At the request of many of our readers, we’ve decided to write the following tutorial to teach them how to install the Ubuntu Linux operating system on the Raspberry Pi 2 single-board computer (SBC).
Source: How to Install Ubuntu Linux on Raspberry Pi 2 (SOFTPEDIA®)
So if ipv6 is not supported on your network infrastructure, it might be useful to disable it all together. Why ? It can cause issues like delayed domain lookups, un-necessary attempts to connect to ipv6 addresses causing delay in network connection etc.
Source: How to disable Ipv6 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian (BinaryTides)
(This is also applicable to a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian, or some other Debian derivative such as RasPBX)
BBC Click’s Kate Russell gives a step-by-step guide to setting up your own virtual private network using a Raspberry Pi.
Source: How to set up your own Raspberry Pi powered VPN – BBC News
On Windows machines hard drives automatically sleep and spin down when they are not in use. This theoretically extends the life of your USB or SATA hard dr
Source: Spin Down and Manage Hard Drive Power on Raspberry Pi •
The Raspberry Pi is a new breed of cheap, single use computers that were just made for making projects. People routinely build them into standalone devices or use them to control other devices. They are almost like a disposable computer.
In fact, Pi is a small but capable Linux computer, making it an easy transition from the Mac’s UNIX from a programming and command line stance. Running software is mostly a simple matter of obtaining SD card images from around the web and burning them to SD cards.
The biggest problem you face is that the SD cards need to be in a specific format, a boot sector that is visible in FAT32 and the body of the disk which is in the Linux format. This is not something which is easy to do on the Mac without specific knowledge software to do the low level image burn that we need.
In this article, we show you what software to use for this job on the Mac and how to burn SD card images.
Full article here:
Creating SD Card Images For Raspberry Pi in Mac (Make Tech Easier)
It can be difficult to keep track of all the useful Raspberry Pi commands we use often, so I created a list of some of the most common and important ones that will make using Linux on the Raspberry Pi a lot easier.
Full article here:
42 of the Most Useful Raspberry Pi Commands (Circuit Basics)
TimeMachine is the way to backup your data on Mac systems. The backup and restore procedure work nicely out of the box with very little hassle involved. I used to backup my data on a local USB disk for some years. However, backups to a USB disk require you to connect the disk, otherwise no backups will be performed.
Apple will sell you the Airport Time Capsulate, which allows for remote backups. But it is also possible to configure your Raspberry Pi to offer remote backup capabilities for the TimeMachine. Turning your Raspberry into a backup target for the TimeMachine is as simple as installing an AFP server on it. In this blog post, I’ll walk through the process of configuring your raspberry to be a remote target for TimeMachine backups.
Full article here:
Create a TimeMachine Backup Storage on the Raspberry Pi (blog.lobraun.de)
The Raspberry Pi 2 is a lot faster than its predecessors, but you still might want to overclock it for the best possible performance. Blogger Hayden James breaks down what each overclock setting does and shares some configurations for better performance.
Full article here:
What the Raspberry Pi 2’s Overclock Settings Mean (Lifehacker)
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Shell script to set up Raspberry Pi (TM) as a VPN server using the free, open-source OpenVPN software. Includes templates of the necessary configuration files for easy editing, as well as a script for easily generating client .ovpn profiles after setting up the server. Based on the ReadWrite tutorial ‘Building A Raspberry Pi VPN’ by Lauren Orsini (see sources 1 and 2 at the bottom of this Readme).
To follow this guide, you will need to have a Raspberry Pi Model B or later (so long as it has an ethernet port), an SD or microSD card (depending on the model) with Raspbian installed, a power adapter appropriate to the power needs of your model, and an ethernet cable to connect your Pi to your router or gateway. You will also need to setup your Pi with a static IP address (see either source 3 or 4) and have your router forward port 1194 (varies by model & manufacturer; consult your router manufacturer’s documentation to do this). You should also find your Pi’s local IP address on your network and the public IP address of your network and write them down before beginning. Enabling SSH on your Pi is also highly recommended, so that you can run a very compact headless server without a monitor or keyboard and be able to access it even more conveniently (This is also covered by source 4). And last but not least, be sure to change your user password from the default.
Full documentation and download here:
OpenVPN-Setup (GitHub)
Discussion in this Reddit thread
As a Mac user I’ve always used Time Machine for local backups. The only issue is that it requires plugging a drive directly into your machine or buying an Apple Time Capsule. At $200 – $400 that’s not a cheap option for NAS backups.
So I set out to create my own DIY Time Capsule using a 3TB Hard Drive and a Raspberry Pi. Below are the steps I went through to get things setup.
Note: I always recommend having multiple backup sources and because this setup requires mimicking Apple protocol there is potential for data loss. Use at your own risk.
Full article here:
DIY Time Capsule with a Raspberry Pi (Caleb Woods)
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