Subj : Re: Pi4 to Pi5 migration To : Scott Alfter From : bp@www.zefox.net Date : Sat Jun 08 2024 02:11:56 Scott Alfter wrote: > In article , wrote: >>One thing I hadn't considered until now is migrating away from >>RasPiOS to something else. Are there any alternatives that offer >>comparable support that will run on the Pi5? > > It depends on what you want to do. Probably browser performance is the main bottleneck. Far as I know the RasPiOS version of chromium is the only browser that exploits the VideoCore portion of the Pi. Is this still true? It's been a genuine dissapointment that Broadcom failed to open VideoCore in a useful way. It's most of the Pi's horsepower. Or, am I being unfair? Thanks to everyone for reading and replying! bob prohaska I have Alpine running on a CM4 that > serves as a headless OctoPrint host for my 3D printer. I've not tried > running any of the desktop bits because I don't need them in that > application. I've run Gentoo on various RPis, but updates can be painfully > slow if you don't cross-compile them on more powerful hardware. I might've > had Armbian running at one point (or maybe I'm confusing the RPi with other > SBCs on which I've run Armbian). > > None are going to be as easy to get up and running, but if you don't mind > getting your hands dirty, they all have their uses and you'll learn > something from the experience. :) > --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .