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DietPi
- Home Lab Guide
- DietPi – Highly optimised minimal Debian OS
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DietPi released a new version 9.1
DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts.
The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi
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Considerations for a long-running Raspberry Pi
That's a good point, but the array of devices supported by the DietPi team is extensive: https://dietpi.com/
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The Orange Pi 5
Before someone starts the usual yadda yadda about the RPi biger community, the OS not having long time support etc. I would repeat one more time: do not rely on board vendor supplied images; this is valid for pretty much all boards. Just go to Armbian or DietPi pages and you'll almost certainly find one or more images that work on your board and forums to discuss about them with very knowledgeable people.
https://www.armbian.com/download/
https://dietpi.com/#download
Those projects are well worth a contribution, as they don't have a giant like Broadcom behind them.
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OpenWrt One/AP-24.XY: new open source router board by OpenWrt and Banana Pi
> bananapi do a lot of boards but their software story has been a bit poor
This is quite common with other board manufacturers too. I'd rather suggest to ignore completely their cobbled together distros, often also tainted by proprietary modifications, that become unmaintained in a few years, and see if they're among the many supported by Armbian or DietPi.
https://www.armbian.com/download/
https://dietpi.com/#download
- DietPi: Lightweight Debian OS, optimised for minimal CPU, RAM usage
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DietPi released a new version 8.25
The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v8_25/
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Looking for a way to remote in to K's of raspberry pi's...
RPi OS = diet pi https://dietpi.com/ - initial config via text file - SDcard burning out partially mitigated as writes log files to ram then flushes to SDcard reducing write cycles
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Laptop so slow that even XFCE is laggy. What distro could run better?
You could also try very minimalistic distros like TwisterUI or DietPi which are most known for their use in the RasprebbyPi / SBC computers but which also have editions for desktop / laptop.
Rufus
- Warn if (Windows ISO) media will no longer be bootable after Q1 2024 (Rufus)
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How to Install Windows 11 On A Device That Does Not Meet Windows 11 Requirements
You can also use Rufus. It has options to customize Windows 11 and one of them is to disable the hardware module requirement.
https://rufus.ie
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Windows 10 end of life could prompt torrent of e-waste
You can use Rufus: https://rufus.ie/en/
To modify the ISO to turn off hardware check and TPM support for Windows 11 to install it on an unsupported PC.
https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/FAQ#user-content-Help_...
Besides Linux and BSD Unix there is: https://reactos.org/ https://aros.sourceforge.io/ https://www.haiku-os.org/ and https://www.arcanoae.com/arcaos/
I know some third-world nations still use DOS and the BORLAND DOS compilers because people donate old computers to their nations.
With the right OS, old computers are still usable. Please don't throw them away, e-cycle them so they get used by poor nations that cannot afford new PCs.
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Ventoy
3. NVMe drives may not gracefully handle sudden disconnections, because USB connections are inherently unreliable interfaces prone to physical disruption and loss of power.
If your drive decides to stop showing up, first try loading up the boot device selection screen in the UEFI, and then insert the drive. It may take several seconds to show up. If trying that a few times doesn’t work, the drive may be stuck in a bad state, and might be recovered with the power cycle technique https://dfarq.homeip.net/fix-dead-ssd/
Always set up automatic backups if you actually have non-replaceable data on the drive. They can and will just suddenly die forever with loss of all data, just like thumb drives. You have been warned.
All that said, there are generally less issues if you are simply putting ventoy on it to install from a loaded iso.
I have a dual raid1 sata enclosure that I use to boot a windows to go install created with Rufus (https://github.com/pbatard/rufus), which makes testing and benchmarking so much nicer to deal with. I’ve even stuck games on it, and other than relative filesystem slowness it works pretty great.
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Tried to create a RAID 1 array without researching properly
The author has extensive documentation and tutorial content. First steps: download CD image, download Rufus (http://rufus.ie), write the image to the flash drive, remember that this will clear the data on the flash drive and it will not be recoverable.
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I reset my pc but it only boots up with my EXTERNAL HDD INSTEAD OF SSD
Seems like you're an absolute newbie. Well, here is the website: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus Direct download link Youtube guide to create a bootable pen-drive
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Terrible CPU & GPU utilization (need help!!!)
You can use that to create a bootable usb stick using rufus: https://rufus.ie
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Need help with USB bootloading
Note: Once you have created the "persistent partition" on the pedrive (you can use Rufus),during the Ubuntu installation you have to select that partition as your /home
- Installed new hd cant get windows to load iso
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I flashed a usb for a bootable os, now it won't show up when plugged in and i can't boot to it.
Download rufus portable https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases/download/v4.1/rufus-4.1p.exe
What are some alternatives?
OpenMediaVault - openmediavault is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux. Thanks to the modular design of the framework it can be enhanced via plugins. openmediavault is primarily designed to be used in home environments or small home offices.
Ventoy - A new bootable USB solution.
NextCloudPi - 📦 Build code for NextcloudPi: Raspberry Pi, Odroid, Rock64, Docker, curl installer...
shredos.x86_64 - Shredos Disk Eraser 64 bit for all Intel 64 bit processors as well as processors from AMD and other vendors which make compatible 64 bit chips. ShredOS - Secure disk erasure/wipe
Open and cheap DIY IP-KVM based on Raspberry Pi - Open and inexpensive DIY IP-KVM based on Raspberry Pi
MediaCreationTool.bat - Universal MCT wrapper script for all Windows 10/11 versions from 1507 to 21H2!
DockSTARTer - DockSTARTer helps you get started with running apps in Docker.
unetbootin - UNetbootin installs Linux/BSD distributions to a partition or USB drive
FreeNAS - TrueNAS CORE/Enterprise/SCALE Middleware Git Repository [Moved to: https://github.com/truenas/middleware]
Fido - A PowerShell script to download Windows or UEFI Shell ISOs
Ansible-NAS - Build a full-featured home server or NAS replacement with an Ubuntu box and this playbook.
arch-linux-installation-guide - An easy to follow Arch Linux installation guide. This guide will show you how to properly install Arch Linux on UEFI/BIOS systems, ext4/btrfs file systems; using systemd-bootloader/GRUB and systemd-networkd/NetworkManager for networking. These are the given examples but I have provided links to sections with the information necessary to install any 86_64 system