Turn your RPi 4b into a lap top

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Now there’s something you don’t see everyday Edgar.

Pudge

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It is really interesting!
I can dream of:

  • this CrowPi (or even RP) only.
  • install EOS 64 bit (BTRFS)
  • external USB drive(s)
  • Something like Resilio Sync, SyncThing, or alternative (no body attacks me for mentioning Resilio)

And I end up with my own personal unlimited “cloud storage”

OR

Sell it with EOS as a new Netherlands Windoze (as I have seen some time ago laptops selling with Suse/OpenSuse preinstalled and sold as a new German windoze! And people were happy with it because it is windoze! :rofl:)

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You can do that now with just a 52pi NAS case, Docker and Nextcloud (yeah, it is kinda overkill for just a pseudo dropbox implementation).

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I did it actually but with Resilio on this laptop (just for fun and curiosity)
It just gives me a good feeling I can store my files on my own “cloud”… limitless and access them remotely.

Many thanks for the link… looking at it now.

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What I’d really like is a 15-inch RPi4 tablet…

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That would be hard on the arms. I have a 10" tablet and after an hour I have to rest it on the desk/lap.

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What I’d like is more KDE. :rofl:

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You can never have too much KDE :rofl:

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Sure… KDE is the best in my humble opinion.

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We always get lots of KDE updates. That’s why i like it too!

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I just had a look on how to install EOS on Raspberry Pi
https://arm.endeavouros.com/endeavouros-arm-install/
I am bout to get myself one to:

  • install KDE, BTRFS
  • format some of my USB disks BTRFS and connect them (Raid/ Pooling/Both? still a lot for me to learn… I am 3 months old on EndeavourOS/Arch and only 6 days old on BTRFS)
  • have my own personal cloud storage
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That method is outdated

Try instructions here:
https://arm.endeavouros.com/latest-release-and-download/

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Thank you very much.
Hopefully I can make it and have my own cloud storage. But I still need to read and study a lot.

Just to be sure… the download is the same one I downloaded a few days ago for my laptop? Not a Raspberry Pi ARM processor specific? I still have the bootable USB flashdisk!

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Yes, the EndeavourOS (x86_64) live environment presents you the option to do an ARM install onto an SD card or SSD.

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Thanks a lot.

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Not trying to dissuade you from RPI/Endeavour, but if you are looking for a better suited ARM based SBC look into the RockPro64 as it has a pcie slot that you can purchase a SATA board with multiple SATA ports and a case designed for what you are planning to do. Also, I would suggest using ARMBIAN with the Bullseye build for it. I would love for Endeavour to support as many SBCs as ARMBIAN or Manjaro support, but we are not there as we do not have as many developers with available time.

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Why Armbian :innocent:
“ https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/ROCKPro64_Installing_Arch_Linux_ARM “.

I no have the board, so can no test .

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It is just an idea… to have my own cloud!
I would need as well to “study” the RAID things… so I won’t lose data in case of a disk failure.
And thank you for the links. I will check all options.
Maybe an old laptop would do.

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I have previously reviewed Pine. It runs on Manjaro I believe.
Reviews (for the phone) was not OK… so… I will check other products anyway.

Thank you very much.