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GNOME on Raspberry pi OS

 So this will be my guide to install GNOME on raspberry pi OS  #Step:1 Install Raspberry  Pi OS lite Install Raspberry Pi OS lite (64bit) Using Raspberry pi Imager on to your boot drive (SD card or nvme ssd), I recommend filling in the customization settings. This will allow you to pre-configure settings like the hostname, enable SSH, set up username and password and configure wifi details make sure that SSH is enabled #Step:2 BOOT Install your SD card or nvme ssd to the pi 5 and connect the power supply to boot into Raspberry pi OS lite #Step:3 Use SSH Since it is the lite version of pi OS it does not have a GUI or a desktop environment to make things easier we'll be using SSH to run commands and  install GNOME to pi OS lite if a monitor or other display source is connected then the IP address will be displayed there otherwise use software like Angry IP scanner or other IP scanner software to obtain the IP...

theBOX Software side

which os should be theBOX running? well since the brains of the system is raspberry pi5  the obvious choice would be Raspberry pi OS or Raspbian as it was called but theBOX uses a touch screen for all its navigation and Raspberry pi os was built up from the ground to be navigated with a keyboard and mouse which theBOX lacked while not docked (yep am planning to build a dock for it as well) The issue with raspberry pi os (Raspbian) Raspberry pi os uses PIXEL desktop environment by default which is light weight but no suitable for touch navigation  So I set out to find the best operating system to run on theBOX Raspberry pi has great software support for example for choice of operating system by default you can run Ubuntu, Kali, Parrot ,Alpin linux , Arch linux and many more without tinkering too much Attempt:1 Kali Linux My first thought was to just go with Kali since its the go to operating system for everyone who is interested in hacking or pen testing after Installing Kali o...