If you’re running a Raspberry Pi on Bookworm, you may be greeted by the message “Cannot currently show the desktop” error when you try and connect to your Raspberry Pi over VNC. This was super frustrating for me, because I run my Raspberry Pi headless and rely on VNC for remote access. While there are […]
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If you use Homebridge on a Raspberry Pi, you may get a notification that you need to update node.js. It’s easy to update node.js, just follow these steps. Connect to your Raspberry Pi/Homebridge and start Terminal Run this command. sudo hb-service update-node You’re done! Hope this helps someone else!
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I run Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi to manage my IoT devices. It’s a great way to have a single dashboard and app to manage everything all in one place, especially if you use multiple IoT systems (HomeKit, Google, etc.) If you get an error during an upgrade “home assistant not healthy” which stops
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I use HomeAssistant to get my Google Home / Google Nest Hub devices and speakers to support Apple Airplay. I use this HomeAssistant Add On called AirCast. This means you can use Apple AirPlay on any Google Nest product in a completely wireless way. It works like a dream and saved me from having to
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Background The Raspberry Pi is a great sub-US$200 device that offers great value for hobby projects and educational purposes. In this review, I’ll share my experience and instructions for setting up a Raspberry Pi with PiVPN using NoIP.com, a free Dynamic DNS service. If you need a list of PiVPN commands, check this link. Running
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PiVPN is a personal VPN server you can install on a Raspberry Pi or any Debian LINUX setup. If you don’t own a Raspberry Pi, I recommend a Pi 4B kit. If you need a microSD card reader, this one is great and it’s both USB A and USB C – so works on macOS
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A list of useful Raspberry Pi commands. All of these commands can be executed in the Raspberry Pi command line / shell / terminal or via an SSH connection. Initial Pi Setup Find your Raspberry Pi Model/Version Get Total and Free Memory Install Pi Software Updates Restart and Reconfigure Options Find and Change Pi Hostname
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