Added name of RPi model to MainMenu screen
- Replace OSes - Allows the replacement of one OS with another
- Project Spaces - Added Project Spaces
- Reserve disk space - Reserve some space on PINN's partition before formatting
- mkimage - Added mkimage from uboot
- xz - Allow XZ Compression
- Update Dialog - This now cancels any timeout setting
- Programmable CEC - Fixed bugs
- networktimeout - Added timeout to detect network presence
- Reinstall - bugfix to Reinstall option following partuuid change on USBs
- Programmable CEC - Program your TV remote for use with PINN
- Fix menu - Replaced Fsck with Fix menu option to include a wider range of tools
- Store meta - Additional meta files stored on installation for fix up tools
- Partuuid - Store partuuid references for better USB support
- Tab fix - Fixed synchronisation of OS tab display
- pinn_init.sh - Improve calling of script to run before PINN
- config.txt - deleted
- Kernel - Bump kernel to suppress missing mailbox commands in old firmware
- pinn_init.sh - Add initialisation script to run before PINN
- Firmware - Update firmware
- Kernel - Update kernel to 4.14
- Self-Update - A small fix to the self-update ignore feature
- Countdown - Re-enabled the boot selection dialog countdown timer.
- Switch firmware - Enable switching of firmware for 3B+ and other models.
Fixes the incorrect recovery.cmdline bug in v2.5.2. (There's a reason why I didn't make this v2.7 just yet!)
- OS Firmware - Includes a better method of slipstreaming new Firmware
- BUG: Cmdline - Note that the recovery.cmdline is incorrect in this version
- firmware - New firmware for Rpi 3B+
- Kernel - Update to kernel 4.9.80
- OS firmware - Latest firmware is slip streamed onto old OSes
- wifi drivers - Some wifi drivers temporarily removed until they can be upgraded
- Arora - Prevented multiple instances of Arora browser running
- rtl8812 wifi - added wifi driver for rtl8812 5GHz dongles
- remotetimeout - Enable network for remote boot alteration.
This new option allows PINN to be used more easily in a remote headless environment.
This is a small maintenance release for some cosmetic changes and bugfixes mainly.
- background - Specify the background colour as background=r,g,b
- style - Change the style with style=motif/windows/platinum
- configpath - (partially) allow remote flavours to customise an OS
- dsi - Allows the HDMI/DSI switching option to work with OSes installed to USB
Finally, PINN can now re-install any installed OS WITHOUT affecting the other OSes, eliminating one of my NOOBS bugbears.
- Re-install - Re-install an OS without affecting others
- no_update - disable PINN self-update (manual refesh of PINN available)
- update PINN - A manual PINN update check can now be done (for when no_update is used)
- Edit PINN - The recovery.cmdline and config.txt fiels of PINN can now be edited.
- no_cursor - The no_cursor option now only affects the bootselection dialog
- Wipe - The Wipe Disk command has been temporarily removed
- Max OSes - The number of OSes has been restricted so that boot partitions numbers are <63
- self-update - Fixes broken self-update since v2.4.2h
A major change to the User Interface in preparation for some new features.
- 3 Toolbars - Main Menu, Archival and Maintenance.
- OS Groups - OS lists are grouped into General, Minimal, Educational, Media and Gaming.
- Download OS - Download an OS to USB for local installation.
- Fsck - Check and fix your filesystems in case of error.
- Wipe Disk - delete all OSes and restore drive to full capacity.
- Info button - Go directly to the webpage of each OS.
- Translations - udpate to Portugese + other translations
- Password - A new password will not expire
- Slideshow - Slides during installation are now scaled to be the same size.
- >1TB MSDs - Installing OSes to a USB Mass Storage Device > 1TB would fail. 2TB is the maximum size.
- repo_list - Added repo_list cmdline argument
- Win10IoT - Fixed annoying warning messages on installation
- RTAndrod - re-included missing cpio to allow installation
- btrfs - Included support for btrfs file systems
- Update - Rebase onto NOOBS 2.4
- repo - Support "repo=" from NOOBS
- USB support - Supports USB BOOT and USB ROOTFS
- PiZeroW - Further update to match NOOBS 2.3. Add wifi RegDB for channel 13. Add missing DTBs
- PiZeroW - Update firmware/kernel for PiZero Wifi version
- IP address - Shown in window title
- CEC key mapping - Replaced 0 button with PLAY button for greater applicability
- BOOT - Added BOOT button to boot selection dialog for use with limited TV remotes
- **Tarball names - Allow local tarballs to have a different name to the partition labell
- SD Card - Recommend 8GB card minimum
- SD Card - Update SD card requirements
- Network - Do not continue polling for connectivity during installation
- Update - Bump kernel and firmware versions
- Translations - Added many translations from the community
- Default Boot - A default OS can be set in a multi-boot setup for quicker boots.
- Bootmenutimout - The timeout of the boot selection dialog can be changed.
- SHIFT key - The PINN interface can be reached using the Left mouse button or a CEC enabled TV remote key as well as the SHIFT key.
- The build dependencies introduced in v2.1.1 have been fixed.
- CEC Support - Added CEC support for controlling PINN with a TV remote
- IoTpHAT support - Updated to match NOOBS v2.1 to include IoTpHAT wifi
- Network Drivers - Added the popular RTL8188eu wifi driver (for HubPiWi and others)
- New Firmware - Updated Firmware and Kernel to match NOOBS 2.0
- Self-Update - Notification and download of new releases
- Network Drivers - Fixed the popular RTL8188cus wifi driver.
- RPI3 ACT_LED - Now displays correctly on SD card access
- Network Drivers - A number of additional wifi and ethernet drivers have been added.
- Dialog Box - The initialisation dialog box is removed under network errors
- Clone SD Card - Copy the SD card to another card in a USB reader (BETA)
- Rescue shell - Exiting the rescue shell now enters the PINN recovery program instead of another shell.
- VNCSHARE - Sets up PINN to use VNC at the same time as an attached screen
- https - Fixed the ability to use https protocol (which was preventing Arch from installing sometimes).
- wifi config - A user supplied wpa_supplicant.conf file is now ALWAYS copied to /settings and then renamed to wpa_supplicant.conf.bak so that it does not continually overwrite any manual changes made through the GUI.
- Password - Change or reset your password for each OS.
- DSI/HDMI - Auto-switching of DSI/HDMI screen with HDMI taking priority
- NoobsConfig - Config filenames now now have all spaces converted to underscores
- Multiple Os - Multiple installed OSes can now be selected again.
- DHCP - ClientID is now used instead of DUID to request an IP address
- USB support - store your OS installations on USB stick to avoid wasting SD card space and avoid downloading each time.
- Alternative Src - Install OSes from an alternative website, or local webserver
- ARCH support - Install the Arch Linux OS directly from the Arch website
- VGA666 support - Alow PINN to be used with Gert's VGA666 adaptor
- NOOBSCONFIG support - Allow customisation of an OS installation as it installs
- SSH support - SSH remotely into you PINN installation.
- Progress - View your installation progress via alternative means
see github for full information