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    [–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Basically just the fact that it's very lightweight, I was able to install it on an rpi5 (not officially supported), install only what I needed, and was able to resolve all the issues I had for my niche use-case.

    There is a quite noticeable difference in how snappy it feels versus the official rpi OS. Arch runs way zippier on it. Those devices are a little limited hardware-wise so it makes a big difference in what it feels like to use that system.

    I also like knowing that the updates flowing in so quickly, I get the latest fixes and new features before I would on any of the other distros I've used. I have always been a little scared of rolling releases but over the last couple months I haven't seen any breakages yet so fingers crossed! A lot of people have tried to tell me rolling release can be solid, but I was skeptical.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    snappy it feels versus the official rpi OS

    I blame the desktop manager. Once I ditched the default von on the pi, and replaced it with standard gnome, the pi became almost as snappy as my regular notebook.

    in general: standard debian should be exactly as light-weight as arch.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Oh I misread what you wrote in the first paragraph. Yeah I actually did try that route too, installing Gnome on PI OS lite. I used this guide: https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=276512

    It actually was pretty slow for me for some reason. I had some weird crashes and things too, so I abandoned that.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

    for me it was on a pi5. maybe the amd64 was what made it work for me? idk.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

    Good to know. Yeah, I actually did try to install debian iirc but I didn't have any luck.