New Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye is released. It comes with lots of new features.
* Based on Debian version 11 (bullseye) * Desktop components (lxpanel and all plugins, libfm, pcmanfm) now built against GTK+3 * Applications (piwiz, pipanel, rc_gui, lxinput) now built against GTK+3 * PiXflat GTK+3 theme updated with numerous changes to support the above * GTK+3 : toolbar icon size setting added * GTK+3 : ability to request client-side decoration on windows added * GTK+3 : setting for indent for frame labels in custom style added * mutter window manager used instead of openbox on devices with 2GB or more of RAM * mutter : title bar icon behaviour and appearance modified to match openbox * mutter : additional keyboard shortcuts added * mutter : various performance enhancements * mutter compatibility added to screen magnifier * Numerous changes to Appearance Settings application to support GTK+3 and mutter * Updater plugin added to lxpanel to detect and install software updates * File manager view options simplified to either list or icons, with separate menu option for thumbnails * New file manager toolbar icons * KMS used as default display driver * Modifications to HDMI audio output selection to support the above * xcompmgr enabled when openbox is running under KMS * New default camera subsystem based on libcamera * New camera demo applications (libcamera-still and libcamera-vid) have replaced raspistill and raspivid * Legacy camera subsystem removed from 64-bit RPi OS (still available on 32-bit) * Chromium upgraded to version 92.0.4515.98 * VLC media player upgraded to version 3.0.16 * Spurious drive removal warning after use of SD card copier removed * Bookshelf application now includes Custom PC magazine * Various translation updates - Italian, Korean, Polish, German, Armenian * Startup wizard now installs Japanese fonts if needed * Progress and information dialog boxes for lxpanel plugins now common to lxpanel, rather than in individual plugins * Icon handling code for lxpanel plugins now common to lxpanel * Package with 4K version of Raspberry Pi wallpaper added to Recommended Software * Python Games and Minecraft removed from Recommended Software - neither is compatible with bullseye * Bluetooth pairing and connection dialogs updated for compatibility with more devices * Bluetooth devices always disconnected before removal to speed up removal process * Bluetooth pairing dialog now only shows devices which offer services which are usable by Pi * Separate Bluetooth unpair dialog removed - unpair now an option for each individual device * Bug fix - mutter : header bar colours not updating when theme is changed * Bug fix - GTK+3 : tooltips being displayed incorrectly at bottom of screen * Bug fix - lxpanel : crash when using keyboard shortcut to enable magnifier when magnifier not installed * Bug fix - lxpanel : lockup in Bluetooth plugin when connecting to certain devices * Bug fix - lxpanel : discoverable mode icon could get out of sync with underlying Bluetooth system state * Bug fix - piwiz : missing cities in timezone list * Bug fix - piwiz : country-specific language packages not being installed * Bug fix - bookshelf : now waits for longer between packets before timing out * Bug fix - accented characters now displayed correctly in localisation dialogs * Raspberry Pi firmware e2bab29767e51c683a312df20014e3277275b8a6 * Linux kernel 5.10.63