Notes on Raspberry Pi boards

  • This page is in the wrong order. The last entry should be at the top and the oldest at the bottom. Sorry. 2Bfixed.

Pi Zero W

  • Raspbian - no choice
  • Uses MiniHDMI - now I have 2 types of cables
  • Oh and of course $14.00
  • Raspbian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye

Pi 1

  • Raspbian - no choice
  • Still runs TvHeadEnd 24/7. Has for years. Never gone wrong!
  • Unsoldered the analogue TV and audio connectors to get it in the DDC

Pi 2B

  • Fedora 30 arm32 Ubuntu 20.04.1 Arm32 (still fully supported 20201028)
  • Apr 10, 2022 - Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS

Pi 3B

  • Fedora 30 arm32 and arm64
  • Apr 10, 2022 - Ubuntu 22.04LTS update/upgrade

Pi 3B+

  • Fedora 30 arm64 Ubuntu 20.04.1 arm64
  • The network LEDS are backwards. Don't panic
  • The network LEDS work wrong. Don't panic
  • The network is not Gigbit. Don't panic
  • The network connector gets darn hot. Don't panic
  • I sent the unit back under warranty. Nothing wrong.
  • It's a fast little board!
  • It's 64 bit. Fedora 30 arm64.
  • Kernel UnderVoltage warning - Buy the Anker Powerline. Fixed.
    Also bought TronSmart 20AWG cables for Pi 3s on Amazon.
  • Replaced Pi3B arm32 for router functions:
  • Apr 10, 2022 - Ubuntu 22.04LTS update/upgrade

Pi 4B 4G (4B4)

  • Uses MicroHDMI - now I have 3 types of cables. Please no NanoHDMI.
  • Board dimensions perfect for DtDC plastics. Couldn't be better.
  • Buy an Anker Powerline USB-A to USB-C cable. Just shutup and pay.
  • Sep 6, 2019 - Upgrade firmware Power saving features - runs hot!
  • Sep 8, 2019 - Discovered Raspbian64 is Kernel64/Userland32 - useless.
  • Sep 8, 2019 - There is no 64 bit distro! Only 3B and 3B+ have 64 bit.
  • Sep 8, 2019 - Going to try Gentoo 64 kludged OS image. This claims its 64 bit.
  • Sep 8, 2019 - https://github.com/sakaki-/gentoo-on-rpi-64bit
  • Sep 8, 2019 - It's booted in 64 bit mode. Success!
  • Sep 8, 2019 - Sakaki's Gentoo64 kludge. No other arm64 operating systems available.
  • Sep 9, 2019 - Fedora 30 arm64 containers successfully running on Sakaki's Gentoo64.
  • Sep 21, 2019 - Changed over from Sakaki's Gentoo64 to James A Chamber's Ubuntu64
  • May 14, 2020 - Installed Fedora 32. No keyboard.... headless install (very painful).
  • Jun 20, 2020 - Ubuntu 20.04 upgrade. Replaced Fedora.
  • Apr 10, 2022 - Ubuntu 22.04LTS update/upgrade

Pi 4B 8G (4B8)

  • Jun 20,2020 - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS now replacing Fedora on most nodes.
  • Aug  1, 2020 - 256GB SSD removed from RPi3B node and here attached via USB3
  • Aug  1, 2020 - 8GB swap added.
  • Apr 10, 2022 - Ubuntu 22.04LTS update/upgrade

Odroid C4

  • Aug 1, 2021 - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS however kernel 4.9.277-75
  • Aug 4, 2022 - Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS with kernel 5.14.0-odroid-arm64

CM4 (CM4008000)

  • Apr 10, 2022 - Ubuntu 22.04LTS update/upgrade

Banana Pi (BPI-CM4)

  • Aug 27, 2023 - Armbian Linux with Kernel 6.2.12-meson64

Waveshare CM4 IO BASE

  • Adapt compute modules to Pi plastics

Pi 5 8G (5B8)

  • Jan 31, 2024 - Ubuntu 23.10 mantic kernel 6.5.0-1009-raspi
  • Had to image SD card then once online do apt update/upgrade to get fan speed fixes. Working well now.