https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/ROCK64
https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/ROCK64_Software_Releases
Considering it's ARM, it has specific distros I can use. Isn't manjaro basically icing over Arch?
Supervisor was definitely saying that Ubuntu vs Arch is that Arch updates way better/more often.
https://manjaro.org/download/#rock64
Going to do this...waiting for my SD card reader. :/
Ubuntu is more stable because Arch does rolling updates. I’ve never had Arch break though and use it as my main driver. Ubuntu and Manjaro are more user friendly in the sense that they have software managers where you can click to install and uninstall. They’re both also easier to install in the sense that you’re not doing any partitioning. I had to do manual partitions to do the Arch install script (probably because I had flags from an old OS), but it worked fine after that.
With Arch you have to get familiar with Pacman and the command line a bit; you’d go to the terminal and type “sudo pacman -S firefox” to install Firefox, for example. You also need to install networkmanager and use systemctl start/enable to get wifi running well. It’s all in documentation.
Arch and probably Manjaro are better for a system where you’re messing around with desktops, programs, etc. because the package dependencies are more clean for adding and removing. Ubuntu/Mint are good for just getting something running with whatever desktop it ships with. The choice really comes down to how much anger and annoyance you can tolerate.
https://manjaro.org/download/#rock64
Going to do this...waiting for my SD card reader. :/
Should I get XCE, KDE Plasma or Gnome?
https://manjaro.org/download/#rock64
Going to do this...waiting for my SD card reader. :/
Should I get XCE, KDE Plasma or Gnome?
Plasma is by far the nicest. XFCE is better on performance if Plasma is too slow. Once you get the desktop up, Pling has a bunch of cool themes. Plasma also has the Discover app which lets you download & install themes and icons.
I flashed it with Plasma and Manjaro, using balenaEtcher. All that seemed to go well. Couldn't figure out the tiny buttons at first. However, I don't know if the HDMI is faulty or whatever, because I'm getting nothing. I'll figure it out... Eventually.
Looks like I bricked this bitch. I flashed and reflashed, different desktops and stuff. I hit the "Recovery" button thinking it was the power button, but nope. So it got wrekt, I guess. Gonna have to play with linux on the desktop now until I get a raspberry, I guess. :( Christmas is coming.
just put this here for the future
