Raspberry Pi Geek

  • Welcome to the online home of Raspberry Pi Geek, a print and digital magazine dedicated to the amazing $35 Raspberry Pi computer. Each issue of Raspberry Pi Geek offers special projects and expert advice on configuring, programming, and hardware hacking for the Raspberry Pi, with additional coverage of other open platforms, such as BeagleBone and Arduino.

Inside Our Latest Issue

Automating CUPS with shell commands

A Raspberry Pi is an ideal print server on a small network with the CUPS printing system controlled by a fully automated shell script.

pi-top: Laptop made from a Raspberry Pi

The pi-top turns a Raspberry Pi into a mobile computing device that features a high-resolution display and long battery run times. In everyday use, however, this Rasp Pi laptop comes across as stubborn and in need of some fine tuning.

Using the Raspberry Pi as a backup server

A good backup system is not only important, it is essential when a hard drive crashes, a virus infects the system, or you are victimized by ransomware. Luckily, the Raspberry Pi is ideally suited to run as a backup server in the background.

Installing WiFi on the Raspberry Pi

Integrated Bluetooth and WiFi are important additions to the Raspberry Pi 3. We show you three different methods for adding your Pi to a wireless LAN.

Featured Articles

Build a walking piano with the RaspberrySTEM Creator Kit

The RaspberrySTEM Kit combines a Raspberry Pi 2 with a custom case and a development environment for teaching electronics and programming. We take one of these kits for a spin to see how easy it is to get started.

Using logic bits to make decisions

One group of littleBits modules allows you to evaluate conditional situations at different points in a circuit without resorting to programming.

Current Issue

17/2016
Pi 3 Up Close

Welcome to Raspberry Pi Geek! In this issue we celebrate the Raspberry Pi’s fourth birthday. We also explore some new features of the newest Pi and present some projects that take advantage of these faster, more capable machines, such as 3D modeling and distributed compiling.

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