I had Stretch on my Mintbox Mini before the Pi400 replaced it around New Years. After using Mint I'm a little extra cautious. Thanks for clarifying.? 73
"Stretch" Security updates ended last July (2020).
73
This isn't entirely true as the whole support area around Raspberry
Pi OS is confusing (kernel vs. distro):
?? - Kernels: Support from the Raspberry Pi foundation for new
kernels is only for the *current* version of OS.? For example, when
Buster was released, the Raspberry Pi foundation basically stopped
releasing any new kernel updates for Stretch though there were some
rare urgent exceptions.?
: I
personally would recommend anyone who really cares about security to
upgrade or replace the OS to the newest released OS it's released.?
For the Raspberry Pi OS cadence, that's typically the Debian release
date + one month
?? - Distro:? Dave is correct.? The main support for Raspberry Pi OS
Stretch ended in July 2020 as part of Debian's 2 year cycle.? Please
don't confuse Raspberry Pi OS's patching support with say Debian LTS
program.? There still isn't any LTS concept for Raspberry Pi OS at
this time (but it has been discussed many times:?
)
If you want a longer life OS, you're currently going to need to move
STOP using Raspberry Pi OS to a different distribution such as real
Debian.? Most things should work with "real" Debian but it's not
going to have the same level of hardware support that Raspberry Pi
OS offers.? If you were using true Debian Stretch, you could have
enabled Debian's volunteer only supported LTS:
????? -->
--David
KI6ZHD
On Sun, May 16, 2021, 20:51
Tony via
<ynotssor=[email protected]>
wrote:
Please inform us when Debian "Stretch" support will
expire on the RPi.
On 5/16/21 8:16 PM, N5XMT wrote:
Means nothing for the Pi.? Natively,
Debian has minimal support only through the Pi 3
series.? Raspbian is now called RaspberryPiOS, has
driver's and firmware the pi's require for proper
functionality.??
And Pi4 is only supported by Buster, the
Pi4 8gb and the Pi 400 all need the Dec 2020 version of
Buster or newer
On May 16, 2021, at 20:08, "Tony
via " <yahoo.com@
target=_blank>ynotssor=@>
wrote:
is
worth perusing, IMHO.
On 5/16/21 6:21 PM, Dave R wrote:
Stretch is pretty old. 73
On Sun, May 16,
2021, 16:04 N5XMT < dacooley@...>
wrote:
Stretch will not boot on a
Pi4 or 400
On May 16, 2021, at
14:33, VK2AHB < vk2ahb@...>
wrote: