Re: Is there a 'plain vanilla Debian' version for RaspberryPi-5?
Rick Thomas [2025-09-09 00:46:15] wrote:
> The RaspberryPI-5 now comes with enough RAM to make it a reasonable choice
> for a desktop personal computer. It comes with a version of Raspbian OS
> that works quite well. However, I would prefer to have a plain-vanilla
> Debian OS, because that's what I'm most familiar with. Does such a thing
> exist? If so, where can I download it?
https://sd-card-images.johang.se/ has vanilla U-Boot + Debian images for
many ARM boards, including RPis. AFAICT there's no image for RPi5, presumably
because of lack of support for that hardware either in vanilla U-Boot or
in vanilla Linux.
> Is it compatible enough with PC-Windows for me to recommend it to my
> friends who are life-time Windows users?
IMO, friends don't help friends run Windows. 🙂
[ More seriously, I suspect it would combine the worst of both worlds:
the lack of support (and accompanying need to learn^H^H^H^H^Hget your
hands dirty) typical of GNU/Linux, while being stuck with
a proprietary system. ]
Stefan
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