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DietPi

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StephanStS·Dec 18, 2023Submission

DietPi released a new version 8.25

DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts. The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/ Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DietPi The project released the new version DietPi v8.25 on December 16th, 2023. The highlights of this version are: Orange Pi 3B, PINE64 STAR64: SBCs newly supported Raspberry Pi, Quartz64: Kernel upgrade NZBGet: Migrated to the repository of the new project maintainer Fixes and updates for Proxmox, DietPi-Update, DietPi-Backup, Ampache, Kodi, TasmoAdmin The full release notes c

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an be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v8_25/

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throw555chip·Nov 30, 2023Submission

SSH -X fails if IPv6 is disabled

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StephanStS·Nov 27, 2023Submission

DietPi released a new version 8.24

DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts. The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/ Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DietPi The project released the new version DietPi v8.24 on October 18th, 2023. The highlights of this version are: ROCK5A, ASUS Tinkerboard 2, Orange Pi Zero 3: SBCs newly supported ROCK3A, Quartz64: Kernel upgrade openHAB: APT repository changed to openHAB 4 (stable branch) Prometheus Node Exporter: New support for RISC-V Fixes and updates for Raspberry Pi 4, Sonarr, NFS Ser

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ver, Shairport Sync, Nextcloud, NZBGet The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v8_24/

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StephanStS·Oct 26, 2023Submission

DietPi released a new version 8.23

DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts. The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/ Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DietPi The project released the new version DietPi v8.23 on October 21st, 2023. The highlights of this version are: Raspberry Pi: Raspberry Pi repository migrated to Bookworm ROCK4 & 5B: New option to update the bootloader in dietpi-config. This enables USB and NVMe boot on these devices VisionFive 2 (RISC-V): Kernel upgrade to Linux 6.1 allows booting from NVMe SSDs, USB, eMMC, SD c

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ards and DHCP/TFTP. Added FireFox as software option for RISC-V. Added the DietPi-Dashboard for RISC-V (experimental state) ADS-B Feeder: Improved uninstall procedure Fixes and updates for Raspberry Pi, Sparky SBC, DietPi-DDNS, DietPi-Config, motionEye, frp, Home Assistant The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v8_23/

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StephanStS·Sep 25, 2023Submission

DietPi released a new version 8.22

DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts. The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/ Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DietPi The project released the new version DietPi v8.22 on September 23th, 2023. The highlights of this version are: Image format .xz: All images were changed from .7z to .xz for easier handling in flash tools Images startup via dietpi.txt: All images now have the opportunity to edit dietpi.txt and dietpi-wifi.txt in a windows environment ADS-B Feeder: New software title, feeding pl

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ane tracking information Kavita: New software title, an open source comics/mangas/ebooks media server Docker/Portainer: Enabled for Debian Trixie and also for usage in RISC-V boards NanoPi R4s, Orange Pi 5, ODROID C1: Update issue fixes Fixes and updates for Ampache, Bazarr, DietPi-Config The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v8_22/

3 points · Open discussion

StephanStS·Aug 29, 2023Submission

DietPi released a new version 8.21

DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts. The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/ Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DietPi The project released the new version DietPi v8.21 on August 26th, 2023. The highlights of this version are: Orange Pi 5 Plus: New hardware support Orange Pi 5, ROCK 5B, RK33xx SBCs: Improved hardware support, Kernel updates DietPi HotSpot: Stability rework, support of WiFi6, WiFi5, also via dietpi.txt Fixes and updates for DietPi-LetsEncrypt, TasmoAdmin, DietPi-Config The

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full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v8_21/

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StephanStS·Jul 31, 2023Submission

DietPi released a new version 8.20

DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts. The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/ Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DietPi The project released the new version DietPi v8.20 on July 29th, 2023. The highlights of this version are: Homebridge: New software package bringing Homekit support Quartz64, NanoPi R5S/R5C/6 series, VisionFive 2: Kernel updates WiFi Hotspot: Enhanced DHCP default settings Fixes and updates for DietPi-LogClear, DietPi-Dashboard, DietPi-LetsEncrypt, PaperMC, vaultwarden The

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full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v8_20/

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detuur·Jul 25, 2023

https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/blob/master/dietpi/dietpi... For those who are curious. I have to admit, this is never something I'd have done myself, but I struggle to justify a more complex approach.

In DietPi – Lightweight justice for your SBC

StephanStS·Jun 4, 2023Submission

DietPi released a new version 8.18

DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts. The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/ The project released the new version DietPi v8.18 on June 3rd, 2023. The highlights of this version are: Quartz64: Enabled (software) RAID and Logical Volume Manager (LVM) support youtube-dl: Migration to the actively developed fork yt-dlp RISC-V: Support of Pi-hole Fixes for Restic, Domoticz Bookworm support: motionEye, LXQt, TigerVNC, Deluge, Mosquitto The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/doc

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s/releases/v8_18/

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StephanStS·May 12, 2023Submission

DietPi released a new version 8.17

DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts. The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/ The project released the new version DietPi v8.17 on May 6th, 2023. The highlights of this version are: OpenHAB, MoonLight, restic: New software titles NanoPi R6C: Support via NanoPi R6S image Improvements for NanoPi R5S/R6S, ROCK 4, Raspberry Pi, Quartz64 DietPi-Banner: Display of Let'sEncrypt certificate status Let'sEncrypt: HTTP/2 support via NGINX Snapcast: Now also for ARMv8 and RISC-V Fixes for Home Ass

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istant, HTPC Manager/Synaps, microblog.pub, Google AIY, UrBAckup, SABnzbd, UnRAR, TasmoAdmin, phpMyAdmin The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v8_17/

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chatmasta·Apr 17, 2023

I've also been researching this recently. I'd suggest starting from choosing which software you want to run, and then seeing what hardware it's compatible with. For example, DietPi [0] [1] (scroll down for list of hardware) is a slimmed-down Debian distribution targeting Single Board Computers (SBCs). There's also a similar, maybe more mature project called Armbian [2]. A lot of the SBCs come bundled with their own distribution, but it's usually out of date with mainline Linux and probably insecure in a bunch of ways. And even if you can boot to your own distribution, you might not be able to replace the bootloader (certainly not in any sort of verifiable way - how can you be sure there's not another hidden partition on the flash?). But still, for recently released devices, you might not have much of a choice, unless you want to do the wo

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rk of porting your preferred distribution to that device. So make sure to do your own research about what the community has managed to run on a device before you buy it. In terms of which mass-produced board will replace the RaspberryPi in popularity, I'd be looking at a few SBCs built on the open source RISC-V architecture. For example, the VisionFive2 [3] just entered production and will probably become popular; you can buy it from at least one manufacturer on Amazon already. PINE64 also has a new RISC-V board called the Star64 [4] which they released a few weeks ago (and which I've yet to see in stock). IMO, this architecture is where the future is, but at the moment you should expect to spend a lot of time porting software to compile to RISC-V. Also, note that a lot of these boards can be pretty sketchy. For example, OrangePi has three different websites (.org, .net, and .com), with different contact info in the footer of each. And the default "getting started" story for most of these boards is "download this blob from Google/Baidu Drive, burn it to an SD card, and boot your device from it" - will it match the shasum of the firmware compiled from GitHub? Maybe, maybe not. Will the bootloader modify it? You probably wouldn't know if it did. So, be careful putting any of these devices in a critical part of your network (like using one as a router). This is what led me to ask a similar question [5] recently. Personally, as per a suggestion in that thread, I ordered a device from PCEngines [6] (TBD if it's in stock), and I intend to turn that into a secure booting firewall. In the meantime, I just received a NanoPi R4S [7] to play with, but I won't trust it as far as I can throw it (which is pretty far, to be fair, it's a tiny device!). And next I'll probably order a VisionFive2 to experiment with RISC-V. Some other trustworthy-looking brands I found in my research are ODroid [8] and Radxa [9]. I also have a ~9 year old BeagleBone Black Rev C (which at least still boots) from BeagleBoard [10], who have produced some boards recently too. [0] https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi [1] https://dietpi.com/ [2] https://www.armbian.com/ [3] https://www.starfivetech.com/en/site/boards [4] https://pine64.com/product-category/star64/ [5] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35568984 [6] https://www.pcengines.ch/ [7] https://wiki.friendlyelec.com/wiki/index.php/NanoPi_R4S [8] https://www.odroid.co.uk [9] https://wiki.radxa.com/Buy [10] https://www.beagleboard.org/

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StephanStS·Apr 9, 2023Submission

DietPi released a new version 8.16

DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts. The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/ The project released the new version DietPi v8.16 on April 8th, 2023. The highlights of this version are: microblog.pub: New software title Orange Pi 5: Bootloader update option in dietpi-config Improvements for NanoPi R5S/R6S, x86, Orange Pi 5, ROCK 5B, VisionFive 2 Network configuration: Improvements (at > 1 network interface, IPv6 connection check, bugfixes) First run setup: Keyboard layout selection added Die

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tPi-Config: Display brightness option Fixes for Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi 5, ROCK 5B, dietpi-config, Fail2Ban, Portainer The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v8_16/

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StephanStS·Mar 12, 2023Submission

DietPi released a new version 8.15

DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts. The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/ The project released the new version DietPi v8.15 on March 11th, 2023. The highlights of this version are: StarFive VisionFive 2: New experimental image (our first RISC-V approach) ROCK 5B: New bugfixed image XRDP: TLS is now enabled by default Box64: Optimised builds for Raspberry Pi 3 and RK3588 boards Fixes for Quartz64, ODROID C4/HC4, Home Assistant, WiFi Hotspot, dietpi-sync, Docker Compose, Pi-Hole, Synapse, K

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oel The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v8_15/

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StephanStS·Feb 13, 2023Submission

DietPi released a new version 8.14

DietPi released a new version 8.14 DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts. The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/ The project released the new version DietPi v8.14 on February 11th, 2023. The highlights of this version are: Orange Pi 5: New image Odroid N2/HC4: New images with USB boot option ROCK 5B: New bugfixed image Experimental RISC-V support added (StarFive VisionFive 2 board) DietPi-Config: It is now possible to change network connection test settings, also via dietpi.txt. Additionally,

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improvements were made in the WiFi configuration LetsEncrypt improvements (HTTP/2) on Apache Updated versions for Gogs Fixes for Rock Pi S, Rock Pi 4, DietPi-Drive_Manager, Docker, Owncloud/Nextcloud, myMPD, X11, Amiberry, Synapse The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v8_14/

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StephanStS·Jan 15, 2023Submission

DietPi released a new version 8.13

DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts. The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/ The project released the new version DietPi v8.13 on January 14th, 2023. The highlights of this version are: NanoPi R5C: New image mMPD security: Directed to https:// web interface Updated versions for AmiBerry, vaultwarden, NoMachine UrBackup backup path configurable via dietpi.txt Better omit of informational kernel logs to console Fixes for NanoPi M2/T2/Fire2, Pine H64, dietpi-LetsEncrypt, Readarr, Docker, myM

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PD, Homer and Grafana The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v8_13/

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