I ain’t got NBD
The final part of the NBD netboot series, where we solve our issues with the coherence of the boot partition
NBD Does it Better
An alternative means of net-booting a Pi, using NBD instead of NFS to permit block-layer manipulation (docker overlays, snaps, etc.)
NBD Knows
The problems with NFS as a netboot system, and what the alternatives are
Building Blocks
In which we finally cover what a block device is
Making Mantic Magic
Everything you (don’t) need to do on Mantic to get the most out of the Pi 5
Dealing the (SD) Cards
A brief guide to finding reliable SD cards for the Pi
The Ubuntu Desktop
Comparing the official desktop with the cloud-init baked flavours
The Ubuntu Studio
Baking an Ubuntu Studio Lunar desktop with cloud-init
The Kubuntu Flavour
Baking a Kubuntu Lunar desktop with cloud-init
The Ubuntu Unity Flavour
Baking an Ubuntu Unity Lunar desktop with cloud-init