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Has anyone had success using an ARM based system for local development in Linux?

by gigatexal 7y ago

wrong_variable 7y ago
Depends on what you are doing.
- gigatexal 7y ago
  Local golang work with docker but mostly as a dumb terminal interfacing with a remote k8s cluster and using the web as a reference.
  - Tempest1981 7y ago
    Can I build and run golang programs natively, or do I need to run them in docker? (I'm new to all this, also unclear on the "dumb terminal interfacing" scenario... is that specific to using Kubernetes?)
    - FlyingSnake 7y ago
      > dumb terminal interfacing I think GP means terminal access through SSH/MoSH
      - gigatexal 7y ago
        Yes this. Apologies for being vague.
- nottorp 7y ago
  Yes, but you're running off a sloooow sd card which may slow you down a bit if you compile stuff. Other than that it's just a normal linux computer. Mind, I've only done command line and text mode editors, if you want the full desktop and a ram hungry IDE it's going to hurt more.
  - nottorp 7y ago
    Another important thing to mention: if you're compiling and logging to the sd card, buy a lot of them because they'll die on you. They're not designed for this many writes.
    - kingosticks 7y ago
      Or better yet, move your rootfs to a more reliable storage medium e.g. a USB hard disk drive. https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/bootmodes/msd.md https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberry...
    - imtringued 7y ago
      Why bother with obsolete SD cards then? Here is an SSD for 15€ [0]. Pair it with a 5€ USB to SATA adapter and you're ready to go. [0] https://www.alternate.de/Apacer/AS350-120-GB-Solid-State-Drive/html/product/1366606?campaign=SSD/Apacer/1366606 https://www.alternate.de/Apacer/AS350-120-GB-Solid-State-Dri...
      - nottorp 7y ago
        Also you're tripling the space needs. Add 1-2 more things and you might as well get a desktop case ;) Sometimes it's doable, sometimes not.
      - dchest 7y ago
        Or external SSD drive. I ran RPi successfully on this: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/KingDian-Newest-item-Portable-SSD-USB-3-0-120GB-240GB-500GB-External-Solid-State-Drive-Best/32843026641.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/KingDian-Newest-item-Portabl... and also have this: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/KingSpec-External-SSD-hard-drive-120GB-SSD-240GB-500GB-Portable-SSD-External-hard-drive-1TB-hdd/32848432283.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/KingSpec-External-SSD-hard-d... These are cheap Chinese SSDs, so I'm not sure about their longevity. There are also similar Samsung SSDs for ~2x price. Another alternative is to get a good industrial SD card.
onion2k 7y ago
I use a Pi3B+ for dev at home (working on nodejs, react, serverless etc). It's great.
rcarmo 7y ago
Yes. I use mine for a lot of back-end development (I can run Ubuntu on them and Docker, and have a bunch of containers built for them as well, via a multi-arch pipeline[1] I have been adding to for a while and just cleaned up for re-use). [1]: https://github.com/rcarmo/azure-pipelines-multiarch-docker https://github.com/rcarmo/azure-pipelines-multiarch-docker
FlyingSnake 7y ago
Yes, I use my R.Pi3 as a development server. I run Nginx -> Postgrest -> PostgreSQL on the R.Pi, and it has served me faithfully for more than a year. It is blazing fast ( _for my needs_ ) and I can quickly replicate and setup another R.Pi if needed in a jiffy. I can't wait to port my setup to the new ARM64 R.Pi4!

Has anyone had success using an ARM based system for local development in Linux?

wrong_variable 7y ago

Depends on what you are doing.

gigatexal 7y ago
Local golang work with docker but mostly as a dumb terminal interfacing with a remote k8s cluster and using the web as a reference.
- Tempest1981 7y ago
  Can I build and run golang programs natively, or do I need to run them in docker? (I'm new to all this, also unclear on the "dumb terminal interfacing" scenario... is that specific to using Kubernetes?)
  - FlyingSnake 7y ago
    > dumb terminal interfacing I think GP means terminal access through SSH/MoSH
    - gigatexal 7y ago
      Yes this. Apologies for being vague.
nottorp 7y ago
Yes, but you're running off a sloooow sd card which may slow you down a bit if you compile stuff. Other than that it's just a normal linux computer. Mind, I've only done command line and text mode editors, if you want the full desktop and a ram hungry IDE it's going to hurt more.
- nottorp 7y ago
  Another important thing to mention: if you're compiling and logging to the sd card, buy a lot of them because they'll die on you. They're not designed for this many writes.
  - kingosticks 7y ago
    Or better yet, move your rootfs to a more reliable storage medium e.g. a USB hard disk drive. https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/bootmodes/msd.md https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberry...
  - imtringued 7y ago
    Why bother with obsolete SD cards then? Here is an SSD for 15€ [0]. Pair it with a 5€ USB to SATA adapter and you're ready to go. [0] https://www.alternate.de/Apacer/AS350-120-GB-Solid-State-Drive/html/product/1366606?campaign=SSD/Apacer/1366606 https://www.alternate.de/Apacer/AS350-120-GB-Solid-State-Dri...
    - nottorp 7y ago
      Also you're tripling the space needs. Add 1-2 more things and you might as well get a desktop case ;) Sometimes it's doable, sometimes not.
    - dchest 7y ago
      Or external SSD drive. I ran RPi successfully on this: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/KingDian-Newest-item-Portable-SSD-USB-3-0-120GB-240GB-500GB-External-Solid-State-Drive-Best/32843026641.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/KingDian-Newest-item-Portabl... and also have this: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/KingSpec-External-SSD-hard-drive-120GB-SSD-240GB-500GB-Portable-SSD-External-hard-drive-1TB-hdd/32848432283.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/KingSpec-External-SSD-hard-d... These are cheap Chinese SSDs, so I'm not sure about their longevity. There are also similar Samsung SSDs for ~2x price. Another alternative is to get a good industrial SD card.

onion2k 7y ago

I use a Pi3B+ for dev at home (working on nodejs, react, serverless etc). It's great.

rcarmo 7y ago

Yes. I use mine for a lot of back-end development (I can run Ubuntu on them and Docker, and have a bunch of containers built for them as well, via a multi-arch pipeline[1] I have been adding to for a while and just cleaned up for re-use). [1]: https://github.com/rcarmo/azure-pipelines-multiarch-docker https://github.com/rcarmo/azure-pipelines-multiarch-docker

FlyingSnake 7y ago

Yes, I use my R.Pi3 as a development server. I run Nginx -> Postgrest -> PostgreSQL on the R.Pi, and it has served me faithfully for more than a year. It is blazing fast ( _for my needs_ ) and I can quickly replicate and setup another R.Pi if needed in a jiffy. I can't wait to port my setup to the new ARM64 R.Pi4!