Hi, it looks like Raspbian 10 buster has past its expiry date for a long time now (EOL) so there are no more security updates.
Just wondering if there is any updates or anything in the pipeline so we can get a newer/current OS running?
Hi Mark,
Yes, Raspbian Buster was End of Life in June this year.
We’ve been stuck on Raspbian Buster for years now because it’s not possible to automatically upgrade existing gateways to a new version of the OS, which has also meant we’ve been stuck on very old versions of Node.js etc. which are also no longer supported.
That’s all going to change with the upcoming 2.0 release, in which we will transition to Ubuntu Core as the base OS as discussed here. Ubuntu Core benefits from automatic OS updates for up to 12 years.
The current master branch of WebThings Gateway has been upgraded from Node.js 10 to Node.js 20 and Python will be updated as well. There is an experimental snap package of WebThings Gateway which you can try today, but still has some open issues. This is how we will package WebThings Gateway to bundle it with a custom OS image based on Ubuntu Core.
If you don’t want to use the Ubuntu Core based image there will also be a Docker image of the 2.0 release, you can install the snap on another Linux distribution, or build it from source on your OS of choice.
You can track the progress of the 2.0 release here and contributions are always welcome!
Hope this helps
Ben