Let me then give you more insights on what I'm working currently :ġ - This will be an autonomous system, running on batteries. I suggested an alternative that could improve performance (aka system boot to 'Chrome visible' time), but if that's not an issue, then you've got a great path and : Thanks a lot for all these inputs !

Are you more focused on 'getting it working ASAP' or 'learning something new'?Īll that said, solution looks promising (proof is always in the pudding, as they say.sigh! ).

Ignoring the current undesirable, but fixable, behavior, are you happy with the system startup performance of your Full Desktop system?.

Are you focused on trying to make your current SD card work as you desire?.

OP, perhaps you could share a bit more on your situation/goals:

In fact, I just added a couple of desktop-only features to my SD management tool (left-handed mouse and 'disable piwiz'), for those times when I give the full desktop a spin. But, the Full desktop has value, I get it. I'm of the 'Lite persuasion', so typically will suggest alternatives building up to what you want. There's almost always more than one way of doing something.įair enough. Didn't mean to suggest that I was right and you were wrong, just to prompt discussion. it worked for me, it may not work for you.' I personally think it's easier to start with a Lite install and add the things you want, rather than trying to figure out how to work around the Fully stuffed system when you don't need all of it.Īs you noted 'All advice given is based on my experience. As mentioned by several people in these forums (probably including you ) the Pi and RasPiOS are great platforms for learning. OP didn't say that he wanted to avoid doing a complete rebuild nor did he say he was adverse to learning new skills. Unless disc space is really tight it's often easier to start with a full install and disable stuff you don't want that to work out everything that needs to be installed and configured to get what you do.Your suggestion would mean a complete rebuild and possibly a new set of skills to learn. OP has a working system based on RPiOS full.Of course, this depends on the requirements of your app, but in the case of Chrome, it seems to run quite well on a Minimum X on Lite.

You can then have complete control over when it starts. If you want a lot more control over the desktop, you should consider using RasPiOS Lite, and install just the minimum X stuff into it.

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