Miscallaneous Wibble

This post is part of a short series of tutorials for people who are new to using their Raspberry Pi.  It will make more sense if you start at the beginning. Continued from here. First page here 12.  Some other useful bits and bobs Firstly, let me say that Linux is a huge subject and […]

A streaming pile of Pi

Continued from here. First page here. 11. Setting up your uPNP media server A uPNP media server allows you to stream videos from your Pi to any device that can talk to it.  A lot of tellies do this these days, along with PS3s, XBoxs, iPads, tablets and your PC.  With a server on your […]

Memory sticks and torrents

Continued from here. First page here. 9. Thanks for the memories For this chapter you’ll need a memory stick or a pre-formatted external hard drive with a USB connection.  As we are going to be putting videos on it, the larger the better.  Got one?  Good.  Stuff it up your Pi’s USB port.  There should […]

Torrents of Pi

Continued from here First page here 8.  Installing a Bittorrent Client I don’t know about you, but I want to install a Bittorrent client on your Pi, and I’ll tell you why.  If your PC uses a wireless router and you use Bittorrent, you will probably find that the Bittorrent traffic over your network utterly […]

Keeping it up to date (given up with the Pi puns)

Continuing from here First page here 7.  Updating your system We’ve just got a spot of housekeeping to do before installing some stuff to turn your pi into something useful.  We are going to do a system update to make sure we are running the latest version of everything.  And I mean everything.  The update […]