07-17-2018, 10:23 AM
I'm evaluating any desktop images that I can find and yes, bionic-lxde-rock64-0.6.44-239-arm64, works quite well except that LibreOffice crashes when editing large files (25mb). I tried a new install and got the same problem.
I then tried Armbian (Armbian_5.42_Rock64_Debian_stretch_default_4.4.124_desktop) which overcame the LibreOffice problem but I couldn't install my Canon printer through Cups, plus some other issues.
DietPi (DietPi_Rock64-ARMv8-Stretch), on my third attempt to get it running, seems the best so far, except that I foolishly ran apt-get upgrade and could then no longer load Xorg (Fatal Server error (EE) no screens found). I had hit this issue with two other uSD cards but assumed that this was a card problem. Now I understand why the automatic update during the DietPi install holds back an updated rock-image.
I'm learning a lot, and have nearly achieved a useable desktop computer. I need Nextcloud, LibreOffice, mail, a printer and a browser to work well. If anyone else has such basic requirements and has succeeded I'd love to hear.
I then tried Armbian (Armbian_5.42_Rock64_Debian_stretch_default_4.4.124_desktop) which overcame the LibreOffice problem but I couldn't install my Canon printer through Cups, plus some other issues.
DietPi (DietPi_Rock64-ARMv8-Stretch), on my third attempt to get it running, seems the best so far, except that I foolishly ran apt-get upgrade and could then no longer load Xorg (Fatal Server error (EE) no screens found). I had hit this issue with two other uSD cards but assumed that this was a card problem. Now I understand why the automatic update during the DietPi install holds back an updated rock-image.
I'm learning a lot, and have nearly achieved a useable desktop computer. I need Nextcloud, LibreOffice, mail, a printer and a browser to work well. If anyone else has such basic requirements and has succeeded I'd love to hear.
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