![]() Use the official Raspbian OS and find Linux equivalents to the Windows software you want to run (for example, LibreOffice instead of Microsoft Office).Īlso note that the Raspberry Pi3 is not a fast computer by any normal measure of performance. ![]() ![]() You can't run Windows or Windows software in any practical, useful sense on a Raspberry Pi computer. The Raspberry Pi is a Linux computer, and the officially supported OS is Raspbian (based on Debian GNU/Linux).Īny other explanations of IoT, emulation and other such things is just going to confuse you, so ignore them. My response was a request for further elucidation. Long time posters need to be patient, especially in this post-Christmas environment where many people were given their first Pis as presents. This time of year is one where there are far more than the average number of newcomers to the Pi. Yes, this is a frequent misunderstanding of the Pi, but any given person only makes it once. To get to what you probably think of as a "normal" desktop, download and install Raspbian.Īs for the somewhat cranky responses above. It is an "Internet of Things" system and requires a Win10 PC to work with it. That is *not* what you think of as Windows. The only MS system that will run on a Pi is Windows 10 IoT. What program(s) do you want to run on your Pi? We may be able to help you find Linux substitutes that will do the same job that have been compiled to run on a Pi. ![]() Is windows 7 supposed to be able to work on a raspberry pi? If so how? When I hooked it up to my TV, nothing happened. I tried downloading the windows 7 software onto the microSD card. ![]()
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