raspberry pi OSes

[kickstart]

At this times, whats the most usable/stable OS for the raspberry pi?

AROS have any native version?

[commodorejohn]

RISC OS on the Pi is pretty good. A lot lighter than Debian.

[Rebel-CD32]

I'm curious, has there been any extra development or an influx of new programmers and applications on RiscOS since it's been running on the Pi? I still love the idea of running all my favourite classic applications and games on one when I finally get a Pi, but it'd be cool if there's been some new development too. It'd bode well for Aros I suppose, once it's running native with any luck it'll attract a few of the hobbiests to give it a go and want to give something back.

So I take it at the moment it's pretty much just Linux and RiscOS to choose from on the Pi, with Aros still needing to be hosted on Linux (for now)? I wonder if there have been any attempts to port any other open source OSs like Haiku to the Pi.

[commodorejohn]

There's definitely been some modern development since it supports USB and has a port of NetSurf. I don't know how much is due to the Pi and how much is just due to the efforts of the RISC OS Open community.

[bloodline]

I'm curious, has there been any extra development or an influx of new programmers and applications on RiscOS since it's been running on the Pi? I still love the idea of running all my favourite classic applications and games on one when I finally get a Pi, but it'd be cool if there's been some new development too. It'd bode well for Aros I suppose, once it's running native with any luck it'll attract a few of the hobbiests to give it a go and want to give something back.

So I take it at the moment it's pretty much just Linux and RiscOS to choose from on the Pi, with Aros still needing to be hosted on Linux (for now)? I wonder if there have been any attempts to port any other open source OSs like Haiku to the Pi.

I have a dislike of RISCOS that goes right back to my school days... I think most British people my age will agree... It hasn't improved with age

There is a native port of AROS for the pi by Kalamatee, but it is missing a complete USB driver... So no mouse or keyboard input yet... Fingers crossed, Kalamatee will have a go at getting that to work in the not too distant future.

Right now linux works just fine on the pi, but X is a bit heavy for the CPU... It really needs an OpenGL ES based display system.

[persia]

So has it succeeded in it's goal of raising up a new generation of British programmers?

[commodorejohn]

I don't know. You might want to check back in a generation.

[chris]

There's definitely been some modern development since it supports USB and has a port of NetSurf.

I'm a bit late responding to this, but RISC OS is the platform NetSurf was written for.

[commodorejohn]

Ah. Duly noted.

[pVC]

This is quite interesting project...

And if you're going to buy Raspberry Pi, Vesalia has nice selection of them, if you want to support Amiga reseller.

[whabang]

It really depends on what you want to do with it. Raspbian can be fairly neat once you clean out the bloat. On the other hand, I only use mine as an email server.

[nicholas]

This is quite interesting project...

Now that is indeed a very interesting project and a perfect example of why EAB is probably the best forum around for 68k stuff these days.

I've got an HxC emulator but I'm definitely going to try out using my Pi for this.  It beats using it just for OpenElec for getting my geek on.

[nicholas]

I have a dislike of RISCOS that goes right back to my school days... I think most British people my age will agree... It hasn't improved with age

There is a native port of AROS for the pi by Kalamatee, but it is missing a complete USB driver... So no mouse or keyboard input yet... Fingers crossed, Kalamatee will have a go at getting that to work in the not too distant future.

Right now linux works just fine on the pi, but X is a bit heavy for the CPU... It really needs an OpenGL ES based display system.

I'm eagerly awaiting a nice slice of ARIX Pi for my dinner.

[pVC]

It really depends on what you want to do with it. Raspbian can be fairly neat once you clean out the bloat. On the other hand, I only use mine as an email server.

I'm using one of those 3rd party minimal Raspbian installations and I'm building my server over it. Too bad Raspberrys can be unreliable with SD cards, so I wouldn't use it for lots of writes and too important stuff... unless you have external HD to store stuff, it might be better.

I planned to use my 16GB class 10 card for server, but it has got corrupted few times already. Smaller class 2 and 4 cards seem to be more reliable... so I ordered 32GB class 4 card and will see if it would work better.

[nicholas]

I'm using one of those 3rd party minimal Raspbian installations and I'm building my server over it. Too bad Raspberrys can be unreliable with SD cards, so I wouldn't use it for lots of writes and too important stuff... unless you have external HD to store stuff, it might be better.

I planned to use my 16GB class 10 card for server, but it has got corrupted few times already. Smaller class 2 and 4 cards seem to be more reliable... so I ordered 32GB class 4 card and will see if it would work better.

Try:

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sudo fstrim -v /
Then add noatime, nodiratime, discard to the mount options of your sdcard in /etc/fstab