How to backup Raspbian SD card into your harddisk
To backup, you cannot directly copy Raspbian files into your hard disk. What you need to do is create a disk image. Disk image will preserve all the files and filesystem structure of the SD Card...
View ArticleEasy way to install Arch Linux
Arch is very stable, and highly customizable linux distro. You will like it if you want to build your OS up from scratch. Prepare partition You can use gparted from Ubuntu Live CD or another GUI tool...
View ArticleFirst 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...
View ArticleRobot 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...
View ArticleRaspberry 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...
View ArticleHow to upgrade to Linux Mint 17 Qiana
1. Check your Linux Mint version by running the following commands in Terminal. $ sudo cat /etc/issue $ sudo cat /etc/issue.net $ sudo cat /etc/lsb-release $ sudo cat /etc/os-release 2. Make sure you...
View ArticleBoot into Raspberry Pi with USB Serial Console Cable
Ethernet port does not exist on Raspberry Pi Model A. And when you got no monitor screen to connect to, configuring your headless Pi may not be possible. Your only option would be to connect to your Pi...
View ArticleHow to run logout script or sound on Linux XFCE
Most of you would know how to run script on boot / session login on Linux, but not on logout / shut-down. Here is one way you can do it: Change the /usr/bin/xfce4-session executable with a shell script...
View ArticleTop 10 reasons why you should move to Linux
Linux OS is FREE. Yes, you read that right. BYO PC, reformat the hard disk, then install Linux. Well of course you have to pay your Internet connection to download the installer image. But, the actual...
View ArticleBasic Linux command cheat sheet
File operations pwd get path of current directory. Example: $pwd cd change directory. Example: $cd /home/me/Downloads cp copy a file. Example: $cp file1.txt file2.txt mkdir make a directory. Example:...
View ArticleClone and backup your Raspberry SD Cards with dd command
One of the most useful tools in Linux world, especially when you spent zillion hours configuring that perfect setup on your Pi and you don’t want to lose it, is DDTool. This OS image management tool is...
View ArticleSchedule your Pi or other Linux machine to reboot and run a script on boot...
Simple concept. We want to ensure that our Pi is available and reliable. It is inevitable that networks get hickups, or the Pi runs out of memory requiring restart at a regular interval. For exaomple...
View ArticleLinux distro desktop environment review on HP Spectre 12 X2 tablet laptop
We were excited to test the following Linux distros on HP Spectre 12 X2, and see what work well out of the box. So far only the 64-bit versions of Linux work on this machine. Ubuntu 16.04 Unity: Boot...
View ArticleSplit your SSH command line terminal screen with Byobu
Byobu is screen multiplexer. That means you can have multiple sessions during your SSH access to your Raspberry Pi. Byobu is particularly usefull when you are multi-tasking on your Pi, such as coding...
View ArticleAlternative Linux Desktop Environment: OpenBox
We all tried GNOME, KDE, LXDE, XFCE, and the recent generation of DEs such as Cinnamon and Unity. They are all bloated and overrated. Now we want to switch to a light-weight, clean, fast, and highly...
View ArticleHow to keep persistent SSH session using TMUX
Ever wonder how to keep a program installer or OS updater running on your Raspberry Pi, without staring at the black screen waiting for it to finish. Your precious time should be use for something...
View ArticleBoot into Raspberry Pi with USB Serial Console Cable
Ethernet port does not exist on Raspberry Pi Model A. And when you got no monitor screen to connect to, configuring your headless Pi may not be possible. Your only option would be to connect to your Pi...
View ArticleHow to run logout script or sound on Linux XFCE
Most of you would know how to run script on boot / session login on Linux, but not on logout / shut-down. Here is one way you can do it: Change the /usr/bin/xfce4-session executable with a shell script...
View ArticleTop 10 reasons why you should move to Linux
Linux OS is FREE. Yes, you read that right. BYO PC, reformat the hard disk, then install Linux. Well of course you have to pay your Internet connection to download the installer image. But, the actual...
View ArticleBasic Linux command cheat sheet
File operations pwd get path of current directory. Example: $pwd cd change directory. Example: $cd /home/me/Downloads cp copy a file. Example: $cp file1.txt file2.txt mkdir make a directory. Example:...
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