Totally new to this - I have a full remote desktop on winDOZE. Trying to transition to linux. I installed MINT? (good / bad?) and I enjoy it so far.
A PI arrives today from Amazon... what shoudl I install on it? I just found this astroberry? IS that the smartest move?
I have a ASIair and like it - but haven't used it in real life (just testing). The new pi and astroberry? will be a contender to see which I prefer.
I have another option which is called Astronomy linux. (it's a Ubuntu install with LOTS of astro apps and utils). Has all infi, kstars, stellarium etc.
Astroberry? or this ASTRONOMY LINUX install?
As I'm new to linix - all these VERSIONS (fedora?) are VERY CONFUSING are they just graphicially different or are they incompatible with each other?
I want EASIEST to use for a windows guy (I prefer OS X) when I had it... but don't want to box myself in as primary usage will be for controlling my observatory from in the house (300 ft away).
AP Mach1 / CP4 APCC & PEMpro.
EXP SCI - ED152cf APO - Celestron 11" RASA - Stellarvue 80mm
Baader F2 HS NB filters, Lodestar X2 guide camera / OAG - ZWO 290mm mini
ZWO ASI1600MM Pro / ASI174M (solar) / ASI094MC
NEXDome, CLoudwatcher, AVX mount/ASIair and Stellarmate
If you have a domePc (A pc in your observatory) then you don't need a PI I think... I have a PC in my observatory and its doing everything. Runs indi-server and Kstars/EKOS etc. I just installed ububtu on it and then connect to it remotely using team viewer. I didn't use a PI because I wanted to keep it as simple as possible and have less network devices to maintain. I guess its not possible for everyone though.
You can either setup your own system e.g. Ubuntu (or any Ubuntu variation i.e. Mate) and install KStars and other tools following
this guide
.
Note that Raspberry uses ARM CPU (not Intel/AMD) so anything you want to install on Raspberry must be dedicated for it. This means that you will not be able to run Astronomy Linux on Raspberry - it is built for Intel/AMD processors.
Alternatively you can use one of the precompiled images for Raspberry Pi, namely Astroberry or Stellarmate.