Official Raspberry Pi Respin

[brookter]

@Jerry3904

I've seen the update and that looks great to me.

Thanks very much for the quick response.

David.

[Be OK]

After wishing everybody a Merry Christmas,a question i wonder where to place package requests as its for the rpi, @Jerry3904 as you add vercrypt To it :) can you add TOR Browser ?

[Jerry3904]

I'm unclear about agency here: do you mean 1) can anyone add the TOR browser to it, or 2) can we add it for the next release?

1) have you looked at a web search on "linux install TOR browser"? There's a lot out there such as this step-by-step. I personally have no experience whatsoever with that browser--and no need for or interest in it either, for that matter.

2) I doubt very much that we would ever add it to an MX RPi release

[Be OK]

@Jerry3904 Yes i have looked,the all are about x86_64 not for arm. I was asking because veracrypt is also not in the raspberrypi repository.
Only option i have now was to use pi-apps,and no doubt that bring in a load of crapware.And all on installing tor on the raspberry use pi-apps!

[Jerry3904]

OK, thanks. I did a search on the RPi Forum and looked quickly at the almost 300 hits. This one is relatively recent and might be worth pursuing:

https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?p=2168871

[Be OK]

@Jerry3904 will look into it next year :) It start to look like repeat of the every thing is for windows,now for linux its all is for x86_64.
Still amazed what i can do with the pi.And praise your work for the respin.

[timkb4cq]

...I was asking because veracrypt is also not in the raspberrypi repository...

Veracrypt 1.26.7 armhf is available in the MX Test repositories for bullseye and both armhf & arm64 for bookworm.

[skallal]

I've been using the RPi Respin on a Pi 4 4GB for nearly a year now. And I just got a Canakit Pi 5 8GB. My goal is to duplicate the current Pi 4 system on the new Pi 5. Then the Pi 4 will be repurposed to a different project.

I also moved an MX 23 system from an old x64 machine to a newer one. @CharlesV recommended moving the SSD over to the new machine. And surprisingly it worked seamlessly. Can I do this with the RPi Respin?

My other option is to install the respin in the Pi 5 and reinstall all the packages. Which way is best?

[mxer]

The RPi5 requires extra software found in the latest version of RaspiOS, (fat partition), I believe, & if you add them to your present set up, I believe it will work.

[skallal]

The RPi5 requires extra software found in the latest version of RaspiOS, (fat partition), I believe, & if you add them to your present set up, I believe it will work.

So what is that extra software? And how to find and install it?

Another idea is to do a fresh install of the MX RPi respin and then use a back restore utility for the Pi. There’s one called image backup from the Raspberry Pi forum, that I’ve with the respin before.

If you have other ideas let me know.