Hi, was liking trixie os on 120G usb 3 ssd but thought try another os so tried ubuntu on another ssd and it "works" but time lags opening anything and blue-tooth mouse was tedious. youtube not as fast as trixie Not happy.
next was Fydeos. never used a chromebook so no idea what it was supposed to to do, android games, no idea. but it works... I think. makes rpi a chromebook with android??
on another ssd.
Then tried Twister Os 64bit. works and youtube ok. tried mmedit for rpi on all os's and not work , script on Twister.
I thought the "themes" in twister not a big deal any more, I used the 32 bit version for years, now it's just variation on a theme but it's an option.
I'd like to use fydeos and connect to tv for media. it's easy to swap usb ssd.
Trixie seems the fastest for use and always remembers blue-tooth devices.
I wouldn't swap os on a pc but no prob on a rpi. any more to try..mmm

Hello Stan, did you try Armbian? I think it runs on an RPI 4(00). Have fun :)

I don't know if it's still the case, but at one time only Raspberry Pi's own OS was allowed to use the hardware acceleration in the GPU chip. It was a contract thing so nothing could be done about it at the time. It gave their own OS a distinct advantage over everything else if you were using a Pi for video.

I'm really not into it but I think this is true for RPI 5

I'm looking up Armbian .. and Elementary OS. easy to change rpi os.
trouble is all start in 1920x1080 and tv I'm using doesn't go that high res so always looking for start botton, which is off screen, to change screen res. yawn

explaining computers.com has youtube videos about different rpi os and does stats for nerds to count dropped frames.
Edited 2026-03-22 02:06 by stanleyella

There is RISCOS, which works on a Raspberry Pi Zero thru 4, but not the 5/500/500+ at https://www.riscosopen.org/content/downloads/raspberry-pi

I went back to fydeos and found it won't turn on linux, says memory so give up on rpi version.
Twister os ok but tried to install mmedit and .sh shell scripts don't run.
The official rpi trixie is more stable, it just works.
an app called xsnow when set to birds is nice with some wallpapers.
I think rpi os is best and doesn't look that bad really.

Dietpi (version of debian that also runs on other platforms)
https://dietpi.com/

  stanleyella said  

I think rpi os is best and doesn't look that bad really.

I think so too. Otherwise the main apt sources are still coming from the debian servers (or mirrors), so you can do whatever you like.
E.g. you can install many window-manager beside and choose at the login-manager window which one to run. I own an original BananaPi M1 and many years ago I made a XFCE4 session look like mint. I used the according artwork packages from mint and extracted the icons and themes to the correct config folders.
It looked fantastic and was able to replay MPEG2 in full HD flicker free.
A nice experience on a TV is kodi.
Have fun and dig as deep you can :)