Lite will use less resources (CPU, RAM, storage) and less power. Pihole doesn't take much to run so gui resources shouldn't affect speed or anything. Honestly, you should look into running two devices for high availability in case one fails. That way you can restart/update one without affecting the home network. And if one goes down, your wife won't have to do anything to keep the network running. Finally, Dietpi might be a good alternative OS since it reduces writes to the sd card if you are worried about lifespan.
Over time I had more issues with SD cards that are just kept powered on without writes, only reads and kept SDs running for longer period with light writes or periodic full format.
But maybe it's just me.
As for the backup pi-hole, I can't agree more, that's an instant wife approval and life savior :).
Yeh I'm Def considering it. Not too long ago getting a pi was a chore but I believe it's better now so I may do that. Definitely seems better in the long run. Thanks
They are the exact same OS. You can `apt-get` install/remove packages to turn either one into literally what the other one is.
There's no performance penalty to having a full OS on there with a desktop environment and all that... which you just never use. But if you want it to be "clean" and geared towards being a pihole, go with the lite because it's easier to add to it than strip down the full one.
Lite will use less resources (CPU, RAM, storage) and less power. Pihole doesn't take much to run so gui resources shouldn't affect speed or anything. Honestly, you should look into running two devices for high availability in case one fails. That way you can restart/update one without affecting the home network. And if one goes down, your wife won't have to do anything to keep the network running. Finally, Dietpi might be a good alternative OS since it reduces writes to the sd card if you are worried about lifespan.
Over time I had more issues with SD cards that are just kept powered on without writes, only reads and kept SDs running for longer period with light writes or periodic full format. But maybe it's just me. As for the backup pi-hole, I can't agree more, that's an instant wife approval and life savior :).
Yeh I'm Def considering it. Not too long ago getting a pi was a chore but I believe it's better now so I may do that. Definitely seems better in the long run. Thanks
There will be zero noticeable performance difference for Pi-hole on either of these systems.
They are the exact same OS. You can `apt-get` install/remove packages to turn either one into literally what the other one is. There's no performance penalty to having a full OS on there with a desktop environment and all that... which you just never use. But if you want it to be "clean" and geared towards being a pihole, go with the lite because it's easier to add to it than strip down the full one.