On 18/03/2022 02:35, Shaun Buzza wrote:
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As I sort-of described in my OP, this Pi will be used (more or less) only as a
home server. PiBBS, maybe a basic website, and that's about it (Oh, compiling programs as well, as the need arises, but I do the development on my PC, since
it's connected to a big display). All of this would be done through network connections like ssh, ftp, or vnc. I certainly don't need gaming options, or anything relating to sound, video, wifi, bluetooth, et cetera. I have a separate Pi4B with PiOS for general purpose use like that.

I have a pi4 running freebsd (headless) - the server for the family:
runs sendmail, apache, ntp, nfs, etc, etc. Works quite well, if a mite
slower than the i386 it's just replaced. No support yet for
wifi/blutooth, which I also don't need anyway. Access via vnc or ssh/tmux.

FWIW I think the bsd pf firewall is more flexible than linux's -- but
that may just be down to relative familiarity.


(I also have freebsd running on an ancient model B - 256Mb - which is
handy as an ethernet bridge to monitor network traffic.)


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Harlow, England

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Shaun Buzza <nospam.Shaun.Buzza@f110.n229.z1.fidonet.org> wrote:

I have no need for all the
extra stuff required for a full-blown desktop, other than what's required for VNC access. ALSA, PulseAudio, video drivers, wifi, ethern--wait, nope. Need that one!

For network configuration on Gentoo (wired or wireless), nmtui works fairly well. I think it's also an option on Raspbian, though wired Ethernet
usually just works and WiFi can be set up through raspi-config.

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You need to give us some kind of hint as to what you will be wanting to
do with it.

Read the OP? (o_O)

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

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On 29/03/2022 00:23, Shaun Buzza wrote:

Please, feel free to suggest a Pi-compatible Debian OS that you like! (^_^)

If you can't point at some specific extra feature you want just go with Raspberry Pi OS lite.

You're not going to get any better performance if you're sticking to
Debian based, just the possibility of worse documentation and more bugs.

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