OrPI zero OS

sugson · Published in 2018-8-22 04:44:09

What is best OS for Orange pi zero h2 (headless for iot server)

igorpec · Published in 2018-8-22 16:40:42

Edited by igorpec at 2018-8-22 09:50

they are usually smaller file size than armbians

They are certainly not smaller. Latest Armbian server image download size is around 200Mb (180-250, depends on the userspace). But the size should not be a deciding factor, even more, is actually better for SD card health. Stock images, which you recommend as an alternative are a security and stability hazard. Not to mention that there are no fixes or utilities in the userspace. They were made from a very old kernel which never received an update. We also still have this 3.4.y kernel, but it contains many fixes. It's also possible to use it - you can download our historic images from archives.

A quick check between real Vanilla images (unchanged upstream kernel sources and plain Debian) and Armbian ... which on top of this provides end user support.

igorpec · Published in 2018-8-23 14:55:43

Edited by igorpec at 2018-8-23 08:03

on your more expensive 4gb sd

If you want to run an operating system on a 1GB SD card from the (pre?)previous century you need to understand that problem is not about size, but speed and reliability - how fast it will die. 1-4Gb SD card can be up to 100x slower on relevant speed factor than this http://amzn.to/2fDJVlw standard choice. This is even much better: https://amzn.to/2wlos4X

More insights: https://forum.armbian.com/forum/31-sd-card-and-power-supply and https://forum.armbian.com/topic/954-sd-card-performance/

OrangePI_Jessie_Xfce = 1.4gb

Link, please. I hope you unpack them?

https://dl.armbian.com/orangepio ... _3.4.113_desktop.7z
430Mb compressed -> 1.8G uncompressed, 20% reserve, SWAP included. XFCE + Chromium. It's hard to go lower than this. If you don't need Chromium, you start with CLI image and install plain minimal XFCE desktop from armbian-config. Without a browser or anything.