I have to admit that I haven’t really gotten to grips with irradium yet. I keep trying, but so far, it always fails due to certain minor issues. Version 6.99 with XFCE seems to work, but after a brief setup, I started experiencing minor errors and wouldn’t boot properly today. I’m assuming it’s my fault, partly because I’ve never done anything with the BSD-like Crux before.
Crux is aimed more at advanced users and therefore, in my opinion, isn’t generally the easiest choice. I would personally recommend RockOS, as it’s significantly easier to set up.
Since Github doesn’t allow for that much storage space, the image was split. This isn’t a problem, though; simply download both files to one computer. Both packages must be in the same folder. Then simply unpack them with 7zip. 7zip will recognize the second file and create a suitable image from both.
Then simply start and log in with the login name “debian” and the password “debian”.
In my opinion, this version runs even better than Raspian on the Raspberry Pi; at least it supports all the features. Only the NPU support seems to still be causing some issues.
I have described how to activate the graphics drivers for a GPU here:
Once you get the hang of it, RockOS is truly customizable and fun to use. The package list is also really good. I’ve switched from XFCE and X11 to Hyprland and Wayland, and I’ve swapped Pulseaudio for Pipewire. All without problems.
