Got the new Rpi v2 ( RasberryPi v2 ) about 2 weeks ago, along with a new
Sandisk 32Gb Micro-SD card.
First thing is to install Raspbian (Debian Wheezy) on the mSD card boot it up,
update it, overclock to 1Ghz and test.
Yawn.... I want to use the Rpi as a low power server ( although slow, it gets
the job done with it's 4 cores )
So I took the mSD card and erased files in the FAT32 and ext4 partitions and
installed the arch-ARM Linux image.
Placed the mSD card back in the Rpi and it started no problems on the same IP (
different SSH credentials as expected )
Logged in as root/root was able to update via "pacman -Syu", looking for
packages to install is easy with "pacman -Sa {keyword}" then "pacman -S
{package name}" to install.
Then followed this blog post to install pri-update installed and working to
update the Rpi firmware. Then read this blog post to overclock to 1Ghz (only
overclock if you know what it means, you are responsible for your hardware).
If you want a desktop you will need to install Xorg and a manager I suggest
mate, I followed the instructions from this post:
Before you install any DE you need to install xorg drivers:
# pacman -S xf86-video-fbdev
You can then go ahead and install Mate on it.
# pacman -S mate mate-extra
I like having a web browser for my desktop
# pacman -S firefox chromium
Here are some ArchARM links of interest:
http://archpi.dabase.com/
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Raspberry_Pi
So this get's you a very capable Linux system on a board the size of a credit
card. Underpowered, yes but affordable and low-power usage.
Unlike Raspbian that is focused on education which has lots of packages
per-installed, with limited package selection, Arch is a mature full featured
distro.
Side note:
1) mate is basically Gnome 2.x thus very useable, adding real web browsers also
makes it feel/act like a real PC ( will have to add LibraOffice next )
2) Arch is NOT Ubuntu! It's more like Slackware in that there is no "hand
holding" you need to know how to setup and edit config files etc.
Joe
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