Re: Pi4 to Pi5 migration

Scott Alfter <scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us> wrote:

In article <v3t15g$1kl11$1@dont-email.me>,  <bp@www.zefox.net> 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. :)