Raspberry Pi Imager has launched its version 1.9, a significant update that introduces a modernized user interface along with several enhancements. This tool facilitates the creation of bootable media for Raspberry Pi devices.
The latest iteration, Raspberry Pi Imager 1.9, is the inaugural version that leverages the Qt 6 open-source application framework, enhancing the interface subtly. This upgrade has been implemented across various platforms including Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Additionally, for Linux users, this update marks the first introduction of AppImage bundles for the Raspberry Pi Imager, enabling the tool’s utilization across virtually any GNU/Linux distribution without necessitating a full install. These AppImage bundles are available for both 64-bit (x86_64) and AArch64 (ARM64) architectures.
Apart from these, version 1.9 introduces several new features such as a prompt that notifies users when no storage devices are detected, a ‘–disable-eject’ command line option to prevent automatic ejection of storage media post-writing, support for BCM2712d0, and inclusion of vendored dependencies.
The French, Italian, and Simplified Chinese language translations have been updated as well and several issues were addressed in this release, including timeout on systems with a large number of loops, borked localectl on modern Debian/Ubuntu systems, GPT signature test, and reversed fsync check on Linux and macOS.
Check out the release notes on the project’s GitHub page for more details about the changes included in the new Raspberry Pi Imager release, which is available for download as AppImages from the same location, along with the source code and binaries for macOS and Windows systems.
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