Posts by Risque

Raspberry Pi flashes new branded USB drives that promise speedy performance

Use fastfetch for concise system info - fastfetch -c all.jsonc

risque@raspberrypi

`.::///+:/-. --///+//-:` ------------------

`+oooooooooooo: `+oooooooooooo: OS: Raspberry Pi OS 13.3 (trixie) aarch64

/oooo++//ooooo: ooooo+//+ooooo. Host: Raspberry Pi 5 Model B Rev 1.0

`+ooooooo:-:oo- +o+::/ooooooo: Board: 5-model-b

`:oooooooo+`` `.oooooooo+- Kernel: Linux 6.12.62+rpt-rpi-2712

`:++ooo/. :+ooo+/.` Init System: systemd 257.9-1~deb13u1

...` `.----.` ``.. Uptime: 12 hours, 49 mins

.::::-``:::::::::.`-:::-` Loadavg: 0.40, 0.22, 0.37

-:::-` .:::::::-` `-:::- Processes: 229

`::. `.--.` `` `.---.``.::` Packages: 1975 (dpkg)

.::::::::` -::::::::` ` Shell: bash 5.2.37

.::` .:::::::::- `::::::::::``::. Display (C24F390): 1920x1080 in 23", 60 ]

-:::` ::::::::::. ::::::::::.`:::- Monitor (C24F390): 1920x1080 px @ 60 Hz )

:::: -::::::::. `-:::::::: :::: LM: lightdm-autologin 1.32.0 (Wayland)

-::- .-:::-.``....``.-::-. -::- DE: labwc:wlroots

.. `` .::::::::. `..`.. WM: labwc 0.9.2 (Wayland)

-:::-` -::::::::::` .:::::` Theme: gtk2 [Qt]

:::::::` -::::::::::` :::::::. Icons: PiXtrix [Qt]

.::::::: -::::::::. :::::::: Font: Nunito Sans (12pt, Light) [Qt]

`-:::::` ..--.` ::::::. Cursor: PiXtrix (24px)

`...` `...--..` `...` Terminal: x-terminal-emulator

.:::::::::: Terminal Size: 80 columns x 24 rows (640)

`.-::::-` Terminal Theme: #D3D7CF (FG) - #000000 (]

CPU: BCM2712 (4) @ 2.80 GHz - 57.9°C

CPU Cache (L1): 4x64.00 KiB (D), 4x64.00)

CPU Cache (L2): 4x512.00 KiB (U)

CPU Cache (L3): 2.00 MiB (U)

CPU Usage: 2%

GPU: Broadcom bcm2712-vc6 [Integrated]

Memory: 3.40 GiB / 3.95 GiB (86%)

Swap (/dev/zram0): 416.52 MiB / 2.00 GiB)

Swap (/dev/zram1): 0 B / 3.95 GiB (0%)

Swap (/dev/zram2): 0 B / 3.95 GiB (0%)

Swap (/dev/zram3): 0 B / 3.95 GiB (0%)

Swap (/dev/zram4): 0 B / 3.95 GiB (0%)

Disk (/): 19.06 GiB / 116.29 GiB (16%) -4

Disk (/zram): 8.00 KiB / 15.51 GiB (0%) 4

Public IP: 180.216.117.141 (Melbourne, A)

Local IP (eth0): 192.168.0.206/24 (d8:3a>

DNS: 192.168.0.1

Wifi: OPTUSGRBAB150_5G - 5 GHz - WPA2/WP)

Date & Time: 2026-01-26 08:15:41

Locale: en_AU.UTF-8

Vulkan: 1.3.305 - V3DV Mesa [Mesa 25.0.7]

OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 25.0.7-2+rpt3

Users: risque@localhost - login time 2028

Bluetooth Radio (raspberrypi): Bluetooth)

Sound: Built-in Audio Digital Stereo (HD)

Mouse: PixArt HP USB Optical Mouse

Keyboard 1: Gaming KB Gaming KB

Keyboard 2: Gaming KB Gaming KB Keyboard

Network IO (eth0): 890 B/s (IN) - 639 B/)

Disk IO (PC SN740 NVMe WD 512GB): 89.53 )

Physical Disk (PC SN740 NVMe WD 512GB): C

Version: fastfetch 2.58.0 (aarch64)

Pi400 user

I haven't had an issue with my Pi400. In fact I'm so impressed by it's reliability I will be getting a Pi500 at some stage.

Transcend ESD310

Not fast enough! This Transcend drive has Pinn, with Kali, RetroPie and Raspberry Pi OS installed on own partitions, it is blazing fast.

Test : SD Card Speed Test

Run 1

prepare-file;0;0;882639;1723

seq-write;0;0;870910;212

seq-read;900838;219;0;0

rand-4k-write;0;0;645674;161418

rand-4k-read;848362;212090;0;0

Sequential write speed 870910 KB/sec (target 10000) - PASS

Random write speed 161418 IOPS (target 500) - PASS

Random read speed 212090 IOPS (target 1500) - PASS

Test PASS

Businesses should dump Windows for the Linux desktop

Re: Been there, done that, reverted hastily

I saw similar issues in COBOL Fortran transitions of software. On one project the IBM lead had to be constantly pried from his office where he was invariably working on 'Dragon Dictate'. It was slow progress, govt cheque. But your companies issues were with implementation and support.

Back in 1999 for a few years I repurposed many beige boxes, workstations and notebooks through NSW & ACT markets. All ex corporate or new superseded equipment Many displays were varying Linux distros. They always attracted interest. Today I still run mostly Linux, android at home. I fix old laptops and give them to kids. I do want to try getting Linux on a phone. In work environments I am always unsettled when I can't see a terminal in use where IT reside. I believe a windows user friendly desktop could quite easily and securely delivered on most distros by a capable team. Dare I suggest 'snap' to it or git up already!