Your best bet for getting the Pi 1 working, particularly if it only has 256MB of memory, is to use the lite version of Raspberry Pi OS, i.e. without the GUI desktop. I used my old 256MB Pi 1B as a temperature sensor and clock, with a web server that showed graphs of temperature over time. It worked well enough for that. I only upgraded to a faster machine due to wanting to load it up with more functions.
I would also recommend using the current version of Raspberry Pi OS: although the legacy version should work just as well there is no particular advantage to using it, unless you know that you need a specific older version of particular piece of software. The current version of Raspberry Pi OS will be supported for longer into the future than the legacy version, so it will probably be easier for you in the long run to be using the current version.
I would also recommend using the current version of Raspberry Pi OS: although the legacy version should work just as well there is no particular advantage to using it, unless you know that you need a specific older version of particular piece of software. The current version of Raspberry Pi OS will be supported for longer into the future than the legacy version, so it will probably be easier for you in the long run to be using the current version.
Statistics: Posted by andrum99 — Sat May 04, 2024 11:14 am