04-25-2023, 04:11 PM
(04-25-2023, 11:01 AM)tophneal Wrote:(04-03-2023, 08:09 PM)msm Wrote: I did some quick research on the RISC-V site and they mention Debian, Fedora and OpenSUSE. So it does sound like Debian would be the OS of choice, since the others are more server oriented.
I could be wrong, but based on that criteria, fedora would feel more fitting since it's garnered more to workstations now and debian is like the ole trusty of server linuxes (at least for me)
You are wrong ;-P
While it's true that Debian Stable is often used on servers. But it also works fine on workstations/PCs. Or on mobile (mobian).
But if you're going for PineTab-V (also for the normal PineTab2), you shouldn't run Bookworm (the next Stable version), but Trixie/Testing as you will need newer software and especially kernels. If you want to contribute to the upbringing of (software support for) a new device, I have a hard time understanding why you'd want to run Stable anyway.
I have been running Sid/Unstable on my main PC for ~10 years now. It's not for everyone (and you shouldn't do it if you're new to Debian), but it is for me.