It’s been a while since I’ve written any Raspberry Pi-related posts. Primarily because I’ve been using used $200 to $300 Dell Optiplex Micro computers off eBay, they cost more than the same or less than a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ but can be custom configured with up to 8GB (3050 model), 16GB or 20GB of fast […]
Overclocking my old “Raspberry Pi 3 Model B”
The Raspberry Pi 4 boards now cost around $200, sometimes more! Some of us may opt to dust off our old Raspberry Pi 3’s instead of purchasing a new version 4. You may remember my original overclocking posts for Raspberry Pi and the Raspberry Pi 2. This Raspberry Pi 3 overclock post seeks to overclock […]
Raspberry Pi Performance: Add ZRAM and these Kernel Parameters
Previously, I published a Pinebook Pro review article on this blog. Similar to the Pinebook Pro, the Raspberry Pi and, more recently, the Raspberry Pi 4 are also ARM-based. With good results, I’ve applied some of the optimizations mentioned in that previous article to the Raspberry Pi 4. I wanted to share these tweaks and […]
What to buy for your Raspberry Pi 4
Over the past year, the prices of Raspberry Pi 4 boards have skyrocketed to $200, $300 and even $400! If you don’t already have one, you may want to look into alternatives. Such as used Lenovo, Dell and HP micro and nano PCs from eBay. Currently, I’m using the ThinkCentre M73 (replaced broken link: ThinkCentre […]
What to buy for your Raspberry Pi
Updated March 27th 2019: Fixed broken manufacture product links and replaced with Amazon links. In another 5 years links will hopefully point to newer models, rather than to broken or discontinued product pages. Article originally posted March 2014. Back in January 2014 I ordered my first Raspberry Pi (Model B revision 2). Very soon I realized […]
My Ultimate Raspberry Pi 2/3 Starter Kit!
Updated November 20th 2017: Power supply, microSD and WiFi accessories for the best Raspberry Pi experience! The Raspberry Pi credit card-sized single-board computer was developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation with the intention of promoting the teaching of basic computer science in schools and developing countries. But it has blow up in popularity and applications way beyond […]
Raspberry Pi 3 Overclock and Turbo Config
It’s that time again. You may remember my old overclocking post for Raspberry Pi and the Raspberry Pi 2. Yes, still obsessed with performance.This Raspberry Pi 3 Overclock post seeks to overclock the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B. Squeezing out some extra performance without compromising stability. It’s highly recommended that you use a capable power supply with 2.5 amps […]
LEMP Raspberry Pi 2 Web Server – Arch Linux, Nginx, MariaDB (MySQL) & PHP
Download the Latest LEMP Raspberry Pi 2 Web Server Image To Do: – Update my.cnf for RPi2 (1G of memory) and enable InnoDB by default. – Fix broken PHP modules. (gd, imap and mcrypt) Change log 09-16-2015 – Fixed sshd root access and enabled autostart of sshd on boot. 09-12-2015 – Tested image on 3 […]
Raspberry Pi 2 Overclock
Updated: 09/22/15 – After 6 months of testing Raspberry Pi 2 Overclock with OpenElec, ArchWipi and Arch LEMP I’ve made some optimizations to the recommended config changes below. These have proven more stable. Also, now even with force_turbo enabled you shouldn’t experience freezing or resets. Enjoy! Also see: My Ultimate Raspberry Pi 2 Starter Kit! (Important if you are […]
Download LEMP for Raspberry Pi: Nginx + MariaDB (MySQL) + PHP
Download latest image: https://sourceforge.net/projects/lemp-raspberry-pi/files/latest/download Change log 07-16-2014 – After today’s changes RAM usage on first boot is down to <100mb. 07-16-2014 – Set most logs to save to memory instead of SD card. (up to 10M or 1 day max) 07-16-2014 – Reduced system log level from “info” to “warning”. Reduce SD contention. 07-16-2014 – Uninstalled ntpd daemon. Replaced […]