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If I were to get a Raspberry PI 4 4GB, what Linux Operating System should I choose?

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You are going to be very limited by the arm architecture and relatively slow performance. If you need Linux, run it in a VM or off a USB.

Hey, I was looking into buying a Raspberry PI 4 4GB in order to perform some tasks on Linux that I can't preform on Windows. The trouble is that I'm not too sure on what OS to get when and if I buy the thing.


I was thinking about either Raspberry Pi OS or Ubuntu, but I don't know if they are better ones or if there isn't, which I should get.

 

Any help would be fantastic, I know you guys know more about this stuff than me.

Thanks!

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16 minutes ago, blazesword2008 said:

Hey, I was looking into buying a Raspberry PI 4 4GB in order to perform some tasks on Linux that I can't preform on Windows. The trouble is that I'm not too sure on what OS to get when and if I buy the thing.


I was thinking about either Raspberry Pi OS or Ubuntu, but I don't know if they are better ones or if there isn't, which I should get.

 

Any help would be fantastic, I know you guys know more about this stuff than me.

Thanks!

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I'd suggest the RPI os or NOOBS(its the name)  since they already come with most things one will ever need.

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4 hours ago, blazesword2008 said:

in order to perform some tasks on Linux that I can't preform on Windows.

Why not use a virtual machine or WSL?

 

Otherwise raspbian is fine.

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You are going to be very limited by the arm architecture and relatively slow performance. If you need Linux, run it in a VM or off a USB.

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If your not into virtual machines I would use openSUSE leap for the arm architecture, but I would recomend arch linux arm if you know what you're doing.

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18 hours ago, teeds said:

If your not into virtual machines I would use openSUSE leap for the arm architecture, but I would recomend arch linux arm if you know what you're doing.

Definitely not smart enough for Arch yet, even though it would be an interesting challenge!

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