Assembling the AlexaPi 3D Printed case kit is pretty easy, and I'll take you through with a slideshow with text instructions. This guide applies to the AlexaPi Case Accessory Kit and the AlexaPi Case Full Kit which includes the pre-printed 3D case (just skip over … [Read more...]
Build an AlexaPi with Amazon Alexa & Raspberry Pi
Introduction Today I want to show you how you can build your very own Amazon Echo with Alexa, on a Raspberry Pi using the excellent AlexaPi package by renekliment at GitHub. It's not as complicated as you'd think and works just like the real thing, and I offer a … [Read more...]
Build a Raspberry Pi RAID NAS Server – Complete DIY Guide
Introduction Today I will show you how to build a Raspberry Pi 3 RAID NAS server using USB flash drives, the Linux native RAID application mdadm, and SAMBA so the drive will show up as a normal network folder on Windows PC's. It's a pretty easy tutorial and shows … [Read more...]
Set custom DNS servers on Linux with Network Manager or resolv.conf
Setting custom DNS servers on Linux can increase performance, security and even thwart some websites using Geo-blocking via DNS. There are two ways to do this: via Network Manager GUI that's included in many Linux distros like Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives, or via … [Read more...]
Setup LAMP Server on Raspberry Pi 3 – [Updated 2018] Complete DIY Guide
Introduction [This guide has been fully updated in 2018 to reflect the changes to MySQL in Raspbian "Stretch" v9.x] You wouldn't think a little PC like the Raspberry Pi 3 could handle the job of being a Web Server, but it does, and performs flawlessly too. Today … [Read more...]