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Chad C.

IT Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/19/2022

"easy way to get started"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Raspbian?

With Raspbian getting started is easy. Download the OS for your Pi, load it on your sd card and you can get started using your device quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Raspbian?

The solution comes with most things you'll need to get started. The support page and community can also help get you started.

They could offer a few different install options like PC and Internet or something like that, and install only the options you're expected to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

YK

Youssef K.

Chief Technology Officer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/24/2021

"Great operating system for raspberry pi that are ideal to teach kids coding"

5/5

What do you like best about Raspbian?

Raspbian is officially supported by Raspberry Pi. It is very user friendly and comes with a big number of tools that makes the raspberry pi a complete computer. Most importantly Raspbian includes Scratch to teach kids programming and allows interaction with external components through the different interfaces included in the raspberry pi such as the GPIO for electronic integrations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Raspbian?

I use raspbian as my default browser on the raspberry pi, and so far, I didn't find any missing features that I usually need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Raspbian:

Very easy to use Operating system. Installation is straightforward. It comes with many applications preinstalled, and you can install the light version if you don't need all the default software. Make sure you have enough space on your SD card. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Raspbian solving and how is that benefiting you?

An optimized operating system for the raspberry pi, I use it in my work to install 3CX SBC, and I use it for kids to learn to code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SP

Sachethana P.

Senior Software Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/2/2022

"Small in size and fast deployment across all raspberrypi's"

5/5

What do you like best about Raspbian?

The best thing I love is that it comes with VNC, the most used utility of mine pre-configured and ready to use just after visiting one screen and turning it on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Raspbian?

The inbuilt web browser is rendering stuff a bit different and edgy, and I can't install chrome due to platform issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Apoorv G.

SDE - 2

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/10/2022

"Powerful OS for raspberry pi devices and other lightweight embedded devices"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Raspbian?

Raspbian supports a wide array of functionalities even after being this lightweight and being able to run on embedded devices like the pi Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Raspbian?

Raspbian has a lot of scope for improvement specially things like responsiveness and support for other features.But overall it is a great Os for devices like Pi Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UI

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/19/2022

"Raspbian makes it easy-peasy to work for internet of things"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Raspbian?

Lightweight, easy GPIO, inbuilt c and python Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Raspbian?

No dislikes for raspbian.It is linux based system so i can use it for both server as well as client side configuration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RB

Ruslan B.

co-owner

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/29/2021

"The best Linux for Raspberry Pi you can get"

5/5

What do you like best about Raspbian?

It's free; it's Debian-based; it has a great setup wizard. Lots of software, too. Also, Raspbian is supported by the Raspberry Pi foundation. It's easy to make modifications to this OS to suit our business needs (installing custom in-house developed software). Also it is very lightweight. Lots of ready to use software, it was a breeze to install PostgreSQL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Raspbian?

Everything is excellent, maybe except one thing: many Linux distributions offer their distros in multiple flavors: for example, command-line only, KDE, XFCE4. Raspbian could have various flavors too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Raspbian:

It is great starting point for everyone who owns Rasberry Pi computer. With Raspbian, you're getting a modern Debian-based distribution, which is best supported on Raspberry Pi, backing hundreds of thousands Raspberry Pi users. Perfectly optimized for Raspberry Pi. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Raspbian solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use Raspbian for our Raspberry Pi 4 computers. We're using it to control 3d printers. It was most accessible to customize and use for Octoprint instance as well as own custom python software. We use the PostgreSQL database. Custom software includes filament manager, print history, client orders history, and so on. Raspbian is perfect for Raspberry Pi computers, and it's free, which makes it even better. It's easy to create a custom image and then install it to the following Raspberry Pi. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Tomasz J.

S

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/16/2021

"Best OS for DIY's"

5/5

What do you like best about Raspbian?

This is the system from the Raspberry PI creators, so it works perfectly on PI's.

I do a lot of automation in my work and in my private time. Raspberry PI running Raspbian is always my starting point Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Raspbian?

It's really hard to say. The system is doing its job. It is easy to install (you just need to flash an SD card), easy to use (even for Windows users). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UC

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/11/2022

"Best OS for single board computer system"

5/5

What do you like best about Raspbian?

Screen resolution and the pixel doubling. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Raspbian?

Not able to run windows operating system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Ayan B.

Software Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/7/2021

"A perfect operating system to start your journey in Linux ecosystem"

5/5

What do you like best about Raspbian?

Lightweight

Easy to use

Great for learning

Perfect OS form programming (shell, python, etc) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Raspbian?

Less GUI interface

Slight learning curve

Not optimized for heavy tasking Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Raspbian:

Here are the top recommendations :

Anyone who is learning can give it a try

Best for school kids.

Very useful if you want to set up your server in Linux.

The best possible way to learn Unix commands.

Always opt for the combo set which has the heat sink available.

Libre Office will suffice all your need do not sideload any other apps.

Google chrome is the Chromium version hence you may not get all the features as compared to the full version.

If you face any issue running a command please execute with admin or superuser (sudo) access.

If you need a better GUI experience you can sideload Twister themes.

Regularly update or upgrade the versions to get all the features and improvements.

It's an open-source project you can contribute all the features for enhancements.

Make sure while installing the operating system, the pen drive or the external drive is flashed properly.

While installing the operating system please make sure you are connected to a network so that the installation process is done smoothly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Raspbian solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am using it for creating amazing Raspberry Pi projects, I have implemented a NAS server, also have a couple of servers hosted.

Benefits: Able to learn a lot, never thought setting up a PC would be so cheap (with 70 USD) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AC

Verified User in Computer & Network Security

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/26/2021

"Raspbian is the best OS for Raspberry Pi"

5/5

What do you like best about Raspbian?

The main reason I like Raspbian is that it is based on the Debian OS. It is also built for the ARMv7 platform which is raspberry pis are based.

The Raspbian imager is also very easy to use and has an intuitive user interface. The whole process of creating a SD card with the Raspbian OS is very user friendly and is a joy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Raspbian?

The package mirrors are not very geographically distributed. For example, it does not have a mirror server for my country and even the servers close to my country is not speedy or sometimes broken. The package downloads are slow because of this issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.