NOOBS is the built-in operating system installer for Raspberry Pi. But if you already know which operating system you want to use, there's a quicker way to get your Pi up and running.

I'm about to pull the trigger on ordering a Raspberry Pi 400 as a system to do web dev testing, occasional light server duties, maybe some retro gaming from time to time, and running networking ...

A new release of the Raspberry Pi OS has arrived. I have been busy installing and testing it, and here are the results and advice so far.