There is no doubt that the Raspberry Pi 4 is significantly more powerful than its predecessors. It is based on the faster ARM Cortex-A72 microarchitecture and features four cores set at slightly higher clock speeds. The graphics subsystem is also significantly beefed up, running at twice the maximum stock clocks as the outgoing model. Everything …
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The Raspberry Pi is a versatile credit card sized computer that can be used for a variety of electronic projects. The advantage of the Raspberry Pi is that you have the flexibility to install different operating systems and you are not limited to the Raspberry Pi operating system. This includes Arch Linux, which is revered …
By default, your Raspberry Pi boots from the SD card containing the operating system. Here we are going to show how you can ditch the microSD card and boot your Raspberry Pi 4 from USB directly from an external SSD drive. Why you should ditch microSD storage While the microSD storage solution is adequate for …
The new Raspberry Pi 4 is significantly more powerful despite sharing the same small form factor as its predecessors. With great performance, however, higher power consumption. The Raspberry Pi 4 therefore generates much more heat than the older Pi models. Without active cooling, the Raspberry Pi 4 will thermally accelerate even under moderate loads. Fortunately, …
Raspberry Pi supports several Linux distributions. Most of the time, you just need to flash the system image to an SD card, insert that SD card into your Raspberry Pi and start running it. However, this does not apply to Ubuntu. Installing Ubuntu on Raspberry Pi was a chore, with the need to create an …
Do you remember the original SimCity games? How about Golden Ax, The Oregon Trail or Wolfenstein? Beginning in 1981, MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) saw thousands of games coming out in all genres. If you miss games in the DOS era, you will learn here how to install DOSBox on Raspberry Pi to enjoy all …
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FydeOS is a cloud-based operating system for the Chinese market. It is based on the cloud computing model of Chromium OS. Since FydeOS is browser-based, it is ideal for devices that do not have a lot of power, such as the Raspberry Pi. This type of operating system mainly uses cloud applications, so it does …
Today, it is tempting to assume that all devices support Wi-Fi, but not all devices are able to connect to the Internet wirelessly. This is where a Raspberry Pi can come in handy: transforming it into a Wi-Fi bridge. If you want to reuse an old Ethernet desktop computer only and need a quick and …
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You may be a business owner who offers free Wi-Fi to all of your customers; Maybe you have a captive audience and plan to sell access to your Wi-Fi network, or maybe you want to remind guests of the label for using your home network? Here you will learn how to turn your Raspberry Pi …
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SSH is one of the most popular ways to control your Raspberry Pi from your laptop or PC. Here you will learn how to configure two-factor authentication for your SSH access to the Raspberry Pi and add an additional layer of security to it. Note: If you use the SSH key file to access your …
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The Debian-based Rasperry Pi operating system (formerly known as Raspbian) is optimized to run on Raspberry Pi hardware. It bundles a lot of really useful software to get you started. This makes it an excellent operating system for Pi consumers at any level of experience. The installation of the Raspberry Pi OS has always been …
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Want to turn your Raspberry Pi into a music server where you can play any track, from any device on your network, as well as content from popular music streaming websites? You will learn below how to turn your Raspberry Pi into a high quality home music system, using Volumio. Once Volumio is set up …
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