As for requiring new firmware, that happens every time we release a new model, because we need to update the firmware to match the new hardware. In the B to B+ case, the changes are fairly minor, hence not a Pi4. Still need changes to firmware though. Every new release provides new firmware which b...

The 3B+ will boot fine from the latest Raspbian Stretch images, which have the updated firmware needed for the new model. But that's the thing - I don't want Raspbian. I purchased the board - I want to put the OS of my choice on it. Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, etc. It appears that the only compatible...

So I have a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B and and Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+. My regular model B can boot from images extracted straight onto an SD card, but my model B+ cannot. What is so fundamentally different between the two models and why was this change made? It seems to me that if a fundamental firmwar...

I'm a little bit surprised that I can't find any other users having this issue but, I an totally unable to install any other OS besides Raspbian via noobs on my new Pi 3 B+. I have a regular Pi 3 that is running Ubuntu Core and I wanted to replace it with the B+, however I can't get Ubuntu Core to w...

Hey OP - I'm a little late for this thread but the other posters have no idea what they are talking about. Ubuntu Core (aka Snappy) runs great on the Raspberry Pi. I did a video about it to help debunk the weird myth that Ubuntu Core somehow doesn't run on the Raspberry Pi 3. Here's the video - http...