Armbian headless for Banana Pi

[derstephan]

Hi,

 

I read the docs but could not find out what to download to get a headless server.  Getting Started says: "mainline: headless server, light desktop operations"

 

In mainline there are 2 downloads for server (Debian, Ubuntu) and one for desktop (Ubuntu).

 

I do not need a desktop, thus I do not want to waste space, RAM and CPU on anything related to it. May I ask, what to download or if there is no headless version what to do to remove the desktop-features alltogether?

 

Thank you very much.

 

Stephan

[Igor]

All server images are minimal, without a desktop. Default download, if you don't choose anything, is headless / server image.

[derstephan]

Hi Igor,

 

thank you very much for the very quick response. I was a bit confused because below the download-button (server section) it says "Optimal for desktop and server usage.".

 

Alright then, I will give it a try. Thanks again.

 

Stephan

 

P.S. May I suggest to add the information about the differences between server and desktop images to your docs and/or directly to the download section?

[Igor]

I see, it is confusing a bit. Those are actually kernel properties, unrelated to the image or operating system altogether. We will try to fix this somehow. Tnx.