What's the latest Raspberry Pi OS this supports?

[dlarue]

The documentation is saying to install Raspbian Legacy( Buster ) but that's been long superseded by Raspberry PiOS and Buster was what was used over two years ago... Is that still what donkeycar is based on and does it even support rPi4?

https://docs.donkeycar.com/guide/robot_sbc/setup_raspberry_pi/#step-1-flash-operating-system

[sctse999]

@dlarue , buster supports rPi4. I think we want to move to the latest Pi OS but i think it is not on the highest priority.

[dlarue]

I guess as long as rPi.org is still supporting Buster on rPi4 then probably ok to not update. I had a new user tell me he was getting a 404 on step 10 of the install and when I saw Buster I immediately figured the repo was archived. But if you're saying it's an actively supported OS then makes sense to stick with it. Thx.

[TCIII]

@dlarue,

There have been issues with the Bullseye OS and the Rpi camera port.
From Tom's Hardware review of Bullseye:
"There is another camera related omission, and that is PiCamera. Created by Dave Jones, PiCamera has for many years been the de facto means to use the official camera with Python. With Bullseye, we lose PiCamera, and with it a large number of projects are now broken, including many created by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, the educational outreach arm of Raspberry Pi. If your camera project is Python powered, then for now stick with Buster until PiCamera, or an alternative is offered."

Regards,
TCIII