Re: synaptic workalike that WILL run on sudo with wayland.
Anssi Saari [2024-12-30 18:16:25] wrote:
> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> FWIW, I've been using ARM-based SBCs for more than 10 years (4 different
>> boards, I'm ashamed to say) and have used Debian on all of them. So no:
>> you don't need Armbian to make use of that kind of hardware.
> OK, which ones?
First Mele A2000, then a Banana Pi (still in use tho in need of
replacement) + Orange Pi mini, and more recently an Odroid-M1.
> I'm only aware of the Rock64 and it's not exactly modern
> or fully supported but would work for my purposes.
I don't think anyone needs "fully supported", so the details will really
depend on your specific needs. Personally, I use the boards as small
headless servers, and choose the boards I buy by consulting the latest
Linux kernel's DTS files to see which boards (and which features of
those boards) are supported by the vanilla kernel. You don't really
need to understand the DTS "language", you can usually search for terms
like "usb", "eth", "sata", "pci", "hdmi", ... to get a good first
approximation. If needed, you can often confirm your understanding by
consulting the Git history of the lines with the keywords of interest.
I've never used Debian's installer on those boards, and don't even know
if Debian officially "supports" them.
Stefan
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