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Raspberry Pi - Arch Linux or Raspberry Pi OS (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by bronzing@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hi everyone,

I'm currently changing my setup a bit and I'm thinking about firing up my Raspberry Pi 4 again as a home server kind thing. I typically use Arch (BTW) as my go-to linux distro but IIRC arch on the Pi gave me some trouble last time I tried it. Does anyone know how stable arch on Pi is right now? Also, is there a particular reason I should or shouldn't use the native Raspberry Pi OS?

I know I didn't write about uses really but that's because I haven't figured out what I want to do with it yet... I've recently moved my main server (mainly media) to my folks' house since they got fiber (gotta go fast), but I think it makes sense having some lower profile server running in my own home so I can connect to it remotely.

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[–] BrownianMotion@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I have used several distros on RPi4 8GB. This is what I learned: If you want some type of desktop, then RaspiOS is the most responsive out of the box and can be made even better. If your doing pure server stuff, I found Vanilla Debian, or even Ubuntu server are well done for RPi4 and just work. However their desktops are not optimised and way slower than RaspiOS.

Oddly, I have not tried Arch on RPi4, but since mainline 6(.1) kernel, I believe everything is supported including UEFI.

I have several RPi 3's and 4's (automated sprinkler systems and mini desktops like I'm using now in my lounge) all running UEFI, booting direct off USB disks (no sd card needed), no fsckery needed. (I do keep UEFI updated from github, but its honestly not necessary now - just how those devices originally were installed.)