I've recently switched from using Astroberry on a Raspberry Pi 4B, to using Stellarmate X OS on a mini PC (MeLE Quieter 3C). Just because I'm a novice tinkerer, and because the MeLE has a micro SD slot and can boot to that slot, I am wondering if I can load Astroberry on a micro SD to run on the mini PC, in the same fashion that it would run on a Raspberry Pi. And if so, does it work as seamlessly as Stellarmate X, in other words, not as much command line configuration as was necessary on the Pi? I would also like to know this for the benefit of my brother, who also does this. I am ecstatic at the better performance of the PC vs Pi, and I think he would be too, but he would probably prefer to keep using Astroberry. Where we differ is that his geek skills are better than mine, so he doesn't mind and even enjoys the configuration hurdles of the Pi units. But I think in the field, he, like me, would prefer for it to just run with as few issues as possible.

Just for background on how I have the mini PC configured, I added a NVMe drive to my MeLE, and migrated Windows to that, then installed Stellarmate on the native eMMC drive, and set the boot order to boot to that drive so I can go headless upon turning the PC on. If I want to use Windows, then I just go into the BIOS and force it to boot to the NVMe drive.

Again, because I have a bunch of other info in this and my query may have been lost, my question is can I run Astroberry from a micro SD card on a mini PC? Whether or not it is advisable or advantageous, I just want to know if it's feasible.

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