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Cleared 3,000 total downloads this morning, feeling pretty good about all the work we did.

Jerry3904 wrote: Thu Apr 22, 2021 6:45 am Cleared 3,000 total downloads this morning, feeling pretty good about all the work we did.

That's a good result. Any plans for it in the future?

Chris

I have a short list of minor changes (e.g., adding Imager to the dock with the other 3 RP apps, changing the "Wallpapers" part of the rootMenu), but the big one is of course moving to Bullseye and with it the kind of changes we are looking at already.

Jerry3904 wrote: Thu Apr 22, 2021 6:45 am Cleared 3,000 total downloads this morning, feeling pretty good about all the work we did.

Congrat for this accomplishment!
There's no question that it is the best Raspberry Pi OS (with desktop) I've ever tried.

I finally moved my MXFB installation from a microSD to a USB 3.0 memory.
It seems a right thing to do since the whole thing is running faster now!
I also tried USB connected SSD, but it draws too much current and got unstable.
I think USB memory is a good compromise.

HackerKitty wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 11:16 am

Jerry3904 wrote: Thu Apr 22, 2021 6:45 am Cleared 3,000 total downloads this morning, feeling pretty good about all the work we did.

Congrat for this accomplishment!
There's no question that it is the best Raspberry Pi OS (with desktop) I've ever tried.

I finally moved my MXFB installation from a microSD to a USB 3.0 memory.
It seems a right thing to do since the whole thing is running faster now!
I also tried USB connected SSD, but it draws too much current and got unstable.
I think USB memory is a good compromise.

I run with an SSD, and in one case with a HD spinner, with zero problems; the key thing is to use genuine Raspberry Pi PSUs. I know it's additional expense, but they are set up to provide their full rating at 5.1v.

Chris

mines on a 64 GB usb 3.0 stick. been running for a few weeks non-stop now without issue. P400.

There's no question that it is the best Raspberry Pi OS (with desktop) I've ever tried.

Thanks, that's good to hear!

chrispop99 wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 11:44 am
I run with an SSD, and in one case with a HD spinner, with zero problems; the key thing is to use genuine Raspberry Pi PSUs. I know it's additional expense, but they are set up to provide their full rating at 5.1v.

Chris

Thanks for this tip!
I switched to the official RasPi power supply and tested SSD one more time.
It seems quite stable this time.
And of course it is very fast!

RasPi4 + MXFB + SSD = World fastest single board computer

I've got to try this some time. It runs so well on a 32GB microSD that I am not tempted yet, but the day will come.

Jerry3904 wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 8:41 pm I've got to try this some time. It runs so well on a 32GB microSD that I am not tempted yet, but the day will come.

This article might give you some idea.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspb ... 39811.html

The article says: "Adding a powerful, external SSD to your Raspberry Pi 4 B can boost performance in certain areas, most notably application load times and web / file serving. But, according to our tests, there are also a lot of scenarios, like streaming video, surfing the web or transcoding media, where having an SSD doesn’t help."

Since I am using this Pi4 as a local WordPress server, I get a full benefit of SSD

I noticed connecting SSD is interfering with wireless keyboard/mouse connection.
It is also mentioned here:
https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/boo ... y-pi-4-usb
(the last paragraph)

The author speculated a power problem but I think it is more to do with actual signal interference.
My solution was using USB 3.0 hub for the SSD and keep it as far as possible from USB ports where I connect dongle for keyboard/mouse.
Worked like a charm :).