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Minibian is an awesome lightweight Raspberry Pi distro based on Raspbian. It uses all the same repos so you should not notice any differences. It uses only 16MB of RAM on boot and takes up about 300MB on the SD card – so you only need a 1 GB SD … I'm curious
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Samba shares are useful for various reasons. They allow you to access a directory over a network from any device running virtually any software. You can create a samba share on your Raspberry Pi and make it available to Windows, Mac OSX and Linux machines. You can even access them … I'm curious
If you have created any sort of file or media server with your Raspberry Pi, chances are you do not need it to be connected to a monitor or external display of any sort. In my upcoming ultimate Raspberry Pi Media Server Guide i will assume headlessness and therefore we … I'm curious
If you have a small portable 2.5″ hard drive that draws power from the USB port, you can make this work without the need for an external power supply with the Raspberry Pi Model B+. You will be modifying how the GPIO pins on the Pi work, specifically turning pin … I'm curious
Sonarr is an alternative to SickBeard and SickRage for Usenet video automation. It works well with NZBGet and Sabnzbd. Sonarr has changed name because it will be supporting torrents in the near future so NzbDrone was no longer an appropriate name. It is written in C# which requires Mono … I'm curious
I heard about the Banana Pi in Linux User and Developer magazine. I was intrigued by the increased RAM and faster processor compared to the Raspberry Pi, especially since the Raspberry Pi is sluggish from time to time. The Banana Pi also has a SATA port which helps overcome one … I'm curious