Working on new Snakeoil release - 1.3.x (Codename Measurements)

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Thanks for that link @"Snoopy8". I'll read it later. My interest in the CM4 is in what I understand is the greater storage flexibility (via associated circuit boards) than the RPi4, but I'm in the very earliest stages of researching it - just an almost empty note in Obsidian   .

There's a PCI-e interface on the CM4. But to be honest RPi4 has "good" storage too. With my Pi4 I just use the microsd card as boot and everything is on the SSD connected via USB3. I believe newer RPi firmware has an update to boot direct from a SSD now. I've yet to try this as I don't want to brick any of my RPI4 just yet. Will do so until the supply has increased.

There's also network boot. Something I am exploring (reason why I'm getting the 8GB model).

Anyway, the idea for RPi4 is more in terms of a RT kernel. But we're not there yet so it's theory at best. lol. There are other Single Board Computers that's far more powerful than the Pi these days.. So will explore them too when I can, but for now just gonna focus on the RPis.

I'm going to mostly call it a day tonight... Fingers crossed will try and wake up early tomorrow & start work on the new updated installer tomorrow....

I'm still running SO off a microSD card, a heavy-duty one (surveillance camera one from SanDisk, I think) because I find LMS trashes regular cards after a few months. 

My music storage is on my Synology NAS, but I want to try having my music directly attached to the RPi, away from the potentially noisier environment of the NAS. Going forward, I'm thinking the storage is going to be a regular 4TB HD (I have a lot of music, and it would be good to have a bit of room for expansion) with a small SSD boot drive for SO.

Then, there's waiting for the Raspberry Pi 5 with its M2 connections