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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.