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[2329.26 --> 2329.68] Absolutely.
[2329.90 --> 2330.52] I'm down with it.
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[2455.96 --> 2461.52] Now Tom H writes in with some Orange Pi feedback.
[2462.06 --> 2465.38] I've been using a mixture of non-Rasperry Pi since around 2016.
[2465.80 --> 2469.52] I started with an Orange Pi 1 and an Orange Pi PC.
[2470.06 --> 2473.00] They were pretty much on par with the Raspberry Pi 3B at the time.
[2473.14 --> 2476.28] I think they were about 10 or 15 pounds each on eBay.
[2477.06 --> 2482.34] Since I have moved on to other boards like the Friendly Arms stuff and the Pine64 boards,
[2482.34 --> 2487.44] the trouble I have with the Orange and Friendly Arms were the images you're provided by them.
[2487.80 --> 2491.02] They're often on an old kernel and often not updated.
[2491.40 --> 2493.62] Some manufacturers do a much better job than others.
[2494.08 --> 2496.06] Then I found Armbian.
[2496.66 --> 2500.76] Armbian is an amazing project and the work they do to support a lot of these,
[2501.00 --> 2504.12] air quotes, non-Rasperry Pi SBCs.
[2504.38 --> 2508.40] I also found new boards on their downloads page that I never even knew existed.
[2508.84 --> 2510.90] I highly, highly recommend Armbian.
[2511.22 --> 2511.86] Thanks, Tom.
[2512.34 --> 2517.26] Josh, I'm curious what OS you prefer on the Raspberry Pis and if you have much experience with Armbian.
[2517.80 --> 2521.20] I have not worked with Armbian, so I can't give a comparison there.
[2521.44 --> 2526.68] I've run pretty much every OS under the sun in the last 10 years on any Raspberry Pi I can get a hold of.
[2527.24 --> 2530.94] And again, back for the community's sake, it's going to be Raspbian.
[2531.06 --> 2533.64] Or what used to be Raspbian now is Raspberry Pi OS.
[2534.20 --> 2537.06] Pop OS is interesting on the Raspberry Pi,
[2537.06 --> 2542.36] but by default, if you just want to be able to throw a Raspberry Pi at somebody and get them started,
[2543.18 --> 2544.08] just go with the default.
[2545.04 --> 2545.86] Like a brick.
[2545.98 --> 2549.28] Not all of us have enough Pis to throw around, Josh, but yeah, I get what you're saying.
[2550.24 --> 2552.90] So to that point, I mean, I help run a hackerspace,
[2552.98 --> 2554.72] so I'm trying to get people into technology.
[2555.02 --> 2559.46] If they show interest, being able to feed that by throwing them a Raspberry Pi.
[2559.46 --> 2565.74] I've also, although I think Raspbian or Raspberry Pi OS is a good idea for that kind of scenario,
[2565.74 --> 2571.94] but I've also found that the Ubuntu team has put a lot of hard work into making Ubuntu LTS run really well on the Pi.
[2572.40 --> 2576.08] Armbian, though, it's great for that outside the Raspberry Pi ecosystem,
[2576.46 --> 2580.68] like Tom here writes, you know, the Orange Pi and some of those other boxes
[2580.68 --> 2585.96] where it really feels like Armbian is trying to go above and beyond to include those devices in its support.
[2585.96 --> 2591.90] So I think it's nice to get a pro Armbian user on the air because none of us are really one.
[2592.76 --> 2594.30] How about we move to Mads here?
[2594.42 --> 2597.68] Mads writes in about upgrading Home Assistant databases.
[2598.14 --> 2598.76] Thanks for the show.
[2598.84 --> 2599.68] Gives me a lot of ideas.
[2599.80 --> 2602.28] I've been looking into Home Assistant for a while now and I want to get started.
[2602.74 --> 2605.68] I've decided to go to the official Docker container for my setup,
[2605.94 --> 2610.44] and I'm running each add-on as a separate container, like Frigate, ESPHomeDashboard, etc.
[2611.10 --> 2613.66] You guys seem to talk about a lot of things related to Home Assistant,
[2613.66 --> 2618.52] so I was wondering, have you had any issues with just using the built-in SQLite database,
[2619.30 --> 2621.68] or have you already migrated to something like MariahDB?
[2622.32 --> 2623.14] Thanks for the info.
[2623.46 --> 2624.42] I'll be honest, Mads.
[2624.42 --> 2627.12] It's not something I give a great deal of thought on a daily basis.
[2627.58 --> 2633.54] I think, therefore, that means I must be using the SQLite database, just the default one.
[2633.54 --> 2638.86] And occasionally, if things go a bit wonky, I'll just delete the database file.
[2638.96 --> 2642.00] I don't really need to know what my front door was doing three years ago,
[2642.20 --> 2644.70] whether it was open or shut for three seconds or not.
[2644.92 --> 2648.88] I mean, there are some things I think it would be nice to do data samples on,
[2649.10 --> 2651.54] like temperature trends and stuff like that,
[2651.72 --> 2654.60] are kind of nice once in a while to look back at,
[2654.68 --> 2657.64] but they're really not that important for me.
[2657.64 --> 2660.14] So my answer is I stick with the default.
[2660.66 --> 2661.30] I think I have too.
[2661.64 --> 2666.46] The only thing that would maybe make me change that is if we saw significant improvements,
[2666.46 --> 2669.72] and we have seen some pretty good improvements in some of the more recent Home Assistant releases,
[2669.86 --> 2676.04] but like something in the energy metrics area where I'd really want to keep that data for a while
[2676.04 --> 2679.12] might kind of nudge me to improve the database,
[2679.20 --> 2682.36] because I really think it's going to be metrics that, you know,
[2682.98 --> 2684.66] where you're going to feel the performance issue.
[2684.74 --> 2686.16] And otherwise, I kind of agree, Alex.
[2686.16 --> 2687.46] But here's the thing.
[2687.94 --> 2693.04] You can still use SQLite, but ship out everything into Influx anyway.