Today, we’ll see how to control your lights at home in code. If you don’t know, Philips Hue is a smart light collection from Philips. An app on your smartphone allows you to switch the lights on and off, and change intensity or colors.But as good DIYers, we’ll replace this app by coding our scenario…
Do you enjoy Retropie and small games on Raspberry Pi? ProbablyAre you running the last PC games on your Raspberry Pi? NopeBut since December 2018, it’s possible to play Steam games on your $35 computer. We’ll see how to do this in this tutorial. The Steam Link is a product from Steam to replicate a…
Raspberry Pi OS (Desktop version) comes with Minecraft installed. And it’s not (only) to play.The main goal for the Raspberry Pi Foundation is to help young people learn how to compute and program. They installed Minecraft Pi to help kids achieve this goal while having fun. I’ll show you how to do this. An API…
Nowadays, we have more and more multimedia devices at home. In my case, I have: file shares, Raspberry Pi devices for specific projects, home automation and computers. Did you already ask yourself how to access them while not at home? It’s possible if you set up a VPN server, even on a Raspberry Pi. To…
I read a lot, about everything, including Raspberry Pi booksAnd it’s not always easy to find exactly what you search at the bookshop or in a website listingI’ll help you and make a short list of books you need to read to start on Raspberry Pi (or for a gift to a Pi beginner) Which…
You only get one normal user on default with Raspberry Pi OS (it was “pi”, but now it’s the user created during the first boot), but it isn’t an administrator account and you can’t configure things with it (i.e. use commands “reboot” or “shutdown”). Why? How does it work? How do you disable it? Keep…
Today I wanted to use my Raspberry Pi to monitor my network with Nagios.But I was lost trying to find out what was the best option to do this.I saw many how-to guides about NEMS, Nagios3 but nothing perfect with the latest Nagios version.I’ll explain here what I found and how to do the same…
When I bought my Raspberry Pi, I didn’t ask myself questions about the competition.I knew it was possible to install Linux distributions similar to the ones I use in my jobSo I could do almost anything with itBut if you ask me the question now? Why is the Raspberry Pi better than Arduino?First of all, it’s…
Starting on a Raspberry Pi is not always easy because you don’t necessarily have the habit of using command lines.However, they are essential and are often faster or more efficient than going through the GUI. What are the vital commands to know?Well, there are quite a few, and here we will see the 57 most…
The purpose of this article is to provide quick help to beginners on Raspberry Pi.This post is a collection of answers to questions you will inevitably ask if you start on Raspberry Pi. The best way to get started on Raspberry Pi is to follow a simple plan: hardware, software, projects.Choosing the best hardware in each…