Raspberry Pi OS Now Lets You Safely Eject HDD and NVMe Drives Connected via USB

posted by Marius Nestor on Dec 04, 2025,
updated Dec 05, 2025

The new Raspberry Pi OS release (2025-12-04) introduces the ability to safely eject HDD and NVMe drives connected via USB, adds an Alt+F2 keyboard shortcut for opening the run dialog in the Labwc-based Wayland session, and improves the Screens control panel to no longer create a default kanshi config file when started.

Raspberry Pi OS 2025-12-04 also addresses a crash that occurred when using mounted drives or the wastebasket in the Places view, a crash that occurred when unloading the System Monitor plugin, a crash that occurred when power-cycling audio devices, and another crash in the file manager that occurred when switching to a TTY.

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Linuxiac:

• Raspberry Pi OS December Update Adds Safe USB Drive Eject

  Less than two weeks after the November release, Raspberry Pi OS received its December update with a collection of usability improvements, desktop refinements, and important stability fixes.

  The release introduces a safe-eject mechanism for USB-connected HDD and NVMe drives, allowing users to remove external storage without risking data corruption. The Labwc desktop also gains a new Alt+F2 shortcut to open the Run dialog, extending its keyboard-driven workflow.

  Moreover, the update adjusts how the Screens control panel behaves by no longer generating a default kanshi configuration file on launch, ensuring that existing user configurations are not unintentionally overwritten.