I am currently running stellarmate on a p4, 4gb, but I managed to secure an order for a pi 5 8gb.
My setup is an open astro tracker, open astro guider, asi183mc pro, and a DSLR lens. I dont usually VNC into the stellarmate system, rather connect to indi remotely with my PC/Laptop.

Should I move my stellarmate system over to the pi5, or reserve it for a more demanding application?

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The Bullseye version of rasbian (and thus, stellarmateOS) depreciated the old camera system, its no longer using rpicam, but, instead, using libcamera.

Unfortunately, Indi /stellarmate does not have a compatible driver for the RpiHQ cam. This is something I discovered only -after- buying the software.

I sent in a ticket asking about getting it functional, or getting a refund. Jaesm told me that they hope to have the indi-libcamrea system working in a 'few weeks.' and suggested I monitor the indi-libcamera thread (which has had no activity for a few days.)

I did attempt to self-compile the indi-libcamera driver thats in progress, since it looked to be at least semi-functional, but to be honest, it started to prove more o fa hassle than it was worth.

For the time being, I've just installed normal bullseye on my SD card, and I'm using a very basic software to make some use of the camera.

I feel that the Indi devices section could use an update, since it implies that the Rpi-cam and rpi-hq-cam should be fine (And they probably are, on a 32 bit OS, which is no longer supported by stellarmate).

The entire situation has been a bit disheartening.

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