Android OS on the Raspberry Pi has been something of a ‘holy grail’ since the device was launched. Up to now, efforts have been extremely disappointing and slow. However, Google may now be developing a version of the operating system…
Category: Operating systems
Set-up Raspberry Pi Zero OTG without a keyboard, mouse, screen etc
Andrew Mulholland previously posted about using the Raspberry Pi Zero over USB OTG, i.e. programming a Zero over just a USB cable from another machine such as a laptop. Thanks to some improvements to the Raspbian operating system and a…
Raspbian operating system for Raspberry Pi receives another update
Simon Long has just posted on the Raspberry Pi Foundation blog about the latest update to the Raspbian operating system. The main changes are as follows: A new taskbar icon and user interface for connecting Bluetooth devices. Support from Bluetooth…
The Pi Podcast – new episode out, covering new camera, Pi Wars, other Raspberry Pi news
This time, the guys give their views on the new Pi camera, an IKEA Lack table retro gaming console, Pi Wars 2017 (about which, more later I hope!) and various other pieces of news. They also interview OKtoshi about his…
The Pi Podcast – new episode for Raspberry Pi fans focuses on news and Dexter Industries
This time on The Pi Podcast, the guys cover the latest news, including an intriguing (and successful) attempt to get Minecraft-alike game Minetest running on the Pi. Should be interesting to see if we can get Python integration on that as…
The Pi Podcast interviews DietPi Raspberry Pi operating system creator
The lads are back with their latest episode. This one features a round-up of all the important Pi-related news and an interview with DietPi creator Dan Knight. Listen to it now.
Install Chromium OS on the Raspberry Pi
ChromiumOS, which is similar to ChromeOS, is available to install on the Raspberry Pi. Gus over at Pi My Life Up has written a tutorial that will help you download and write the image to an SD card so you…
Setting a static IP address on the Raspberry Pi running Jessie Lite
Jeff Geerling has discovered in his work on the Raspberry Pi Dramble cluster that Raspbian Jessie does networking a bit differently. Whereas before (with Wheezy) it was just a case of adding some lines to /etc/network/interfaces, now you need to add some…
New version of Raspbian Jessie released for the Raspberry Pi
A new version of the Raspbian Jessie operating system has been released. The following software packages have been updated: Sonic Pi – now at version 2.9 Scratch has been updated with improved sound input capabilities, support for the CamJam EduKit 3 robotics…
The Pi Podcast covers RetroPie operating system for the Raspberry Pi
The boys from the Pi Podcast team continue their streak of excellent broadcasts with their new episode. This time, in addition to a news round-up, they cover RetroPie which is an operating system focusing on retro gaming. Listen to the…