I have two early 2011 Pi B boards. What is the best linux GUI that I can actually run on them ? Everything I have found so far runs so slowly that is unusable.
Thanks.
Re: Best Linux for early 2011 Pi board
Welcome to the Raspberry Pi forums.
The 'best' (recommended and supported) solution is Raspbian, and scale back your expectations.
Some alternative solutions include DietPi and TinyCoreLinux.
The 'best' (recommended and supported) solution is Raspbian, and scale back your expectations.
Some alternative solutions include DietPi and TinyCoreLinux.
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Re: Best Linux for early 2011 Pi board
1) Raspbian Buster Lite and run Minimal Kiosk Browser as an interface:
viewtopic.php?t=40860
2) TinyCoreLinux with Desktop:
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.ph ... ,57.0.html
3) Command Line Only
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RPi 4B 4GB (SSD Boot)..
Asus ChromeBox 3 Celeron is my other computer...
RPi 4B 4GB (SSD Boot)..
Asus ChromeBox 3 Celeron is my other computer...
Re: Best Linux for early 2011 Pi board
GUI runs slow on those "veteran" boards
and as recommended, better scale down your expectations....
CLI still runs quite well on those boards.....
and as recommended, better scale down your expectations....
CLI still runs quite well on those boards.....
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Re: Best Linux for early 2011 Pi board
"Early" 2011 boards? How early? The original Model B was launched on 29 Feb. 2012, so unless you've got an alpha board, "early 2011" seems unlikely.
Re: Best Linux for early 2011 Pi board
Silkscreens on mine say 2011. I mentally added a comma between 'early', and '2011', I think.
Re: Best Linux for early 2011 Pi board
Yes, but those 2012 released boards are marked "(c)2011.12" or similar.W. H. Heydt wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2020 3:58 pm"Early" 2011 boards? How early? The original Model B was launched on 29 Feb. 2012, so unless you've got an alpha board, "early 2011" seems unlikely.
(I originally mistyped that as "(c)1011.12" which would have made it a very early Pi
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2011.12 was the rev2. The original was just "(C) 2011". I just checked a couple of mine.
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Re: Best Linux for early 2011 Pi board
+1, although I had to wait for my first Pi from the "second batch" (c.Sept. 2012). FWIW, some photo's are here: https://www.cpmspectrepi.uk/raspberry_p ... uePis.htmlrpdom wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2020 4:02 pmYes, but those 2012 released boards are marked "(c)2011.12" or similar.W. H. Heydt wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2020 3:58 pm"Early" 2011 boards? How early? The original Model B was launched on 29 Feb. 2012, so unless you've got an alpha board, "early 2011" seems unlikely.
(I originally mistyped that as "(c)1011.12" which would have made it a very early Pi
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2011.12 was the rev2. The original was just "(C) 2011". I just checked a couple of mine.
and screenshots of a "Buster Test Install" on the B1 here: https://www.cpmspectrepi.uk/raspberry_p ... cTest.html
Trev.
Still running Raspbian Jessie or Stretch on some older Pi's (an A, B1, 2xB2, B+, P2B, 3xP0, P0W, 2xP3A+, P3B+, P3B, B+, and a A+) but Buster on the P4B's. See: https://www.cpmspectrepi.uk/raspberry_pi/raspiidx.htm
Re: Best Linux for early 2011 Pi board
My first Pi (actually I have two of them now as I was given one later) arrived in May 2012, a few days before my wedding. It was difficult to work on the Pi with a house full of wedding guestsFTrevorGowen wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2020 5:32 pm+1, although I had to wait for my first Pi from the "second batch" (c.Sept. 2012).
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