@pete-s said in Raspberry Pi 4 as IT Workstation:

@obsolesce said in Raspberry Pi 4 as IT Workstation:

@scottalanmiller said in Raspberry Pi 4 as IT Workstation:

But that means that you can run the lighter 32bit OS version that is faster AND it is already overclocked and includes a massive passive heatsink.

But the web browser plus whatever else is running in addition to the OS will still eat up what's left of the RAM pretty easily I would think. My phone uses more than 4g of ram easily.

Not really. It's actually hard to use up the 4GB RAM on the RPI4 as a normal user. Remember that everything running on it is lean, like LXDE for example.

https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/news/raspberry-pi-4-8gb-tested

I'd say that if you're happy with the RPI4 performance as a desktop then there's a 95% chance that 4GB RAM will be enough.

If you're a power user then RPI4 is too slow and you'll probably looking at something with at least 16GB RAM anyway.

This is why I like the RP400. It's the CPU, more than the RAM, that is the bottleneck for use and the RP400 is like 15% faster.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/09/pinebook-pro-elementary-os

Elementary OS coming to Pinebook Pro.

@StorageNinja said in Making a Raspberry Pi 4 or Similar SBC Desktop:

@scottalanmiller said in Making a Raspberry Pi 4 or Similar SBC Desktop:

RP4 with 4GB of RAM

The problem with Pi (and frankly a lot of the low end ARM) is these things have incomplete UEFI bios etc. You currently need to really be working on one of the distro's designed for it (Which is likely fine for your use case). ARM and our engineers are working on this though..

Good point. Definitely an issue. Ubuntu, which is what we use, does make for them at least.

@gjacobse said in Audio book player:

@scottalanmiller said in Audio book player:

Just use the device built for that, the Kindle.

Does the Kindle have BT? I know the three I have don't, and she doesn't have any other means to connect any type of audio device. Radio, CD, BT - all she has in the car.

Mine does not, the ones that the kids have do.

@travisdh1 bs=4k is read and writes up to bytes at a time. Spinning off of yours, this is how I write mine.
sudo dd if=/home/user/Downloads/filename of=/dev/sdc bs=1M status=progress
status=progress gives you a nice little progress output without having to pipe it into anything.

Improved PXE? Apparently I ordered the rpis we want a week early, good PXE would be a great thing here!

Prerequisites for client

sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip sudo pip3 install paho-mqtt

Python script:

#!/usr/bin/python3 #Imports import time import os import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt import paho.mqtt.publish as publish #Variable setups broker = "IP Address MQTT Broker" state_topic = "pi/cputemp" #Topic to publish commands too delay = 1 #Time delay #Fuction to return temp def measure_temp(): temp = os.popen("vcgencmd measure_temp").readline() return (temp.replace("temp=","")) #MQTT connection setup client = mqtt.Client() client.username_pw_set("username", "password") #Login for broker client.connect(broker) client.loop_start() #While loop for posting to MQTT while True: print(measure_temp()) time.sleep(1) cpu_temp = measure_temp() client.publish("pi/cputemp", str(cpu_temp)) time.sleep(delay)

@anna
A bit old I know, but zerotier will allow you to access behind doublenat using local ip address

https://www.zerotier.com/

@lakshmana said in Raspberri Pi, don't use if you've used Debian based distros!:

What raspberry model?

It doesn't matter. The hardware footprint with the bastardized Debian built for the Raspberri Pi just doesn't work well.

@mlnews said in Five Ways to Use Raspberry Pi in the Classroom:

@travisdh1 said in Five Ways to Use Raspberry Pi in the Classroom:

@mlnews Just go and make me decide if I want to pull the Pi out or get my home lab running again.

Post some projects.

I want to turn mine into a honeypot. Will have to do the config again to do a writeup.

Nice! That is awesome!

Apparently a popular item now, already out of stock 🙂

Screenly OSE really seems like what we need. The fact that we don't have to spend a ton of money on hardware is a plus in my opinion.

https://www.screenly.io/ose/

Youtube Video

@travisdh1 said in Installing Amazon Alexa on Raspberry Pi 3:

@dafyre said in Installing Amazon Alexa on Raspberry Pi 3:

@travisdh1 said in Installing Amazon Alexa on Raspberry Pi 3:

@DustinB3403 said in Installing Amazon Alexa on Raspberry Pi 3:

So this isn't something @travisdh1 would want to build and leave around?

Maybe in someone else's house. I haven't jumped on the automated assistant thing yet, I'm still quite leery of having something like that in the house.... yes, I know I carry one around in my pocket with the phone. Doesn't mean I use it.

Also doesn't mean you want yet another one reporting everything you say to the NSA.

@dafyre Are you sure you don't wear a tin foil hat as well? 😉

*quickly whips something shiney and metallic looking behind his back*

Who? Me. Never! *coughs to cover the sound of crumbled up tin foil landing in the trash can*

Status lights

Someone hasn't experienced the glory of the blinkenlights I see.

Ah, I see the article is from 2014.