I have decided to give up Dietpi because it has installation and usage issues, and I have spent all my time solving the problems. I can’t use anything at all, and even installing a software will cause errors. It’s really useless!
Interesting statement for someone who has never managed to fill out the troubleshooting template or provide any of the required information.
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My experience is the other way. I am moving away from other linux distros and consolidating everything with dietpi. With my experience, there are only two distros that I rely on when it comes to embedded boards - armbian and dietpi. they just work (I have rockpi4c, rockb5, rockpis, orangepi5, rpi4, supermicro mini-itx) Anyways, good luck.
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If it was not for DietPi I probably would have given up on using a Raspberry Pi, DietPi is a must for me just saying.
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I am sorry to hear that you have difficulties. Some more details would indeed allow us to help or fix issues, in case.
I did a double take when I saw this thread. I have been using dietpi for years without any issue that couldn’t be solved with help from the forum. The team is so helpful and responsive that it similar to paid tier2 tech support. I’ve skimmed through all 5 threads you created. They were all about something not working but failing to provide simple required information. You had multiple responses asking politely that they needed more information before they could help. Not once did you ever provide all the information. To get the model of your pi was like pulling teeth.
I didn’t see a single issue that was the fault of dietpi. For example, of course your WiFi device won’t work if you install x86 libraries on a pi because it’s not the correct architecture.
This isn’t a post to slam you but I personally know how hard posts like yours can hurt a team that works hard on something, FOR FREE, for everyone else.
I understand your frustration in constantly getting over one wall only to get stuck behind another. That’s part of the “fun” with Linux. It can be a hard way to learn things but that’s how it’s always been on every distro I’ve ever used.
If something was working better for you on your pi it would be helpful to know why you liked it best so we can see where dietpi falls short. However, from what I can see, all your posts could have happened on any distro/architecture.
This post made me realize I don’t thank the dietpi project enough. Thank you!
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My opinion is just opposite, Dietpi is rock solid stable. I have start using it since about 2018 on my raspberry it worked perfect since then. after so much stability & rock solid performance, i added two more nuc in my home on same operating system. in these more than six years dietpi never gave any trouble to me more over Joulinar & MichaIng so much helpful. i just thanks the dietpi overall team to maintaining this perfect operating system.
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After the initial help I needed and received I am enjoying Dietpi OS on my little Orange Pi zero 2w.
Communication is key!
I donated! 
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The same method is used to drive RTL8188FTV network card on Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit), which can be used in Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit), but not in Dietpi. Are you still saying that I use X86 library? I’m speechless.
If your WiFi adapter does not work properly on DietPi but RPi OS, using the new kernel/firmware stack might help: Image | Raspberry Pi 5: Testing and firmware migration script · Issue #6676 · MichaIng/DietPi · GitHub
The RTL8188 series should actually work with the older one (our current images), but not 100% sure. The RTL88xx series however often requires the new kernel.
We plan to ship images with the new kernel by default and offer a migration via DietPi update soon.
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I also found the first post very disconcerting.
From my own experience, I can only report that despite my often amateurish questions, they always tried to help me.
And 99 percent of the time, the problem was solved.
The tone often makes the music!
DietPi is so ingenious and works on my more than 20 Pi’s of all types to my complete satisfaction!
To emphasize it again, completely free of charge!
So please, appreciate the work of the team and the forum members, you rarely find such support.
Sorry, but I had to get this off my chest.
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