As noted, Core is aimed at IoT. To expand a bit on what that implies: think of Ubuntu Core as a deployment platform rather than a general purpose OS. It's the sort of thing you might use to support an appliance (some self-contained hardware device) that happens to have a Pi driving it. In other wor...

To advice people against using ubuntu? Personally I don't like ubuntu for Pi, but for a different reason. Or perhaps, the newest product of the troll factory? I am deeply embarrassed but apparently I had turned into a troll on the day I posted this rant. I’m usually a lot more patient but was havin...

<RANT> It’s back to getting Raspbian going and UBUNTU goes out the window. </RANT> And the purpose of that rant is ... ? Oops. I forgot to use the <RANT></RANT> tags for my rant, and the rant was in bad taste anyway. Very frustrated after a couple of bad days. However I should not have vented here....

Ubuntu Core is aimed at IoT: https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi-core Ubuntu Server is aimed more as an alternative to other Desktop Linux / Unix Operating Systems: https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi Ah. I was thinking that “core“ meant a basic Ubuntu system, and “server” meant a full bl...

I thought for something completely different, I would image ubuntu core onto an SD card and boot my raspberry pi 4b with it. It boots OK, and I wanted to enable Wi-Fi as well as the ethernet port. As long as it’s going to do it for me, I want to enable the Wi-Fi, so that later on I can disconnect th...

I recently set up my RPi3B to boot off a USB drive. I have two external enclosures for 2.5" SATA laptop drives and both work perfectly. Both enclosures are toolless. IAUGO USB 3.0 External Hard Drive Disk Enclosure Case for 9.5mm 7mm 2.5 Inch SATA HDD and SSD Inateck FE2004 USB 3.0 HDD SATA External...