# How to update OS

**URL:** <https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/how-to-update-os/6538>\
**Category:** EYESY\
**Created:** [November 8, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/how-to-update-os/6538 "2020-11-08T01:03:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![curlyfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@curlyfry](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/u/curlyfry)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/how-to-update-os/6538/1 "2020-11-08T01:03:23Z")

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This may be a silly question, but I am completely new to any of this and I’ve just got my Eyesy. How does one go about updating the OS?

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**Author:** ![chrisk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.critterandguitari.com/chrisk/32/11_2.png) [@chrisk](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/u/chrisk)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/how-to-update-os/6538/2 "2020-11-08T15:21:48Z")

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Hi,

Thank you for backing the EYESY!

There isn’t an official OS update for the EYESY yet. However there is a beta OS for those interested in programming their own modes in openFrameworks / Lua:

> [@EYESY disk image for openFrameworks / openGL / Lua (beta)](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/eyesy-disk-image-for-openframeworks-opengl-lua-beta/6499):
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> We have a beta version of the new video generation environment available for download. Currently the EYESY generates video using Python and the PyGame framework. This setup is great and easy to use, but it doesn’t take advantage of any hardware acceleration. This disk image uses the new environment based on openFrameworks and allows you to code video modes in the Lua scripting language, taking full advantage of the EYESY’s 3D graphics capabilities. This download is intended for people who are …

This requires burning a new disk image on a microSD card. Instructions are in the [manual](https://www.critterandguitari.com/manual?m=EYESY_Manual#61-burning-sd-card-disk-image).

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**Author:** ![curlyfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@curlyfry](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/u/curlyfry)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/how-to-update-os/6538/3 "2020-11-09T15:36:00Z")

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Amazing, thank you. I shall begin experimenting