Twister OS
{{Short description|Operating system for the Raspberry Pi}}
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Twister OS (Twister for short) is a 32-bit Operating System created by Pi Labs for the Raspberry Pi single board computer originally, with a x86_64 PC version released a few months later.{{Cite web|title=Twister OS|url=https://twisteros.com/about.html|access-date=2021-05-03|website=twisteros.com}}[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AtZWEPxrCz4 Raspberry Pi Twister OS: Windows Themes & Apps on a Pi!] Twister is meant to be a general-purpose OS that is familiar or nostalgic to users. Twister is based on Raspberry Pi OS Lite and uses the XFCE desktop environment.{{Cite web|last=Fromaget|first=Patrick|title=Looking for the Best Raspberry Pi System? Try Twister OS|url=https://raspberrytips.com/raspberry-pi-twister-os/|access-date=2021-05-03|website=Raspberry tips|date=7 November 2020 |language=en-us}} Twister OS also has a version called "Twister OS Armbian" designed for ARM SBCs with the RK3399 CPU. There are four versions of the operating system, TwisterOS Full (for the Raspberry Pi 4), Twister OS Lite (a stripped-down version with only themes), Twister UI (For x86_64 PCs running Linux Mint or Xubuntu) and Twisters OS Armbian (for RK3399 CPUs) .
Features
TwisterOS has 7 main desktop themes, 5 out of those have dark modes.{{Citation|title=TwisterOS 2.0 Raspberry Pi 4. My favourite OS on the Pi.| date=13 March 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F324m4thsOU|language=en|access-date=2021-05-03}}[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGa4jXTSkSk Windows 11 Theme on the Raspberry Pi! Twister OS 2.1.0 Review] Twister OS has its own theme called "Twister OS theme". The Twister 95, XP, 7, 10, and 11 themes are similar to the themes on the Windows 95, XP, 7, 10 and 11 operating systems. iTwister and iTwister Sur desktop themes are similar to the themes on macOS.
Box86 is an emulator used to run x86 software and games on ARM systems.{{Cite web|title=Box86 Continues Quest For Running x86 Linux Programs On ARM, Other Archs - Phoronix|url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Box86-x86-On-Other-Archs|access-date=2021-05-03|website=www.phoronix.com}}{{Cite web|last=Schaaf|first=Tobias|title=Linux Gaming: Box86- A New x86 Emulator for ODROIDs|url=https://magazine.odroid.com/article/linux-gaming-box86-a-new-x86-emulator-for-odroids/|access-date=2021-05-03|website=ODROID Magazine|language=en-US}}
Wine is a compatibility layer that lets the user to run Windows applications on non-Windows systems.
CommanderPi is a system monitoring and configuration tool designed to check system information and overclock the CPU.{{Cite web|title=Commander Pi {{!}} Single-Board Computers|url=http://single-board.com/tag/commander-pi/|access-date=2021-05-03|language=en-US}}
Other Twister versions
= Twister OS Lite =
= Twister UI =
Twister UI is very similar to Twister OS, the only difference is that Twister UI is used for non-single board computers.{{Citation|title=Twister UI. How to install on your Laptop or PC. Linux XFCE 20.10.| date=28 October 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlRlc9b2Nfk|language=en|access-date=2021-05-03}} Twister UI is designed to be installed by running a setup script on an already running installation of Linux Mint (XFCE) or Xubuntu.
= Twister OS Armbian =
Twister OS Armbian is a version of Twister OS that can run on SBCs with RK3399 CPUs, like the Rock Pi 4B.{{Citation|title=How to install en set up Armbian Reforged on your RK3399 / Twister OS| date=23 November 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSvCAuRvg5U|language=en|access-date=2021-05-03}} Twister OS Armbian also comes preinstalled on emmc chips inside the Rock Pi 4 Plus models.{{Cite web|date=2021-05-22|title=Rock Pi SBCs move to 2GHz RK3399 and toss in free eMMC|url=http://linuxgizmos.com/rock-pi-sbcs-move-to-2ghz-rk3399-and-toss-in-free-emmc/|access-date=2021-07-19|website=LinuxGizmos.com}} Twister OS Armbian is based on the Armbian Linux operating system.