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WebDAV — Best way to connect Raspberry Pi to Nextcloud How To Raspberry Pi Now that I've been experimenting with my Raspberry Pi 400 for a week and have carefully overclocked the device, I want to back up the data. Since I try to do as many desktop tasks as possible with the Pi 400, I also come into contact with office documents and other files, which I would… Read more »
Astral — calculate sunrise, sunset, moon phases, golden / blue hour with Python How To Raspberry Pi Now that I have taken a closer look at astral, I really like it, I must say. So far, I have been able to get the data for sunrise and sunset online. But since the calculations with Astral hardly differ from the online results, I prefer an offline solution. I would like to emphasize again… Read more »
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS — Install and Setup on Raspberry Pi (+Desktop) How To Raspberry Pi Canonical has officially certified Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa for the Raspberry Pi, I want to know more about it. Let's install the Linux distribution on the Pi and see how well it works. First of all you need to know that Ubuntu 20.04 is only available for the Raspberry Pi versions 2, 3 and… Read more »
curl: send messages from the Raspberry Pi (Linux) to Kodi How To Raspberry Pi Getting notifications in case of an event is not really a big deal these days. Most people have smartphones and use them to get messages. There are also several ways you can have your Raspberry Pi send a message to your smartphone. This works very well via Python (Pushover / Apprise), Slack but also email.… Read more »
Coronavirus — beware of malware — better make own update ticker #MonthOfMaking How To Raspberry Pi Not a day goes by that I don't get a newsletter with warnings about malware related to the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the lung disease COVID-19, but everyone should be aware of that by now. Cybercriminals are taking advantage, and that too is well known. Especially coronavirus tickers with malware are on the rise. The… Read more »
COVID-19 (Coronavirus): Live ticker with Sense HAT #MonthOfMaking How To Raspberry Pi Because of two current events this is my contribution to the Coronavirus COVID-19 and the #MonthOfMaking from the Raspberry Pi Foundation. If you can kill two birds with one stone, then you should do it, right? Since we are all doomed anyway, it's better to publish the article as soon as possible. Soon nobody will… Read more »
Sunrise / Sunset switch Raspberry Pi with Python How To Raspberry Pi After I rediscovered my PiFace Digital, I wanted to play with it a bit. I thought that I could switch a night light with one of the relays. But I didn't want to estimate roughly when it is dark, I wanted to orientate by the current sunrise and sunset. Of course, it doesn't matter what… Read more »
Bitcoin price tracker with Raspberry Pi, Sense Hat and Python How To Raspberry Pi I love my Sense HAT. You can do so much with it — even build your own weather station. Now I thought about that you can also create a Bitcoin price tracker with it. Of course, it can also be used for other crypto currencies. It worked, but there were a few pitfalls. I would… Read more »
WireGuard VPN Server – Ubuntu, Raspberry Pi, Linux, Android How To Raspberry Pi VPN WireGuard will officially be included in the Linux kernel 5.6. Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa will not use the kernel upon release, but will still implement the lean VPN protocol WireGuard by default. This is great news. Up to now, however, installing the protocol in Ubuntu has been easy, as there is a so-called PPA.… Read more »
Weather station with Raspberry Pi, Sense HAT and WeeWX — step by step How To Raspberry Pi I really like my Raspberry Pi and my Sense HAT and was wondering if the open-source weather station software WeeWX would work with that setup. The software is written in Python and runs on all Linux distributions. Raspbian is based on Debian and the software can be installed very well on the official operating system… Read more »