CodePy DIY Computing

Weaved is a free service that allows you to temporarily open local ports to the public internet without the need for re-configuring a firewall. Learn more at their website . Security In any setup, it's a good idea to change the default password. Weaved exposes your Raspberry Pi to the internet, making it necessary to change it. The first step before installing Weaved should be changing your password. On the Raspberry Pi, open a terminal and enter the command: passwd The system will ask you to confirm the old password. The Raspberry Pi's default password is "raspberry". Then enter your new password twice. Remember, as a security enhancement, UNIX-like systems don't show your password as you type. It it also a good idea to add a root password. You can do this by running sudo passwd By default, there is no root password, and this password can be the same as the first one. Getting Started with Weaved In order to use Weaved, you need to make an account. T...

Installing Raspbian Jessie is fairly straight forward. In this post we'll about downloading the image file, installation, and the first boot. Check out the updated version of this post on Steemit! Downloading Raspbian Raspbian can be downloaded from the official Raspberry Pi website . If you don't need all the bells and whistles, or are working with a small SD card, you'll want to download the lite version. However, most users will want the full edition. Please Download with Torrent! For those who haven't used torrents before, it's a method of downloading files, but instead of downloading them from the server, you download from other users who already have the file. Torrents are safe to use and often faster than downloading from the server. By using Torrent, you also save the Raspberry Pi foundation money by not using their server. Remember, they're a non-profit! They need to save as much money as they can! Installation You can follow our instruction...

While making another tutorial, I realized one thing I forgot that every Pi owner should do regularly: Backup the SD card in case of a crash  So this tutorial will show how to use our favorite operating system, Linux, to clone an SD card to an image file. Prepare First, you will need to find the path of your SD card. One easy way to accomplish this on Ubuntu systems is to open the "Disks" utility by opening the Unity Dash and searching "Disks". Here is another screenshot of the icon on a Ubuntu system running the Cinnamon desktop: Once the window opens, select your device from the left and the device path should be displayed(See highlight below). If you use a different distribution, you may have to use a different method to find the disk path. Different versions of Ubuntu may also call Disk Utility slightly different names. Now we start to backup the SD card! We're going to be using the dd command, which looks like this: sudo dd bs=XM...

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