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TCB13@lemmy.world 11 months agoYes you can, but then without a display and keyboard you won’t be able to SSH into the thing right away. They’re pushing people into their tool and you’ll be seeing more of that crap in the future.
Oisteink@feddit.nl 11 months ago
TCB13@lemmy.world 11 months ago
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On Raspberry Pi OS, ssh is disabled by default, so you’ll have to find a way to enable ssh + find the IP address + connect to it.
The workarounds are either using their tool and/or fiddling on the SD card. Other SBCs do the reasonable thing and have it enabled by default. This simply pushes people into using their tool.
Oisteink@feddit.nl 11 months ago
The extra menu in the flasher does the magic on the sd-card. I’ve been setting up headless pi’s since before 3b came out, and the same options are available today.
The idea that ssh is enabled by default is not reasonable is just like your opinion. Did you know you have to enable it during installation on both Debian and canonicals derivative? Maybe it’s still on by default on fedora (with root login enabled to help you!)
If editing your config is fiddling then I struggle to see your use of an sbc.
TCB13@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Did you know you have to enable it during installation on both Debian and canonicals derivative?
The difference is that Debian requires you to install with a screen/keyboard and/or use something generic like cloud-init not a proprietary tool that pushes people into telemetry and whatnot. Also a Pi is a lot less critical than a full system and almost always used by hobbyists. Professional users would change passwords / use keys so, yes, it makes absolutely no sense.
towerful@programming.dev 11 months ago
Don’t you just touch SSH in the /boot dir after you flash, then you can SSH in as pi and password raspberry?
TCB13@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The workarounds are either using their tool or doing what you suggested. Other SBCs do the reasonable thing and have it enabled by default. This simply pushes less-proficient users into using their tool.
SailorMoss@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Having it enabled by default is a pretty massive security hole. I preordered the raspberry pi 1 when it launched and I don’t remember SSH ever being enabled be default in their images. Where did you hear it was enabled by default?
TCB13@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I was, I remember it being that way. They later on made it so you would be required to change the password after the first login.