Can you help me with the contents of the file name?

 

I understand edge, vendor, but then there are other suffixes that are not clear to me: are gnome-oibaf_desktop the same "kernel release" as the xfce_desktop or minimal? Or there are patches that are applied only to a specific version?

 

Thanks! 

Those are summaries what the image contains. Some might be obvious, others need more knowledge, I agree. However asking is always free

"gnome-oibaf_desktop" means the image comes with Gnome desktop environment and has mesa packages by oibaf ppa pre-installed which ship the most recent mesa packages available.

"xfce_desktop" is an image shipped with XFCE desktop environment.

"minimal" images come with the bare minimum for a running system on CLI level. Tools like armbian-config are not pre-installed, but can be installed via apt like any other software.

 

Cheers

So the non oibaf releases don't come with the ppa only? If I configure it I'll have the same benefits as the Gnome one? Sorry, I just prefer other WM/DE than Gnome , but I'd like to have all the latest and greatest as in that release.

Not necessarily.  IIRC Gnome was selected because of its mature Wayland support. So the UX might differ on other constellations.

Thanks!