DietPi

Reader supplied reviews for DietPi Average rating 8.0 from 4 review(s) What are your thoughts on DietPi? Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system. Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review. Version: -- 9.28.27.96.346.0159 Rating:    -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 out of 10 Your review (minimum 250 words): Past reviews - sort by: DateVotes Version: 9.2 Rating: 10 Date: 2024-06-02 Votes: 7 Running v9.4.2 - an insanely fast minimalist distro. Works great on arm64 devices. Pros Extreme speed and minimal resource usage. Doesn't waste your chiplet's time cycling everything to the memory card. DietPi-Survey shares trustworthy performance data on many SBCs -- really helps pick one for the next project Decent support for many arm-based SBCs It's still debian if you need it to be Neutral Learning curve for ubuntu/debian users. htop not top. dropbear not OpenSSH Backport script can frankendebian from other .deb distros instead of flashing. Chew up your memory card a little at first to get the speed later! Cons Not really focused on security, default settings need to be improved Limited mirrors for dietpi packages, especially in North America Default wait for network to come online is just ridiculously long Once you taste the speed, going back to mainline distros for the features you miss still feels like molasses in winter Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 8.2 Rating: 10 Date: 2023-12-19 Votes: 10 Current version is v8.25.1 - very small and very quick and flexible - Desktops can be installed later - multiplatform (arm/x_86_X64) - good support from forum community - Less suitable for beginners - Unfortunately there are no fancy VMs available for ARM, you have to create them yourself - Installation via images or ISO with bare metal installer (Native PC x86-X64) - Installation also via Convertierunsscrpit (convert installed Debian to Dietpi) Too good to only run on SBCs, runs well on native PCs and VMs. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 8.2 Rating: 9 Date: 2023-01-18 Votes: 14 Pros - Easy to use once you understand which files to modify for Raspberry Pi usage this is simple. Does have the ability to install apps using dietpi-software which allows you to set up various things which may be useful. Cons - If you are not aware of how to use Linux or have not looked over the DietPi Docs this is tough to set up and use properly. Overall, if you READ the docs and understand how to cut the sd card and set up the wifi, the process becomes simpler. Been using this for years and it does the job! Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 4 reader reviews of DietPi...