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"8GB ought to be enough for anybody", I guess? Also, he said "Raspbian", rather than the "Raspberry Linux" in the title...which I don't think is a thing.

by tyingq 4y ago

IncRnd 4y ago
Raspbian and Raspberry Linux both refer to Raspberry Pi OS, which was renamed from Raspbian. [1] [1] https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/ https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/
- tyingq 4y ago
  I don't see the phrase "Raspberry Linux" in the linked page. Google results only seems to show those words as a deliberate name for a few niche things like "RT Raspberry Linux". Meaning, I still don't think "Raspberry Linux" is a thing. HN should probably change the post title here.
  - mattl 4y ago
    Yeah it’s not called Raspberry Linux. This is a mistake but I think most people know he meant Raspbian/RPi OS
    - tyingq 4y ago
      He said Raspbian. It's just the post title here that's off. Edit: Yes, it's something of a nit, but it helps for searching, etc, later. Or if in the future, a different product does have that name. "Raspberry Pi OS" is an option if Raspbian seems obscure.
      - Kiro 4y ago
        The post title is fine. I wouldn't have clicked this if it said something obscure like "Raspbian".
  - deleted 4y ago
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- benn_88 4y ago
  Raspbian [1] is the name of the original community project to port Debian to armhf (armv6 hard float) which ran on the Raspberry Pi 1. Raspberry Pi put our their own images based on this, and called it Raspbian until about 2020 [2] when they started calling it "Raspberry Pi OS" after they started producing aarch64 images. [1] https://www.raspbian.org/ https://www.raspbian.org/ [2] https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/8gb-raspberry-pi-4-on-sale-now-at-75/ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/8gb-raspberry-pi-4-on-sale-... Further reading: [4] https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-os-no-longer-raspbian https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-os-no-longer-... [5] https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/602658/253655 https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/602658/253655
abudabi123 4y ago
rpi-imager - Raspberry Pi imaging utility That tool gets you the option to install the image of your choosing. 8GB can be exhuasted, use a System Load Viewer dock widget and btop to spot/stop/start the process over-consuming your memory. Typically, the web browser hogs up to 1GB then I quit it. The next upgrade is to 16GB or 32GB from 8GB for me. I went from the Mac Mini at 8GB to Rpi 4GB then 8GB.
jesusofnazarath 4y ago
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"8GB ought to be enough for anybody", I guess? Also, he said "Raspbian", rather than the "Raspberry Linux" in the title...which I don't think is a thing.

by tyingq 4y ago

"8GB ought to be enough for anybody", I guess? Also, he said "Raspbian", rather than the "Raspberry Linux" in the title...which I don't think is a thing.

IncRnd 4y ago

Raspbian and Raspberry Linux both refer to Raspberry Pi OS, which was renamed from Raspbian. [1] [1] https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/ https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/

tyingq 4y ago
I don't see the phrase "Raspberry Linux" in the linked page. Google results only seems to show those words as a deliberate name for a few niche things like "RT Raspberry Linux". Meaning, I still don't think "Raspberry Linux" is a thing. HN should probably change the post title here.
- mattl 4y ago
  Yeah it’s not called Raspberry Linux. This is a mistake but I think most people know he meant Raspbian/RPi OS
  - tyingq 4y ago
    He said Raspbian. It's just the post title here that's off. Edit: Yes, it's something of a nit, but it helps for searching, etc, later. Or if in the future, a different product does have that name. "Raspberry Pi OS" is an option if Raspbian seems obscure.
    - Kiro 4y ago
      The post title is fine. I wouldn't have clicked this if it said something obscure like "Raspbian".
- deleted 4y ago
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benn_88 4y ago
Raspbian [1] is the name of the original community project to port Debian to armhf (armv6 hard float) which ran on the Raspberry Pi 1. Raspberry Pi put our their own images based on this, and called it Raspbian until about 2020 [2] when they started calling it "Raspberry Pi OS" after they started producing aarch64 images. [1] https://www.raspbian.org/ https://www.raspbian.org/ [2] https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/8gb-raspberry-pi-4-on-sale-now-at-75/ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/8gb-raspberry-pi-4-on-sale-... Further reading: [4] https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-os-no-longer-raspbian https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-os-no-longer-... [5] https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/602658/253655 https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/602658/253655

abudabi123 4y ago

rpi-imager - Raspberry Pi imaging utility That tool gets you the option to install the image of your choosing. 8GB can be exhuasted, use a System Load Viewer dock widget and btop to spot/stop/start the process over-consuming your memory. Typically, the web browser hogs up to 1GB then I quit it. The next upgrade is to 16GB or 32GB from 8GB for me. I went from the Mac Mini at 8GB to Rpi 4GB then 8GB.

jesusofnazarath 4y ago

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