monero-GUI-guide VS PiNodeXMR

Here's a (now slightly out of date) general guide for the GUI, if you haven't seen it: https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-GUI-guide/blob/master/monero-GUI-guide.md

If you're new, the Monero GUI guide is a good resource.

well I kind of followed the docs (https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-GUI-guide/blob/master/monero-GUI-guide.md) which advise for a total download for privacy and not to connect to weird remote nodes so :

I didn't see a setting for that here: https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-GUI-guide/blob/master/monero-GUI-guide.md

How do I get PiNodeXMR: It's FOSS software for single board computers, laptops and micro PC's https://pinode.co.uk/ https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/PiNode-XMR

Then for software either: 1) Install the Monero GUI as you have been. 2) Follow one of Seths guides: https://sethforprivacy.com/guides/ 3) Monero-bash Is a bash script you can run that installs things for you. 4) In my very biased opinion (The project I manage) you could run PiNodeXMR, which would turn that little device into the dedicated node and also run P2Pool for your mining and sets up loads of stuff to make your node easy to connect to from your mobile wallet on the move either with tor, I2P or clearnet if you want it simple. https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/PiNode-XMR https://pinode.co.uk/

From guide: https://monero.stackexchange.com/a/11621 and https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/PiNode-XMR/wiki/i2p-Setup-and-Use

XMR can run on a pi too: https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/PiNode-XMR