Subj : Re: Rpi considerations To : Daniel From : Theo Date : Fri Jun 14 2024 09:59:17 Daniel wrote: > Joerg Walther writes: > > > Daniel wrote: > > > >>No I didn't and thanks for alerting me on that. I thought the VM's could > >>specify architecture. > > > > Actually ARM Docker can run x86 images, but expect it to be sluggish. > > Debian is home to me and there is an ARM version so I'll likely go that > route. Still evaluating. I think the later Pis (4 and 5) do support KVM now, which earlier ones didn't. However I don't think it's a road very well travelled, so there could be bumps. With KVM you can run an Arm OS, but: Pi OS images are designed to be relashed to a Pi SD card, so don't UEFI which is probably the way KVM/QEMU wants to boot them. There are generic Arm server images which probably will boot, and you can then install GUI packages. You won't get GPU acceleration as there's no idea of Pi GPU passthrough. While there might be no Kubuntu image, that's easy to install on a standard Ubuntu: $ sudo apt install kubuntu-desktop The other limitation with Pis is the limited RAM, which might not be enough. Docker makes better use of RAM than VMs, and is a much more popular path. TL:DR if you want an easy life go with Docker on Pi or VMs on x86. Other routes are more 'interesting'. Theo (who should play with KVM on Pi4 sometime) --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .