Maybe put in the title that it's for RISC-V? Otherwise people will just say use Mint.
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Good point. Thank you for telling me lol
There’s a Debian risc-v port
Debian and Fedora have ports, though not all packages are available, and you'll probably be doing a lot of porting if you want anything else.
But this bit from the uConsole R-01 product page might be relevant to you:
uConsole R-01 is a highly experimental model and requires some experience with Linux systems & FOSS. We strongly recommend all beginners choose other models.
Yea, I know it's not exactly a beginner device, just recieved it as a gift and want to see how I can use it
Your best bet is Debian, or raspbian. The OSes for it are listed on the website.
Quick question but does the image have a GUI? My main issue with my current os is the kinda lacking gui
Your model has no GPU, so it's possible that no graphical environment is supported. I suggest you sell it and get a Raspberry Pi if what you're after is a more desktop experience.
So I should just get an adapter board and a cm4?
Where do I get those
You need another computer, not the r01 to do what you want.
Oh, no way to use a cm4 in it? Can still use text adventures on it at least :D