Amid all the excitement of the Raspberry Pi Zero announcement, a new Raspbian release and the corresponding NOOBS package have been overlooked. Here's my take on them.

The new Raspbian release (2014-12-24) and a new NOOBS package (1.3.11) are available for download in the usual ZIP format on the Raspberry Pi downloads page.

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.

All you have to do is download the NOOBS zip file from the Raspberry Pi downloads page and unzip it to a 4GB or larger SD card.

Boot your Raspberry Pi and you will be presented with a menu offering many different operating systems for installation. Tick the box next to Raspbian and then click Install and wait.

Head over to the Raspberry Pi page for the download, or check out the Geek Gurl Diaries video above for installation instructions.

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