Icerain
(Sascha)
May 21, 2018, 5:08pm
1
Hi together,
as I am new to Openhab I have a general question in the beginning. What do you prefer related to installing Openhab:
Install openhabianpi-image
Install Raspbian or Debian-stretch and install Openhab through git
I am not sure if I won´t be able to get full functionality with openhabian since some tutorials say, “to get the full functionality install with git”
I assume, that all functionality may be configured through the configuration tool, or not?
Thank you and kind regards
Icerain
sihui
(SiHui)
May 21, 2018, 5:28pm
2
Icerain:
What do you prefer
If you are new to Linux: go with openHABian.
For openHABian: yes, most of the useful things can be done via included config tool:
https://docs.openhab.org/installation/openhabian.html
Introduction
The Raspberry Pi and other small single-board computers are quite famous platforms for openHAB. However, setting up a fully working Linux system with all recommended packages and openHAB recommendations is a boring task taking quite some time and Linux newcomers shouldn’t worry about these technical details.
A home automation enthusiast doesn’t have to be a Linux enthusiast!
openHABian aims to provide a self-configuring system specific to the needs of every openHAB user.
Ready to…
If you already have some experience with Linux: go for Raspbian and Zulu Java.
Icerain
(Sascha)
May 21, 2018, 7:05pm
3
Thank you i have some experience with linux. I just wondered why Raspbian offers more since the config tool ist also supported by openhabian.
sihui
(SiHui)
May 21, 2018, 7:09pm
4
For me there is only one reason: if openHABian has an error you need to wait for maintainers to fix it. With a plain Raspbian I can do it myself
Icerain
(Sascha)
May 21, 2018, 10:02pm
5
Yeah ok, that might be a good reason if I would have that much experience. I think i will learn with openhabian and rebuild it someday when my knowledge has been improved thank you very much.