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Purchase a Raspberry Pi. If you have an older Raspberry Pi, use Raspberry Pi Imager to download and install the latest Raspbian image to a SD card. You can also use Etcher. Install the Raspbian Lite version (command line with no desktop). Read more. Change default “raspberry” password for user “pi.” Read more. Configure static … Read more Speed Up and Protect Your Home Network with Pi-hole + CleanBrowsing
At this point, everyone has already heard that Microsoft is buying GitHub. Acquisitions of this scale take time, but most expect everything to be official by 2019. The general opinion online seems to be one of unease, and rightfully so. Even if we ignore Microsoft’s history of shady practices, there’s always an element of unease when … Read more A PRIVATE GIT SERVER CRASH COURSE
Real VNC is an excellent, easy way to remotely connect to your Raspberry Pi from your home network, but it’s a little confusing for beginners. VNC Connect is a new version that simplifies the process and makes it easy to connect to your Raspberry Pi from outside your network. Once you set up VNC Connect, … Read more You Can Now Easily Connect to Your Raspberry Pi From Anywhere In World With VNC Connect
The Amazon Echo is useful to have around the home. It can play podcasts, take reminders and notes, tell you the length of your commute, even control other appliances in your house. But at prices ranging from $50 to $150, it’s an expensive proposition if you’re not sure you’ll use it. Good news though, you … Read more How to Build Your Own Amazon Echo with a Raspberry Pi
Find the SD card device In this case, the SD card is /dev/disk4. DO NOT get this wrong or you may destroy all the data on the wrong disk/card/drive. diskutil list /dev/disk0 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *160.0 GB disk0 1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1 2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 159.2 GB disk0s2 3: … Read more How to write an image file to an SD card under Mac OS X (for Raspberry Pi)
The Raspberry Pi Zero might still be hard to find, but at least it’s not hard to use. DIYer and teacher Te Co Ed shows off how to easily program and use the Pi Zero over USB. The Raspberry Pi Zero Is a $5 Computer the Size of a Stick of Gum The Raspberry Pi … Read more Program a Raspberry Pi Zero Over the USB Port
So a couple of you have been asking about getting VNC to start automatically (me included). I did a bit of digging and have figured out what to do – it’s a few simple steps. First off though, must say thanks to Penguin Tutor for the actual answer to this issue. So – I’m assuming … Read more Start VNC automatically
SD Card setup To boot the Raspberry Pi, you need an SD card installed with a bootloader and a suitable Operating System. Some Raspberry Pi kits will come with a ready-to-go card, but if you didn’t receive one you will need to prepare your own: Official images are available from http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads and there is an overview of … Read more Raspberry Pi Easy SD Card Setup
Display Startx fails to start If you just get errors instead of a desktop when typing startx you may be out of storage space on the SD card. By default there are only a few hundred MB free in the 2 GB main partition, which can quickly fill up if you download files. Make sure … Read more Raspberry Pi HDMI display spills off the screen or is cut off
Where to start? Any easy question to ask, but a very difficult one to answer! If you are looking for any information related to SD Cards and setup look here If you need to get a RPi, the see the Buying Guide. If you need to know what equipment you will need and how to set it … Read more Raspberry Pi Setup for Beginners