Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: rPI Goes Public Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 11:47:14 +0200 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <666e2a36@news.ausics.net> <8c771fc8-7483-e6b3-e892-3d25b6dfbad9@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="8323328-1658239646-1719913638=:17764" Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1892876"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:56625 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323328-1658239646-1719913638=:17764 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Tue, 2 Jul 2024, 26xh.0712 wrote: > On 6/29/24 4:11 PM, D wrote: >> >> >> On Sat, 29 Jun 2024, rbowman wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 29 Jun 2024 01:02:18 -0400, 26xh.0712 wrote: >>> >>> >>>>    So, for now, I'm into Arch derivatives. Manjaro is now very good but >>>>    there are a couple others I'd consider. My one gripe with Manjaro is >>>>    the update model ... which quickly gets to basically reloading the >>>>    entire 2+gb system, rather like Tumbleweed, and that takes time and >>>>    bites into the monthly data allotment. >>> >>> I avoided the Red Hat family after the gcc 2.96 fiaso in the early '2000s >>> but recently gave Fedora a shot on one of my backup machines. I knew what >>> i was getting into but the KDE spin 40 has a huge number of updates. >>> They've even managed to copy the Windows 'Don't turn you machine off' >>> message. >>> >>>>    Clearly boards like BeeLink and BMax fit into a different niche from >>>>    Pi's - for some apps you WANT all those I/O pins and there's no >>>>    substitute. However I had been using Pi's for apps that did not need >>>>    those pins. Pi5/WORM has forced me to a fork in the road, Pi doesn't >>>>    do it all anymore. >>> >>> I've got a few Pico Ws and may go the route of using one Pico as the >>> loader/debugger for the target Pico to get around the pin problem with a >>> conventional Linux box. They're cheap enough. >>> >>> >> >> I'm using the radxa zero for kodi with debian bookworm. Works flawlessly >> and the small radxa zero has more than enough power to make x265 and 1080p >> run smoothly on the TV. =) > > Glad SOMETHING works on WORM ... > > IMHO it's been contaminated by Canonical rejects and > was released WAY too early. FAR too many utterly > POINTLESS changes that do NOT improve usability or > security or anything. Deb should go back one or two > steps and then advance from that paradigm. From Deb > we expect SOLID and TRADITIONAL Linux. Let others > try all the weird stuff. > Interesting. I was completely unaware of that. Could you give me some examples of what they did? Note that I don't have any graphical environment, only the server, an extra codec repository from where I also got kodi. --8323328-1658239646-1719913638=:17764--