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Pro-Tip: Raspbian comes with loads of bloatware. If you really need a headless server go ahead and install Ubuntu Server 14.04... IMO much better than Snappy Ub

by joeyspn 11y ago

Pro-Tip: Raspbian comes with loads of bloatware. If you really need a headless server go ahead and install Ubuntu Server 14.04... IMO much better than Snappy Ubuntu Core https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/RaspberryPi https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/RaspberryPi

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pettou 11y ago
Or Raspbian Lite: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/ https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/
- geerlingguy 11y ago
  This distro was just added a couple weeks ago, and is the same as Raspbian, but without all the GUI bits, apps like Minecraft and Wolfram, and it boots to the console without automatic login. I used to use 'Diet Raspbian,' which took plain Raspbian and stripped it down, but this is a much nicer alternative, since it's an official build!
pjc50 11y ago
What do you consider "bloatware" - all the graphical X server and applications?
- joeyspn 11y ago
  Precisely... for many use cases you don't need them. It's better if you start with a server distro.
merah 11y ago
Or Raspbian Jessie Lite: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=127060 https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=1270...
aexaey 11y ago
Ubuntu Snappy Core does not work on Raspberry Pi Zero, or for that matter on any ARMv6, such as most RPi models: 0,A,A+,B and B+. All of above are based on BCM2835/BCM2708 SoC. UbuntuSC requires ARMv7 ISA CPU, which among Raspberry Pi models is only featured on the BCM2836/BCM2709 SoC in "Rasbperry Pi 2 Model B" (note the "2").
tomswartz07 11y ago
Or ArchLinux ARM: http://archlinuxarm.org/ http://archlinuxarm.org/
zz1 11y ago
Also available: DietPi http://dietpi.net/ http://dietpi.net/ Minibian https://minibianpi.wordpress.com/ https://minibianpi.wordpress.com/ Both Raspbian-based And, in just 80MB, Slitaz-ARM http://arm.slitaz.org/ http://arm.slitaz.org/ Though I don't know if the latter has SSH enabled by default.
gardarh 11y ago
Or better yet, build your own: http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-raspberrypi http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-raspberrypi
loginusername 11y ago
Good tip. Also, there are options that can be built from source (e.g., BSD) so that all that cruft is not installed by default. IME, 8 GB SD cards are not needed; 1 GB and smaller can suffice.
dekhn 11y ago
I tried Snappy and won't use it again. to enable wifi involves manually installing dpkgs, rather than using the snappy package system. that's a regression from ubuntu.
Narishma 11y ago
Ubuntu only works on Raspberry Pi 2.

by joeyspn 11y ago

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pettou 11y ago

Or Raspbian Lite: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/ https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/

geerlingguy 11y ago
This distro was just added a couple weeks ago, and is the same as Raspbian, but without all the GUI bits, apps like Minecraft and Wolfram, and it boots to the console without automatic login. I used to use 'Diet Raspbian,' which took plain Raspbian and stripped it down, but this is a much nicer alternative, since it's an official build!

pjc50 11y ago

What do you consider "bloatware" - all the graphical X server and applications?

joeyspn 11y ago
Precisely... for many use cases you don't need them. It's better if you start with a server distro.

merah 11y ago

Or Raspbian Jessie Lite: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=127060 https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=1270...

aexaey 11y ago

Ubuntu Snappy Core does not work on Raspberry Pi Zero, or for that matter on any ARMv6, such as most RPi models: 0,A,A+,B and B+. All of above are based on BCM2835/BCM2708 SoC. UbuntuSC requires ARMv7 ISA CPU, which among Raspberry Pi models is only featured on the BCM2836/BCM2709 SoC in "Rasbperry Pi 2 Model B" (note the "2").

tomswartz07 11y ago

Or ArchLinux ARM: http://archlinuxarm.org/ http://archlinuxarm.org/

zz1 11y ago

Also available: DietPi http://dietpi.net/ http://dietpi.net/ Minibian https://minibianpi.wordpress.com/ https://minibianpi.wordpress.com/ Both Raspbian-based And, in just 80MB, Slitaz-ARM http://arm.slitaz.org/ http://arm.slitaz.org/ Though I don't know if the latter has SSH enabled by default.

gardarh 11y ago

Or better yet, build your own: http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-raspberrypi http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-raspberrypi

loginusername 11y ago

Good tip. Also, there are options that can be built from source (e.g., BSD) so that all that cruft is not installed by default. IME, 8 GB SD cards are not needed; 1 GB and smaller can suffice.

dekhn 11y ago

I tried Snappy and won't use it again. to enable wifi involves manually installing dpkgs, rather than using the snappy package system. that's a regression from ubuntu.

Narishma 11y ago

Ubuntu only works on Raspberry Pi 2.