Top 5 Raspberry Pi Desktop OS 2022

The best Raspberry Pi desktop operating systems demonstrated - but what is my final ranking of Ubuntu MATE, Twister OS, Raspberry Pi OS, Ubuntu and Manjaro?
My "Raspberry Pi 4 Week" video -- in which I used a Raspberry Pi 4 as my only computer for a week -- is here:
• Raspberry Pi 4 Week: D...
My more detailed Pi OS review videos include:
“Raspberry Pi Twister OS”:
• Raspberry Pi Twister O...
“Raspberry Pi Ubuntu 20.10”:
• Raspberry Pi Ubuntu 20.10
“Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye Update”:
• Raspberry Pi OS Bullse...
Listed alphabetically, the five desktop OS featured in this video can be downloaded from the following links:
Manjaro:
manjaro.org/download/#raspber...
Raspberry Pi OS:
www.raspberrypi.com/software/...
Twister OS:
twisteros.com/download.html
Ubuntu:
ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi
Ubuntu MATE:
ubuntu-mate.org/raspberry-pi/
More videos on SBCs and wider computing and related topics can be found at / explainingcomputers
You may also like my ExplainingTheFuture channel at: / explainingthefuture
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:33 Ubuntu
03:33 Ubuntu MATE
06:22 Twister OS
10:41 Manjaro
13:13 Raspberry Pi OS
16:35 The Top Pi OS
#RaspberryPi #OS #ExplainingComputers

[@daysiewaysie]

a flawless presentation as ever and many thanks to you Chris for doing the research to make the decision easier for us.

[@julian.morgan]

I've tried a lot of different Pi distros but always ended up back with Raspbian. However since they made USB flash drive booting super simple, if you get one of those USB 3.0 hubs with a switch for each socket it's easy to just power on whichever flash drive you want to boot from and power the others off of course. That makes trying out different OS's very easy compared to juggling SD cards. But more than that, makes it very easy for your Pi to switch between multiple roles quickly. Tip - buy flash drives that are big enough to actually stick a label on ! :)

[@Reziac]

That's a clever idea. I used to use a multi-port USB hub as a sort of poor-man's NAS, same principle. But never thought of it as a boot selector device!

[@satsuke]

That’s how I am with almost everything .. it all comes back to Debian for 20+ years as an engineer

[@ihateemael]

very cool thx

[@encycl07pedia-]

The fact that you always ended up back with Raspbian should tell you something. Install the programs that you need on ONE OS so you don't have to reboot to do a simple task. Tip: Find something you like, learn it well, and stick with it.

[@edwinmoney619]

For multi-booting from USB try Easy2Boot, you can install .iso files in a directory then select from them when booting; all from a nice simple interface.

[@PS_Tube]

Amazing video portraying performance of newer Raspberry Pi compatible OSs for 2022. Pi OS being on top is obviously no surprise at all. Wish you an amazing week ahead, Chris. :)

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for this. And as you say, no surprise at the top. There are issues, but overall Rasp Pi OS wins out except in specific scenarios.

[@ianbertenshaw4350]

The fact that the 64bit version of Raspbian comes as a bare bones install is what I like most about it ! Having used mostly Windows ,iOS and a bit of android (on my phone ) being able to choose what I want to install and not having features , programmes and apps that I will never use jammed down my throat is so liberating !

[@klaxoncow]

Maybe the OS installers should simply have a "recommended software" page, where you can tick what you do and don't want. So that you can leave it all unticked for "bare bones", if this is your preference, but you can also tick "all" and have all the recommended software installed, if you like your OS to come pre-loaded with stuff. This seems the logical place to put such a thing, and could cut down on the number of different ISOs. Because I think that, for new users, the vast array of versions and desktops and different bitage is all very confusing and complicated. Indeed, maybe distros should consider, instead of providing many different versions and desktops and things, provide a single installer that can ask you what desktop and software you want on installation. Admittedly, it'll make the installer image bigger but, these days, microSD cards and USB sticks are all nice and big for fairly cheap prices. Basically, as time progresses, hardware and storage gets bigger and better, not requiring us to be so concerned to save every last byte anymore.

[@ianbertenshaw4350]

I think the Raspberry pi foundation got it right with the recommended programs section in the main menu - a few more programs would be nice though . Operating systems like Windows 8 and later were really bogged down with the app style of interface and a lot of bloatware , if most people took the time to sit down and write down the features and programmes they really need they will soon see that 90% of what is installed is never used . This is done to sell the product as it looks nicer with all these pretty looking but mostly useless things just jumping out at you from the monitor . I will never understand why Windows has sample music , games or pictures - fine create the file / folder but don’t populate it with garbage . With Windows I have to go online to register the product so they could offer a link to a suite of downloads there . The first thing I do with a new iPad or android device is to delete all the apps I won’t use - which is most of them !

[@fred-youtube]

@@klaxoncow RPI OS does just this, go to Start > Preferences > recommended software

[@idowebwork]

Absolutely love all the various distros now offering either official or unofficial releases for the Pi. So many amazing options for a tiny single board system I personally use to hold my development site on and a personal minecraft server.

[@bluehornet6752]

Great video CB! I was just thinking about getting my RPi units back out of storage, after a relocation last year. I'd like to compile Qt6 for the RPi anyway--but now I have some great ideas about which OS to go get. That Twister OS looks very cool, especially with those desktop performance widgets in their standard theme, but as others have said: In the end I always seem to just go with the stock OS from the RPi folks. But your work on making this video saved me a TON of time, so I greatly appreciate you making/posting it! It's also great to see you closing in on 1M subscribers! It will be a very exciting day for you when that happens, I'm sure--but you definitely deserve it, given the work you do in putting all these presentations together!

[@MrScooter46290]

I love these details about each OS. I didn't know about the twister OS. thats fun too. Thanks for the video EC.

[@MitzpatrickFitzsimmons]

"I do not want tips on startup... whoever thought that was a good idea"... made me chuckle... I feel the same way.

[@neilthomas6042]

I have tried various distros over the years, mainly on low powered Windows machines but haven't found one that I could really get used to. This list has given me some ideas.

[@bertvantol9669]

Great Video again, THANKS !! I also tried a few distro's on my Pi 400 .... Now I'm running Pop OS and installed Hypnotix version 1.1 to watch TV stations from around the world and it runs GREAT !!

[@Colin_Ames]

Another excellent video. When I had my Pi 3B it was used solely for gaming, so I only ever ran Retropie. I recently managed to pick up a Pi4 8GB model and have not yet decided on an operating system, so this video helps.

[@everthpaniagua]

Great list. Raspberry OS lite 64-bit is my sweet spot after a couple of tweaks: - For added security, I add a new user and then delete the default pi user. I found that this turns the raspberry pi OS into a vanilla Debian distro. - Next, I install XFCE4 as a desktop environment. I add Compton for a tear-free video playback experience as windows compositor manager. I tweak thunar for smb network support including adding gvfs gfvs-backend and gvfs-fuse. Then I install chromium 32-bit with widevine (32-bit) for netflix and disney+. And finally I add VLC, Audacious and libreoffice for a complete desktop experience, plus pi-apps for additional native software support. - This configuration runs flawlessly in my Raspberry Pi 4 8GB from an SD card, overclocked to 2147, over-voltage to 13, gpu freq to 750, and force_turbo to 1. Next on my list is manjaro, as is such an eye candy and functionally flawless and full-featured, albeit a bit heavy. Next are the ubuntu flavours but the pi really struggles here. And last for me is twister OS mainly due to the lack of multi-user support out-of-the-box.

[@dkphilbin]

Thank you so much for this video! I am a Mac user and installed Twister just for fun ( I am new to this Raspberry Pi thing) and I do enjoy Twister, especially the Mac theme. I did discover a nice plus; under the bookshelf app is a very large collection of the MagPi magazine ! Thanks again for all that you do.

[@misterretrowolf1464]

Really appreciate the in depth video on RPi OSs. I'm going to check out Twister. It looks very useful.

[@michaelgkellygreen]

Great video Chris. 64 bit Raspian has been working great for me the last week or so. Now to find a way to easily transfer my Docker Containers and Caddy

[@MathiBA]

I was wondering which OS I should have it on my Pi4 8Gb, You have answered me through this video. Thanks so much! greate Video!!

[@MaxiBela]

You always have useful, easy-to-understand (English is not my mother tounge) and professional advices. THANK YOU! 🙂

[@Arachnoid_of_the_underverse]

Ooh I might try that Twister version, thanks for the intensive overview Chris.

[@chrissoskavounis4307]

Another great video, well done Chris!!! I own a pi3 and a pi4 (8GB model) and tried many distros...finally i settled on MXrpi and Manjaro( kde and xfce versions) . MX works for me better than the raspberry pi os or twister and also runs on the pi3 model pretty well!!! By adding pi_apps lately lots of new software is now available... On the other hand Manjaro Kde looks snapier than xfce...Manjaro versions offer less software, but by adding the AUR from pamac tool things get much better!!! Thank you very much for another great video!!!

[@skycarl]

Excellent pick 5 selection Chris. Thanks as always m8.

[@TradersTradingEdge]

Superb overview, thanks very much Christopher.

[@cupchanger]

Perfect timing, I’m setting up a new raspberry pi today. Thanks Chris

[@ExplainingComputers]

Good luck with your new Pi. :)

[@MrYungilike]

Thanks Chris for this comparison so we don't have to do this by ourselves. And appreciate your speech pacing and accent as well, which is obviously friendly to the non-native speaker like me - never need the CC in any of your videos, which is great at any time!

[@englishrupe01]

Pretty much perfect rundown......thanks Chris!

[@Praxibetel-Ix]

Funny, I actually watched your video on TwisterOS the other night and there it is again in this video. I really dig the concept of an idea of a OS that lets you change the appearance of it to make it look more like your favorite Windows OS. Now, if only it had solitaire and that space pinball game on it. ;) Anyway, cheers on another great video! This'll truly come in handy for those interested in getting a Pi and trying to choose which OS to throw on there. (myself included) :D

[@sinjhguddu4974]

A very lucid discussion. I value your judgements always. Thanks for this one too.

[@larrywebber2971]

Great review Chris. I have only run and used Ubuntu desktop and Raspberry Pi OSs on my Pi 4 and 400. I have settled on Raspberry Pi 64 bit for all Pi devices. They are all either 4 or 8 GB RAM machines.

[@joeg3950]

I agree with you on your list. I switch between Manjaro and Rasp Pi OS 64 bit. Your presentation should aid anyone in choosing a proper OS for their Pi. Thanks!

[@RafaCoringaProducoes]

11:45 little mistake here! The manjaro edition also have xfce and sway (Tilling Window Manager). You may not seen it because of the zoom in the page. Its avaiable in the rpi imager as well. In my testings, the sway and gnome editions failed in reconizing my brazilian keyboard, but aside from that, they re great editions. The manjaro sway did perform similar to the raspbian i3 (novaspirit's channel tutorial). Ive managed to use the raspbian i3 for a month as my main OS with a crappy 8gb sd!

[@ExplainingComputers]

Oh, you are right! My bad. :( My screen scaling indeed hid the other versions you mention.

[@fk_tech]

@@ExplainingComputers I was thinking the same we have many DE latey at Manjaro ARM Project. Thank you for your love.

[@An.Individual]

I have never thought of installing other than Pi OS. It is interesting to see Chris do it.

[@nikobellic570]

Software's really mature now on the pi, across several OSes. It's taken a long time, but that's to be expected with Linux. Well played all Devs

[@colin0516]

Thank you.i am very very new to expanding my computer engineering knowledge, and hearing a seasoned veteran vouch for the default rsp os is quite eye opeing! It makes sense though now!

[@andrewd4906]

Your top two are also my favourites. I have just put Raspberry Pi OS 64bit on my ssd and it is very quick connected to an 8Gb Pi4. Manjaro arm looks after my Pinebook Pro. Both are brilliant .My thanks goes to all of the developers of all the OSs for giving us so much choice.

[@chriswatts3697]

Great as usual !

[@cassielakin]

im gonna give twist a try now :) and manjaro :) great video.

[@protos2901]

Thank you for show video playback and dropped frames. Liked!

[@ag100pct]

Well done and helpful!👍

[@edwardjoyner9344]

Your top 5 is spot on. Only the Raspberry Pi OS, I have found, has the performance and snappiness I would expect.

[@srtcsb]

Thanks for another great video Chris. 😎

[@ExplainingComputers]

No problem 👍

[@samtab1807]

Got 3 SD cards mate, manjaro, and raspi os. I think these 3 are the best in my opinion, I tried Ubuntu but so many bugs and crashes, also reboots on it's own sometimes so I decided to use these 3 for now. Great video it's always exciting keep up the amazing work you do. God bless

[@AndrewGulak]

Grab BerryBoot. You could have all of those on one card and choose which one to boot to and\or install.

[@VasaMusic438]

Very useful and interesting video, as usual !! Thank so much !!

[@TimmyXaero]

I use Manjaro XFCE (on RPi4 4GB). Like it's styles and is very stable. Great video, Chris. ;)

[@aussierule]

Perfect timing!!! I was just noticing all of the new arm distros for the raspberry pi. My pi 4b has been being used as an emulator for older games. Now it looks like I'll be ArchLinux BTWing on my Pi! Stoked I can use all 8 gigs of ram.

[@avejst]

Great update video Thanks for sharing your experiences with all of us :-)

[@Paddy_Roche]

Great video again thank you. I will certainly try out Twister it looked great as “Sur”

[@ObsidianMercian]

Helpful video, thank you Chris. I very much like Raspberry Pi OS too. The Bookshelf is an incredible program and is often overlooked. I found it amazing that you get free access to so many great books and magazines!

[@ExplainingComputers]

The Bookshelf in Raspberry Pi OS is indeed amazing. I first recorded including coverage of it. But this video (intended to be 12 minutes) was already way over time.

[@cyberstorm45]

As always great video! I bought my Raspberry Pi 4B 8Gb yesterday and very happy with it. I tried to run Metatrader 4 and Metatrader 5 with Box86 and Wine (both installed through Pi Apps) and got no result. I'll give it a try to Twister OS, because it seems it have installed all compatibility utilities by default. Thanks for the great content, have a good day :D

[@cyberstorm45]

@@rockapartie I paid around 120 dollars, I bought it with a case, fan, microSD card and a microHDMI adapter.

[@TheRenoir]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[@MMZ_Thumper]

I was really shocked and impressed with Twister and the different theming options like Win XP. Is there a community of theme creators online where you can get more themes than just the ones that install with Twister? Or are those the only ones? 🤞🏻 that there are other themes 🤞🏻 I'm also happy to see that once I get my first Pi I'll have the option to use it as I do Windows rather than having to use Command Lines. I'd rather learn the basics of Pi OS first before jumping into the more "advanced" uses. Great video!

[@bobdinitto]

Very timely as I only just got my Pi 4 8GB last weekend! Thanks for this. I've been running Ubuntu desktop and am not happy with it. Very sluggish and does crash. Also had some issues with drivers for my USB mouse/keyboard that required configuration hacks to make it work. One thing I did notice is that Chromium runs better/faster than Firefox on Ubuntu. But overall Ubuntu is unusable as a desktop on Pi 4. Fortunately this is a backup system not my main driver. I'll be switching to either Raspian or Manjaro on the Pi. On the lighter side I really luv Twister's ability to impersonate Windows. Very impressive!

[@MrJackSeverity]

Been using Pop Os on the Pi4. love it

[@waynestewart1919]

Fantastic! I really like Twister OSs Nostalgia Engine for Windows Nerds (NEWN) aka 'Themes'. I grew up on Win95, Win98, 2000, XP, Win7, and its great to be able to use a safe, modern OS that mimic the look in feel of those fabled OSs. That being said, thank Mr. Barnatt for yet another great video. Very precise and comprehensive. Its like you teach computers for a living or something. ;D

[@Uniblab8]

It's a really fun OS, isn't it? Very functional and clever. They developed this strictly for the Pi so good on them. Look up Leepsvideo on KZbin. He is also brilliant when it comes to RPi or Twister OS and a bunch of other stuff. Between him and Chris I gets tons of info and ideas for my RPis.

[@allluckyseven]

Thanks for the video, Chris. I'm excited to see if there will be a newer version of the Pi this year, and if that will be able to play 1080p video flawlessly in Pi OS or Manjaro.

[@gojohnniegogo]

Nice selection. I've yet to try Twister for myself but have seen quite a number of videos on it and it looks excellent. Manjaro I have used on the Pi 3 and 4 but Pi OS is still my usual OS of choice.

[@Uniblab8]

Twister OS is a really really good stable and clever OS. They have really done a nice job with this OS. Manjaro as well.

[@microlinux]

@@Uniblab8 it's not an OS, it's a mod, a userspace mod. It's like installing rpi os, making some changes, creating a backup and redistribute it. That's twisterOS. It's a custom image.

[@Uniblab8]

@@microlinux You're right, actually. In the truest sense, it is a souped-up RPi OS. For me, it's a fun environment for me and it screams on my Pis, plus its kind of fun.

[@roxsonixx]

Keep finding myself back with Twister OS for my pi 400. I just went through a few of those distros this past weekend and while I liked something about each of them, Twister OS seems to have everything I want right out of the box. I just wish it was 64-bit. If not Twister then I would have to say Pi OS lite with KDE Plasma desktop. Great video.

[@shawnvines2514]

Excellent video

[@tomferguson1210]

Good picks!

[@itsyourRB]

i like all the opensource os but mostly i like Ubuntu and twister os.. Excellent video sir😄🙏

[@marc-andrelemay7997]

I've been using the Manjaro Plasma edition as my daily driver for work (mostly for programming, word processing and web browsing) for over a month and I have to agree that it is surprisingly stable. I was expecting all kinds of problems when first transitioning to a Raspberry Pi as a daily driver but everything works out of the box 99% of the time. I haven't tried the other distros on the list so I can't compare, but Manjaro certainly is a solid choice.

[@KameraShy]

Another excellent video, very informative for those new to and debating which OS to use. But ... how about a Top 5 SBC recap for those (like me) who are looking for a more powerful step up from the Pi for daily desktop use, along with preferred Linux distro for each. Preferably around $100.

[@marksterling8286]

Chris thanks for another fantastic video, really useful information presented in a great way. It’s really made me think. Most of my Raspberry Pis run as servers headless, it’s at the point where all of them have a Poe hat or dongle to reduce the cables to just Ethernet. The servers for asterisk, and Pi-Hole and home assistant all run on Ubuntu 64 bit 20.04 LTS but homebridge still using raspbian buster. I have been thinking about running a pi with a desktop environment to allow me to more easily manage the other boxes. This video has really helped with my short list. Also thinking about new project using twister os on the pi.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks Mark. Make sure those Pis do not take over! :)

[@odradek99]

Well-argued, elaborate comparison, thx. Obviously, "best" OS is a question of personal use & taste. After trying several OS, I stick to TwisterOS Lite-faster than the standard edition of TwisterOS and by my experience with a better cpu temperature management than Pi OS (I'm using a Pi 4B w/ 4 GB).

[@microlinux]

TwisterOS is rpi os.

[@grimsage4495]

I run Twister OS and Raspberry Pi OS on a pi 4 8g clocked to 2.2 gigahertz never had any issues with a Argon40 Neo case and of course the fan for said case just take the cover off when you have it running ;)

[@MicrobyteAlan]

Thanks for the confirmation, I was going to install Raspberry PiOS this afternoon, rainy day in Orlando.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Greetings on another Sunday! It is raining here too.

[@risquefiasco947]

A viewer of many years, I love watching your channel especially your SBC reviews, I had installed Manjaro a long while back but after a quick look the sd card went into a pile and wasn't pulled out until this week. Day 2 and I have reinstalled onto a 256Gig ssd. I'm now running 22.04 testing branch, KDE Plasma, overclocked with fully functional vulkan drivers. I love it, it has replaced Twister as my main OS. I might even try resurrect an Odroid XU4 currently running Android. Mmm Can you please help us all with writing to EMMC (?) drives, gosh they are tricky.

[@eljuano28]

Hi Chris. Nice job. Bullseye still has some issues, but so far I'm digging it. I even have it on my Zero2's, but even overclocked, they're more useful in terminals. The GUI is pretty slow. I code mostly in nano anyway, (not professionally anymore,) so that hasn't been a big problem. Working with so little memory reminds me of early Fanuc machines. Forces me to be very efficient. When I do play around on the Desktop, I'm patient. Very patient. Have a great day, good sir.

[@mchlbk]

Very nice review, I tend to get the best experience from Raspberry Pi OS on my 400 as well, especially since they released the 64bit version. The dropped frames in Firefox annoys me, though. It's always about 5% and overclocking the CPU and/or the GPU has no effect. It's very strange but it must be a Firefox issue, since Chromium can do it, as you've shown.

[@redrobbosworkshop]

Agree entirely with those rankings Chris. I've been running the beta of RP OS 64 for a while, and if you want best performance you really do need to run a 64 bit OS on a 64 bit processor, with a light desktop. One way to cheat on video playback and indeed generally get faster web browser performance is to use something like Puffin browser - essentially a web based web browser whereby the processing is largely done in the cloud. Otherwise 64 bit Chromium does a better job than others IMO. For me the beauty of a Pi is the very low power consumption. I find that for most general computing needs a Pi4 or 400 copes well enough and runs at

[@kostantinosmag2986]

Great video

[@fattomandeibu]

Being that my Pi's are both very specific use cases(Batocera and OpenMediaVault) these aren't use to me on Pi, but I'm now starting to lean towards Twister OS for on here. Seeing Windows Classic almost brought a tear of joy to my eye.

[@Windowsfan100]

If you're running Manjaro KDE on a RasPi, make sure to set the compositor to use OpenGL. On my Pi it made everything run a bit smoother.

[@waynebickell1793]

Another informative video, thanks. I do like it that Pi OS comes with very little pre-installed software. I much prefer to install the things I need rather than waste time stripping out stuff I don't want, and possibly messing up dependencies in the process! EndeavourOS also as an ARM version but I don't have a Pi still to try it.

[@encycl07pedia-]

I don't have a spare Pi, but I am blown away by Twister OS. The theming with Win95-7 is great. It's too bad I don't see a way to realistically have those Windows themes work with dwm. Thank you again for another great, informative video!

[@mikiethebikie]

Thanks Chris, that’s really interesting.

[@KowboyUSA]

Excellent top 5

[@GertBoers]

I use Gnome as a daily driver on my more than capable PC (understatement), because I really like that workflow. But on a Pi I would not even think twice of doing that. I agree that Raspberry Pi OS is probably still the best choice. And I think your choice for Manjaro with KDE is spot on, as KDE tends to scale very well. I've never heard of Twister OS and I laughed out loud when you put on the XP look. :) You know, Mate also has various themes with Mate Tweak, like Redmond and Cupertino, although I don't know if they are available on the Pi...

[@kencreten7308]

Great work as usual, but I was shocked the other day when I went to try Picroft on my Rasberry Pi 400, and realized - there is no... analog audio out. I couldn't believe it.

[@Theineluctable_SOME_CANT]

Great video! I think I agree.

[@darrenwells2277]

Being a slow convert to Linux on an old Laptop.. and settling on Linux Mint its nice to see theres something that supports the Mate desktop. After playing with a few, thats a nice setup and comfortable to use

[@nonoyorbusness]

Yes I have been experimenting with raspberry pi 64 bit OS this week, very timely!

[@jonglass]

I have to agree with your top 5. That said, I'd like to see you do the next ones that you mentioned at the very end of your video. In particular, I'm interested in MX Linux, but the others would be interesting to see as well.

[@DaisyHollowBooks]

Good to know we can avoid disruptions of the space/time continuum.

[@dubzy4485]

Just managed to order a Pi 400! Excited to try some of these out in the near future 👀

[@ExplainingComputers]

Enjoy your Pi 400. A great machine that will run all of the OS in the video really well. :)

[@AlbyTastic]

Just downloading the 64 bit Raspberry Pi OS to try it out inside a VM and on a bare metal machine. Thanks very much Chris.

[@renobodyrenobody]

Thanks a lot Chris for your new video. Iw as pretty sure the one from the foundation will finish 1st... Anyway I use ubuntu on the Rasp since... Because this is a 64 bits system and ARM softwares are no more for 32 distro since... The 64 bits version from the foundation arrives to late, and compared to other distro, it's look like (for me) like a toy, not a professional system. I use the Raspberry for coding in python, also use Postgres and Grafana with really great results. Chris, thanks again, it's a breath of fresh air in the tube!

[@IanSlothieRolfe]

Nice roundup. I'd forgotten Manjaro existed, glad to see its still going and apparently going well. I tend to play with low-end PI's so its Raspbian all the way for me, although if I were going out to replace my small laptop I use at home I might go for a Pi 400 instead - it seems a very good machine for the money. In that case I might be tempted to give Twister a go.

[@jbuchana]

@@rockapartie I'm going to have to agree. I have a pi 400, and the keyboard is lacking. It's fine for occasional use, but if it was my primary machine I'd go crazy. We usually run Retropie on it and play using an Xbox controller. It works great for that.

[@Justin-Case-2.0]

I saw the green grass under the blue sky and immediately expected you to choose 'Twister XP', thank you ;-)

[@globoliver9697]

Besides the technical content, I can always learn an accessory bit of English, too! 🙂

[@atvarsgr]

Just ordered RPi4 8Gb solely for running Home Assistant. At the moment backbone for my home automatization is Mac mini M1 (16Gb/512Gb) running Node-RED service and communicating with 4 Siemens LOGO!8 230RCE PLC main modules + 8 extension (in total controls 80 outputs/consumer groups in my house) via Siemens s7 network protocol. Wanted to install also Home Assistant on Mac mini, but as it should be run via VM, choose to go for RPi4 as a stand alone machine for HA.

[@jogul]

Great list. I would add POP OS to the list. Its very good.

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

Good video Chris! Thank you for sharing it with us!💖👍😎JP

[@ExplainingComputers]

No problem 👍

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

@@ExplainingComputers 😎

[@WHAT-GRINDS-MY-GEARS]

Made it for the early drop. Nice, I was looking for a raspi project.

[@DiscoverDemystified]

Always waiting for your video....

[@ExplainingComputers]

Excellent!

[@DiscoverDemystified]

@@ExplainingComputers Wow, can't beleave its you... I am a big fan sir..

[@homemixer]

Great episode, give us more for the raspberry pi 400!

[@won2kafour]

Very informative. Tks. As an aside: I recently started using Freespire OS (Ubuntu with string Google-suit integration) on my Macbook Air13 (Early 2015; 4GB RAM; 128 GB SSD). Works like a charm - and way better than Mac OS!! The people who are developing Freespire tell me that a version for use on Raspberry Pi 4 is in the works.

[@oliverwilliamson6528]

Excellent video! I'd look out for the new 22.04 Ubuntu release. Mutter patched with triple buffering has been said to vastly improve performance with the Gnome desktop.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks, and yes, not long to go until we get Ubuntu 22.04 now. :)

[@michaeltodd2012]

Have two boots, Twister and Pi OS, and do enjoy Twister themes a lot having started on computing before Windows even came out.

[@Zombievzla]

Great video as always! thanks!... on a quick note, can you add a widevine compatibility test? i think only the Raspberry Os 32b currently supports it but i might be wrong :)

[@nelucampean]

I am a Ubuntu Mate user and I am in your position now: my all in one computer is broken and I use a Raspberry Pi 4 witn 4 gb ram as a desktop until the aio comes back from service. In order to take advantage of the 6.2 kernel optimizations I flashed 64 bit ubuntu on a ssd drive via usb adaptor. In that regular ubuntu distro i installed ubuntu mate desktop with all it's programs and lightdm via apt so now i have a up to date ubuntu mate distro with linux kernel 6.2 which runs better on rpi4 than the lts distro available on their site with kernel 5.1 on it.

[@jamesdinsmore9022]

Thanks!

[@brianobey4368]

Kali Linux is a pretty awesome distro with pi and pi zero builds. I've learned alot about networking and cyber security from playing it. Thanks for the great videos.