Is a Raspberry Pi really so bad?

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I followed the recommendations found in this thread, and have had a very stable RPi 4 + SSD setup running for many months now.

Installing Home Assistant on a RPi 4b with SSD boot

[UPDATE 2020-10-14 by @Jpsy ]: Added instructions to update HA OS through CLI. [UPDATE 2020-10-18 by @Jpsy ]: More details added on installing and using Raspberry OS to update the EEPROM firmware. [UPDATE 2020-10-20 by @Jpsy ]: Infos added on using Raspberry OS “headless” through SSH (no monitor or keyboard attached). Thanks to @LondonBenji for these details. [UPDATE 2020-10-22 by @Jpsy ]: Infos added on working (and non-working) SATA to USB3 adaptors. Some infos about Sabrent adaptor r…