The makers of the Raspberry Pi computer have created a version of its graphical front end that can run on ordinary desktop computers.
The Pixel desktop has been re-worked so it runs on PCs and Apple Mac machines, said the foundation.
People who use it on a Raspberry Pi and other machines will now get the same familiar software across both.
The Pi Foundation said the release also aided its plan to produce the "best" desktop computing experience.
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Raspberry Pi co-creator Eben Upton said the software should help schoolchildren who use the credit-card sized Pi in class or for their own projects but have to continue their work on PCs or Macs.
The Pi edition of Pixel and the version translated for bigger machines uses "exactly the same productivity software and programming tools, in exactly the same desktop environment", he wrote .
"There is no learning curve, and no need to tweak... schoolwork to run on two subtly different operating systems," he said.
