Re: [tlug] GW projects

[Stephen Lasseter <stephen@karasu.ninja>]

On 2020-04-28 12:00 p.m., Curt J. Sampson wrote:
> If you want to try this, note that you still need an SD card for some
> of the initial bootstrap code, but the root filesystem can be on the
> USB device, IIRC, and the SD card need not be used once you're booted.
I'm sure I heard that someone figured out how to not need the SD card at 
all with the rp4, but now I can't find those links.  I'll let you know 
if I come across that again.
> Good to hear! What does this offer over or do differently from
> Raspbian, beyond the standard Ubuntu vs. Debian advantages and
> disadvantages?

If there are no downsides to Ubuntu and you are already familiar with 
it, then that may be a factor for many to weigh.

Also, my Understanding is that Raspbian is restricted to 32 bit 
user-land.  Depending on what you are doing, that many be an important 
performance consideration.

Another idea is ZFS support in Ubuntu.  That may be really nice to have 
if you are using one of these for a light Nextcloud server or something 
similar.

Stephen