Re: [Dorset] Microsoft on Raspberry Pi

2021-02-06 Thread Andrew
Possibly not. I haven't upgraded as the one program I use on that machine doesn't have a package for Raspbian Buster. Looks like there might be an Ubuntu PPA for it though, so I'll have to give that a go at some point. Ubuntu Server 64-bit will run perfectly with 1 GB RAM, right? -- Andrew.

Re: [Dorset] Microsoft on Raspberry Pi

2021-02-06 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty
Is Raspbian stretch still supported? Last I heard they don't really support anything except the latest version of Raspbian. Hamish On 06/02/2021 15:17, Andrew wrote: > I can confirm that this problem does exist with Raspbian Buster, even > on the lite version: > > Preparing to unpack

Re: [Dorset] Microsoft on Raspberry Pi

2021-02-06 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Andrew, > deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable > main https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium#why looks relevant and interesting. I think they ship binaries. https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases I'm surprised Debian doesn't do something similar

Re: [Dorset] Microsoft on Raspberry Pi

2021-02-06 Thread Andrew
I can confirm that this problem does exist with Raspbian Buster, even on the lite version: Preparing to unpack .../14-raspberrypi-sys-mods_20210125_armhf.deb ... Unpacking raspberrypi-sys-mods (20210125) over (20201026) ... Setting up raspberrypi-sys-mods (20210125) ... Adding vscode repo...

Re: [Dorset] Microsoft on Raspberry Pi

2021-02-06 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Sat, 6 Feb 2021 10:54:41 +, petermerch...@hotmail.com said: > Of course I am aware that M$ now owns Git, and this seems to me to be > underhanded extending their reach. Microsoft does not own git. Do we have to refer to "Microsoft" as "M$"? Seems unnecessary. -- Linux Tips:

[Dorset] Microsoft on Raspberry Pi

2021-02-06 Thread PeterMerchant
I came across this article on nixcraft and I wonder if I should be worried about it. I am well aware that M$ is becoming more linux friendly(?), but not sure that I want them prying into my Pi. _Heads up: Microsoft repo secretly installed on all Raspberry Pi’s Linux OS