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            <h1>Transform Armbian Into A Raspberry Pi Imposter [Install PIXEL Desktop]</h1>
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          <h2>What is PIXEL?</h2>

<blockquote>PIXEL is the default desktop environment and theme used by Raspberry Pi OS. It officially stands for &quot;<strong>P</strong>i <strong>I</strong>mproved <strong>X</strong>windows <strong>E</strong>nvironment, <strong>L</strong>ightweight&quot; and is based on LXDE<em>. -<a href="https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-pixel/" target="_blank">https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-pixel/</a></em></blockquote>

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	<li>Log into the Armbian device</li>
	<li>Run the following commands in a terminal
	<div class="codeBlock"># update repositories<br />
	sudo apt update<br />
	# add the raspberry pi os gpg key<br />
	wget -O - http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/raspberrypi.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -<br />
	# add the raspberry pi os apt repository<br />
	echo deb http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/ $(lsb_release -cs) main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/raspios.list<br />
	# update repositories<br />
	sudo apt update<br />
	# install pixel<br />
	sudo apt install lxpanel pcmanfm openbox xserver-xorg x11-xserver-utils policykit-1 lightdm raspberrypi-sys-mods zenity libglib2.0-bin desktop-file-utils lxsession adduser mutter xdg-user-dirs raspi-config xserver-xorg-video-fbturbo fonts-piboto pipanel lxinput pi-greeter rpd-plym-splash rpd-wallpaper pishutdown scrot gtk2-engines-pixbuf gtk2-engines-clearlookspix gnome-icon-theme pixflat-icons lxplug-volumepulse lxplug-network lxplug-bluetooth lxplug-ejecter lxplug-ptbatt rc-gui gtk2-engines-pixflat lxplug-cputemp lxplug-magnifier rp-bookshelf agnostics gui-pkinst cups system-config-printer pi-printer-support lxplug-updater raspberrypi-ui-mods -y</div>
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	<li>After the installation completes, reboot the system</li>
	<li>Upon boot, the familiar Raspberry Pi login screen should be display</li>
	<li>Log back in</li>
	<li>Run the following commands in a terminal
	<div class="codeBlock"># uninstall xfce<br />
	sudo apt remove xfce* --purge -y<br />
	# reboot<br />
	sudo reboot now</div>
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	<li>Log back in</li>
	<li>Welcome to the PIXEL desktop experience on Armbian</li>
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