The #DietPi team has released an update to its Raspbian alternative, version 10.5. It's a minor release that optimizes some menus and fixes some issues that were preventing automated setups.
https://www.newinlinux.com/heres-whats-new-in-dietpi-v10-5/
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DietPi 10.5 bringt verbesserte Unterstützung für Raspberry Pi
DietPi 10.5 switches Raspberry Pi GUI installs to KMS/DRM by default, updates camera handling, and reworks display configuration.
https://linuxiac.com/dietpi-10-5-enables-kms-drm-by-default-on-raspberry-pi/
#DietPi 10.5 Enables KMS/DRM Graphics System by Default for #RaspberryPi SBCs https://9to5linux.com/dietpi-10-5-enables-kms-drm-graphics-system-by-default-for-raspberry-pi-sbcs
A few days ago I lost my #dietpi server. I wasn't TOO worried about it. It boots off an SD card and I have burned them out before. Once I get it booted again I can restore a backup from the external HDD. Easy-peasy.
Until I started digging in and realized the pi was booting fine but the drive wasn't mounted.
Queue a minor bout of heart failure. 8TB HDDs are no easy thing to come by these days (about twice now than what I paid).
Imagine my surprise when I opened the enclosure and realized the HDD had somehow snuck out of the SATA connection inside. The screws were still snug, and I couldn't move it without loosening them so...? 🧐
Everything's working again and only a few more gray hairs added. 😅 Thanks for reading my story.
#DietPi is great. I've only been using it for a day but it's impressed me at every step.
It defaults to SSH. It's instantaneous, even on a cheap CPU. Compare to OpenMediaVault, which was always janky* and not fast.**
DietPi has built-in, friendly interfaces to do everything you want to do and a bunch of things you never thought about wanting to do (mount drives in a friendly way).
I would like to see btrfs on the root, to compress and reduce SD card wear.*** But Debian and DietPi are conservative: reliable and boring. I love it.
*bad at synchronizing state changes between the web UI and the console.
**To be fair, OMV offers a ssh interface alongside the web UI. But I don't recall it being even 10% as complete.
***I would backup to another drive to mitigate btrfs's unreliability.
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