Now a Raspberry Pi Zero WH is now available with pins attached it makes it even easier to use the GPIO expander tool for Debian Stretch on a PC or Mac.

That's when I stumbled upon the Raspberry Pi Desktop OS, a lightweight distro with a GUI that could breathe new life into my laptop.

New ISO images of Raspbian Linux based on Debian Stretch have been released, not only for the Raspberry Pi but also for PC and Mac installations.

The Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W is powerful for a computer the size of a matchbox, but get a Pi 4 or Pi 400 if you want a better desktop experience.