"Rick Thomas" <[email protected]> writes: > The RaspberryPI-5 now comes with enough RAM to make it a reasonable > choice for a desktop personal computer. It comes with a version of > Raspbian OS that works quite well. However, I would prefer to have a > plain-vanilla Debian OS, because that's what I'm most familiar with. > Does such a thing exist? If so, where can I download it?
Traditionally, support has been poor. For example, I run old Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on my only currently running RPi since in 2020 Ubuntu booted on it, it being the Compute Module 3+ kind with a Waveshare baseboard. Debian didn't boot. This link was recently posted here: https://raspi.debian.net/ but under tested images I don't see anything specifically for RPi5. > While I'm asking, I hear rumors that the RPi5 can run Windows. Does > anybody have experience with that? How does it work for you? Is it > compatible enough with PC-Windows for me to recommend it to my friends > who are life-time Windows users? Do you think your friends are up to ordering the bits for an RPI5 computer, assembling it and installing an OS on it, Windows or otherwise?
