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There are some notes specific to rpi installs, so give it a read if you run HAOS on that platform.

Raspberry Pi 5 users need a bootloader from at least 2025-02-12, otherwise the display output may freeze early during the boot. Update the bootloader before installing this update, using one of the following methods:

  • Run rpi-eeprom-update -a while connected directly to the device (using a display and keyboard), prior to installing the OS update.
  • Use Raspberry Pi Imager with a spare SD card to flash a bootloader update image to it.
  • Alternatively, if you have an SSH terminal app installed, you can run ha os boards raspberrypi firmware update over SSH right after updating the OS.
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[-] Rusticus@lemmy.world 9 points 21 hours ago

Installed on 2 devices. Dashboard seems much faster. No problems so far.

[-] limelight79@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Wait, will it boot or not on an RPi5? The first part makes it sound like it won't, but then the last bullet of suggested fixes implies it will boot.

[-] Scheisser@sh.itjust.works 2 points 12 hours ago

It will boot, the display will be frozen until you run the update.

[-] zackhow@programming.dev 3 points 15 hours ago

My understanding is that it will off you apply those changes

[-] markus_quandt@mastodon.green 3 points 22 hours ago

@zackhow I was feeling brave, installed it an hour ago despite the .0 part. No problems at all, so far.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

Semi related and I don't want to start a whole new thread.

Why use HAOS over normal HA core in a container? I've been using a simple docker container and I'm not sure what I'm missing.

[-] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

HAOS has more support for running additional add-ons/applications next to HA itself, on the same machine. In my case, that would be a Lenovo M710q Tiny loaded with an i7-7700T and 8GB RAM. Plenty of resources to spare for things like my Zigbee coordinator, NoLongerEvil (Nest thermostat), go2rtc (webcam shenanigans), Mosquitto broker (MQTT), Node-Red, Music Assistant, Aircast (for apple stuff), and other things.

TL;DR - It's mostly personal preference. If you already have a bunch of containers running for home stuff, then by all means, run HA in Docker. But if you prefer the "all in one box" approach, go for HAOS. I don't mind the "all in one box" approach, as long as it's related to the core function of HA.

[-] LarsIsCool@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

If I don't mind managing the extra dockers like the Zigbee coordinator through Portainer, would this all still be a similar experience? Or does hoas have deeper integration that is not similar through some docker manager alone?

[-] Maestro@fedia.io 6 points 19 hours ago

You can't access the HACS app store from HA core in docker. And it's bloody annoying because all those integration devs assume HACS and have no regular installation instructions anymore. Even basic themes are almost always HACS installed.

Yes, I'm old and salty about it.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

I think I'm confused then. I'm definitely accessing HACS and it's definitely a docker container on Ubuntu (I know, I know).

How do I know that in running?

[-] xcutie@linux.community 5 points 19 hours ago

HACS works perfectly for me from a HA container in podman. I know that doesn't help by itself, but maybe you have a wrong config.

[-] Maestro@fedia.io 3 points 13 hours ago
[-] xcutie@linux.community 6 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

You have to manually install it. Have a look at the HACS page. If I remember right, it is basically:

  1. download HACS and make sure, it is in the right folder inside the container
  2. restart HA
  3. add HACS as an integration
[-] Maestro@fedia.io 1 points 8 hours ago

Ohhh, thank you. That's going to make things a lot easier for me!

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