# Raspi OS for Trilobot

**URL:** <https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspi-os-for-trilobot/28870>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 19, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspi-os-for-trilobot/28870 "2026-05-19T14:48:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![jert47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jert47](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/jert47)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspi-os-for-trilobot/28870/1 "2026-05-19T14:48:49Z")

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Hi, I just started assembling my new Trilobot.

Question: what Raspi OS to use? In one place the home page says: Bookworm, in another it’s said: Bookworm does NOT work on Trilobot.

What is the right OS?

/Jerry

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**Author:** ![ahnlak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/ahnlak/32/5610_2.png) [@ahnlak](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/ahnlak)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspi-os-for-trilobot/28870/2 "2026-05-20T09:30:45Z")

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It looks like the product page is slightly out of date - there was a PR last year that enabled Bookworm support, by the looks of it.

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**Author:** ![jert47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jert47](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/jert47)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspi-os-for-trilobot/28870/3 "2026-05-20T09:41:12Z")

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But Bookwork support has not been tested, right?

You say the product page is outdated. Is there any better page?

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**Author:** ![ahnlak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/ahnlak/32/5610_2.png) [@ahnlak](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/ahnlak)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspi-os-for-trilobot/28870/4 "2026-05-20T09:56:22Z")

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All I can tell you is that the readme on the repository that says “_We’d recommend using this library with Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm or later._” probably more accurately reflects the state of the actual code than the product page.

I can see [this PR](https://github.com/pimoroni/trilobot-python/pull/44) that specifically adds Bookworm support, and I assume that was tested before it was merged.

Bookworm broke a lot of things, so that warning note had to get onto a lot of product pages; I would guess the “take that warning off” step just got lost in the mix.

Personally, I’d follow the repo README and try it with Bookworm - worst case scenario is that it doesn’t work and you can try again with an earlier OS but all the signs are good.

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**Author:** ![jert47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jert47](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/jert47)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspi-os-for-trilobot/28870/5 "2026-05-20T10:56:37Z")

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OK, thanks for this valuable info.