Raspberry Pi OS: Remove unnecessary packages

Recently, I wrote about the availability of the 64 bit beta version of Raspberry Pi OS (formerly known as Raspbian). Unfortunately, the new 64 bit beta is only available in the Desktop variant, containing lots of packages most lightweight server systems won’t need. There’s no lite variant of the 64 bit beta version available at the time of writing. However, you can easily remove the Desktop packages from a running installation with two easy commands....

June 7, 2020 · 1 min · 161 words · Heiner

Native USB boot for Raspberry Pi 4

Here’s something that’s probably been eagerly-awaited not only by me: Finally, Raspberry Pi 4 can boot directly from USB devices. Without any of the widespread workarounds which require an SD card a primrary boot medium. This is made possible by a new firmware, the so-called EEPROM. Furthermore, a new 64 bit beta version of Raspberry OS is available, too (formerly known as Raspbian). To get started, boot your Raspberry Pi with a Raspbian or Raspberry OS installation....

May 28, 2020 · 2 min · 404 words · Heiner