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Raspberry Pi OS Now Defaults To 512MB Swap, Updates Labwc Compositor


With last month's Raspberry Pi OS update they now default to Wayland on all Raspberry Pi models alongside various other operating system improvements

This Raspberry Pi OS upgrade also migrates more Wayfire keybindings over to Labwc, there are new bootloader options added to the raspi-config configuration utility, the SWAP size now defaults to 512MB, and various bug fixes and other updates. About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software.

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