
Raspberry Pi: Which OS can you run on Pi?
Pi Operating systems you can try as of early 2015 are as follows. General Purpose Raspbian ArchLinux (ARM edition) PiDora RiscOS Android Snappy Ubuntu Core Windows 10 (IoT) Media Center RaspBMC OpenELEC Rasplex Xbian Special Purpose RetroPie Other Firefox OS Plan9

Robot Project Day 7 – Testing Your Robot
Previous: Day 6 – Arduino Sketch for Robot Control To recap our connections will roughly look like this: Your client PC -> Your Raspbery Pi (which contains Arduino Sketch) -> Motor Controller via USB cable -> 4 Servo Motors First, you need to know if you get a response from…

Raspberry Pi Model B+ New Features
What changes from Model B: 4 USB ports in B+ as opposed to 2 in Model B. MicroSD card slot, instead of the normal SD card slot. 40 GPIO pins. Additional of 14 pins. Reduced power consumption, which is 30% more efficient. New form factor, which means you would need a…

0 A.D. Real Time Strategy Game for Linux
If you liked Age of Empire series from old PC days, a group of open-source developers came up with brilliant game that has similar looks and gameplay. It is free to download and you can play single mode or go against other human / A.I. opponents in multiplayer setting. This…

First Encounter: i3 super fast and light-weight Window Manager
There are many Desktop Environments (DE) for the various Linux distros, namely GNOME, KDE, XFCE, and LXDE and each of them branch-off into different variances, most notably Unity, Cinnamon and Pantheon. A lot of them offer bloated screen gimmicks, unecessary widgets, and high resource consumptions. Today Linux Circle Team tested…