Raspberry Pi - Arch Linux or Raspberry Pi OS - eviltoast

Hi everyone,

I’m currently changing my setup a bit and I’m thinking about firing up my Raspberry Pi 4 again as a home server kind thing. I typically use Arch (BTW) as my go-to linux distro but IIRC arch on the Pi gave me some trouble last time I tried it. Does anyone know how stable arch on Pi is right now? Also, is there a particular reason I should or shouldn’t use the native Raspberry Pi OS?

I know I didn’t write about uses really but that’s because I haven’t figured out what I want to do with it yet… I’ve recently moved my main server (mainly media) to my folks’ house since they got fiber (gotta go fast), but I think it makes sense having some lower profile server running in my own home so I can connect to it remotely.

  • malockin@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’ve used Arch on an RPi 2 back in the day. It works just fine, and fun to play with. But at the end of the day, you don’t want things changing every day on a server. I’d recommend going with Raspberry Pi OS; it’s relatively light, well maintained, and just works.