Subj : Re: Remmina RDP
To   : Mike Powell
From : Ky Moffet
Date : Wed May 15 2024 01:37:00

MIKE POWELL wrote:
>>> I have tried it other times in the past and that is always the same
>>> story... I can get it installed and working until it is time for a version
>>> upgrade.  I have never had a version upgrade that resulted in a working
>>> machine afterwards.
> 
>> With the SBC or linux in general?
> 
> Ubuntu on any machine, SBC or PC.  The upgrade always leaves the system
> in question unusable.

Ah. Well, one more reason to dislike Ubuntu.

>> Used to be until about 7-8 years ago you could COUNT on doing a full
>> reinstall, because version upgrade almost never worked, and sometimes
>> updates didn't work either. Since I regard reinstalling as a mortal sin,
>> this was a total dealbreaker for me. But it's been a lot better since:
> 
> Same here.  I can remember needing to do the full reinstall, but have not
> had to do that with debian (or devuan) in quite a while... well, except for
> when I accidentally ran a machine out of space.  ;)

LOL. I would hear the word "upgrade reinstall" and head for the hills, 
so I never had the displeasure.

> I use Devuan on two machines.  One is a PC that I do use the GUI on.  That
> machine has always had a quirk where, every so often, the screen will just
> disappear and the machine requires a reboot.  Do you remember ever trying
> to load a GIF or other graphics on an XT and having it not work?  That is
> what the screen will suddenly look like... a big mess.  ;)
> 
> It does that no matter what distro is running on it so I figure it is
> something wrong with the box itself.

Bad video RAM, probably at the tail end of the addressing space and 
marginal rather than failed, so it only occasionally messes up.

>> PCLOS is rolling so there is no such thing as upgrade, and updates are
>> continuous. Occasional minor glitches but overall I find I prefer
>> rolling... problems get fixed a LOT faster. Synaptic is ugly but it
>> works really nice for updates.
> 
> Does PCLOS have a cli install program, like apt or ???

Yes, but I've never used it. It's some unholy hybrid of APT and RPM.

>>> That SBC now runs debian proper just fine.
 >
> I *think* the part that may not work, but that I don't use on this one, is
> the 40-pin whatchamacallit.  I think the maintainers only make that code
> available to ubuntu.  Since I don't use that bit, debian works just fine
> and I suspect if I wanted to use that bit I could find the code and compile
> it.

Nah, there's no code for the GPIO (40 pin) header, and nothing to do 
with Ubuntu It's all hardware and firmware. You have to write and run 
Python scripts to control each pin individually. ExplainingComputers 
youtube channel has done a few vids on simple scripts, to control a 
weather station and a toy robot, stuff like that. Mostly useful to 
makerspace, not to general-purpose computing.

https://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2012/06/simple-guide-to-the-rpi-gpio-header-and-pins/
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