DietPi uses more RAM than RPiOS

General Discussion
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(I can’t upload pics as a new user evidently. Cool rule)

Full, baremetal PC install (amd64)
302MB vs 238MB
is that expected behavior?

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Usually not. Best to run test commands on both systems to be able to compare DietPi OS stats & comparison

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Which systems did you compare?
A Native PC vs. Raspberry Pi?

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I was assuming same hardware used.

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Yes, sir, Native PC UEFI x64 system. Same vs. same.
I thought it was wild since RPiOS boots into a full desktop as well.

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In your comparison, you have 2 differences:

  • ARM (aarch64) vs. PC (amd64)
  • RaspbianOS vs. Dietpi

So, I assume the main difference is in the aarch64 vs. amd64 architecture. Can you compare RaspbianOS vs. DietPi on the Raspberry only?

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Pls run the comparison script as stated above.

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@sallystruthers : See also there: Comparison to other Debian based distributions – Why should you use DietPi? – DietPi Blog

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I am not sure where the communication problem is. I am testing this on the exact same x86_64 (Intel 3060 Celeron) laptop. There are not two different architectures. It is a PC / amd64 laptop install comparison. There is no aarch64 system anywhere close to my workbench. Please stop talking about aarch64 in this comparison.

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I have found only “Rasperry Pi Desktop for PC”.
Is this what you used?

https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/operating-systems/#raspberry-pi-desktop

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You compare Raspberry Pi Desktop (32bit, based on bullseye) and DietPi (64bit, based on bookworm). So i think it’s not fair comparison.

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If Raspberry Pi Desktop was used, that would also be my conclusion.
I was confused by the expression “RPiOS” and thought it was a Pi…

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Say what now?

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Use dpkg --print-architecture to see that you are using 32bit software.

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You are right.

1536×2048 626 KB

I didn’t even realise that i386 would install on a 64-bit UEFI system (many moons ago, this was the case). It must have a clever EFI architecture boot recognition.