@ Man in a van, Mint is excellent, comes in 32bit and the distribution is still being upgraded. I tried it many years ago instead of Kubuntu, but it was not very good. Now it is a worthy competitor. The File Manager (nemo) can do split panes like Dolphin, can run as root, unlike Dolphin which has security issues, but nemo is not as configurable as Dolphin.
To use Mint as a headless LMS, make LMS passwordless using the method given for Lubuntu, above. The Ubuntu/Gnome Power Manager has been implemented as a config utility: make Power Button = Shutdown. Autostart is also implemented as a config utility. It all works very well, if slightly slower than Ubuntu. The features make it well worth while. I am using a Raspberry Pi, instead. I installed 32bit Arm LMS on Raspberry Pi OS (which still identifies as 'Raspbian') on a Raspberry Pi Zero W with a 64GB SDXC card. It is amazingly slow to set up. I found that it was easier to transfer the SDXC card to a Raspberry Pi 2B and set it up, there. To manage LMS, one has to use the Chromium browser. Dillo is installed by default, but will not render the LMS web pages. Firefox used to be a little faster, but is currently broken. For both Raspis, add the CPU occupancy app to the task bar and wait until the CPU returns to idle after each action. Raspberry Pi Zero W on standby consumes 1Watt. When running LMS it consumes 2W. That is 8.76/ 17.52 kWH per annum. Raspberry Pi 2B on standby consumes 1Watt. When running LMS it consumes 3W. That is 8.76/ 26.28 kWH per annum. In the UK, that is capped at about £3/£6 per annum for the Zero and £3/£9 for the 2B. I don't suppose it will be more than that in dollars around the world. As Scrooge-like as I am, I am going to leave the Zero running 24/365. I could save £3 per annum. LMS starts passwordless on the Pi. Autostart is achieved by adding a .desktop file in a .config subdirectory. A power button can be added to pins 5&6. A dab on the momentary make button will boot from standby and will shut-down to standby once the line, dtoverlay=gpio=shutdown is added to /boot/config.txt. The Zero is the lowest powered Pi that I have. When it is being used by my Transporter, digital amps and floor mounted monitor speakers, the CPU occupancy can hardly be detected. The sound is magnificent. I think Pi Zero Ws are still on sale. If not, go for the more powerful Pi Zero2 W. If anyone wants more detail, just submit a post. Just one more thing about using a low power Pi: install quodlibet for its powerful and quick search functions. It only works on file names and mp3 metadata (and comes with the excellent exfalso metadata editor), but will make metadata searches much easier on the Pi. One thing I wanted was an alternative to the Duet remote. I could not find such a thing that did not come with a player or LMS. I have added Squeezer to my Android tablet and that seems to work well. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Roy Leith's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35534 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=117134
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