Gotta admit, it was a bit difficult to get my head around all the different installation types when I was a new user, so simplification is probably well over due
Out of that decision and the backlash came the metrics, so they’d be able to make informed decisions before depreciating something.
Last time, I used Core (IIRC, it wasn’t even called Core back then) and was quite upset. Before they walked it back, I switched to the OS version and don’t really regret it. If their metrics now tell them that core isn’t worth supporting, it probably isn’t, but I definitely understand being upset about it.
It definitely sucks that the system that’s supposed to be about giving users freedom and options is removing some.
ETA: Backups also make this whole thing so much easier now. Back then, backing up and restoring core meant manually copying a bunch of files, but now, it’s a completely different and easier experience.
I jumped through all their hoops for a Supervised Debian 11 install. It was a massive pain in the ass, and they dropped support for 11 back in October. 0/10 would not recommend.
If your first priority is having a Supervised Debian 11install.
I wanted to have Home Assistant in my house and my RV and my perspective is more like using it like an appliance, as I still had a Raspberry 3 lying around, i downloaded an HA-OS imageand was up and running within minutes. Once I was convinced that it was what I needed I went for the Pi 5 with SSD.
So 10/10 for me.
Gotta admit, it was a bit difficult to get my head around all the different installation types when I was a new user, so simplification is probably well over due
They’ve done this once before and walked it back.
Out of that decision and the backlash came the metrics, so they’d be able to make informed decisions before depreciating something.
Last time, I used Core (IIRC, it wasn’t even called Core back then) and was quite upset. Before they walked it back, I switched to the OS version and don’t really regret it. If their metrics now tell them that core isn’t worth supporting, it probably isn’t, but I definitely understand being upset about it.
It definitely sucks that the system that’s supposed to be about giving users freedom and options is removing some.
ETA: Backups also make this whole thing so much easier now. Back then, backing up and restoring core meant manually copying a bunch of files, but now, it’s a completely different and easier experience.
I jumped through all their hoops for a Supervised Debian 11 install. It was a massive pain in the ass, and they dropped support for 11 back in October. 0/10 would not recommend.
@lemming741
Absolutely!
If your first priority is having a Supervised Debian 11install.
I wanted to have Home Assistant in my house and my RV and my perspective is more like using it like an appliance, as I still had a Raspberry 3 lying around, i downloaded an HA-OS imageand was up and running within minutes. Once I was convinced that it was what I needed I went for the Pi 5 with SSD.
So 10/10 for me.