Raspberry Pi, a delicious sweet slice of computing power you can use for anything. Here is where you start.

You can automate some things in Linux using scripts. Here is a quick example or two.

I am using Linux Mint with the Cinnamon user interface plus the Raspberry Pi OS on my Pi computers. For there examples, they are almost identical. Most distributions of Linux have similar file managers and text editors. Use whatever is on your computer. If you do not have Linux and want to experiment, an old notebook computer is a cheap and easy starting place. Just install Linux Mint.

There are a heap of SSD reviews online and many quote specifications that do not match the current version of whatever they are reviewing. Some tested the speed of the Windows operating system, not the hardware speed. User reviews are even worse as they often do not mention what they actually bought or how they tested the device. Here is my current research.

Another online forum post bites the dust. I went looking for the latest news on a topic of interest for some of my projects. I found mostly junk. The web is a difficult place to find anything other than misguided opinion or outright lies for financial gain. Here are results from a search.

Linux is the world's most used operating system. Linux outnumbers everything else on servers. The Android version of Linux outnumbers every else on smartphones and other handheld devices. Linux is used in most remote controls, television sets, new cars, tractors, robots, and almost everything containing anything more than a basic silicon chip. Linux and battery life is still an issue.

You want to develop a Web site on your local computer. It is easy using Linux Mint as the operating system. Here is the best approach.

How much space do you need for the operating system and other parts of your Raspberry Pi based project?

Now is the time to plan your new projects for 2022 and select the best Raspberry Pi hardware. This guide is based on real experience across real projects, both successful and ones where the hardware was not ready for the workload.

Coastal rosemary, Westringia fruticosa, is a tough plant that looks like rosemary and can be used in hedges like rosemary but not for cooking.

Linux gives you a huge choice of user interfaces, Xfce, Cinnamon, Gnome, and many others. Which one is the fastest?