Raspberry Pi Geek 03

The amazing Raspberry Pi keeps evolving before our eyes. The Pis in the world (which reached 2 million in October 2013) are inspiring hackers young and old, amateur and professional, to put the Pi to work on practical problems. And, wherever Pi users go, Raspberry Pi Geek goes.

• Raspbian Wheezy 2013-09-25 [download latest version]
• Raspbmc 2013-10-02 [download latest version]
• Pidora 18 r2c [download latest version]
• PiMAME 0.7.10 [download]
• NOOBS (offline and network install) 1.3.2 [download latest version]
• Win32 Disk Imager 0.9 [download latest version]

A recent trend shows several data centers are offering professional hosting services for Raspberry Pis. What is this all about?

We talk with Eben Upton and Gordon Hollingworth at Raspberry Pi Towers in Cambridge.

BrickPi lets you build a Raspberry Pi into your Lego Mindstorms projects – you can even connect your Pi to Mindstorms sensors and motors.

The NOOBS boot manager helps beginners try out Raspberry Pi operating systems. It also lets advanced users dig into the structure of the systems and adapt them as they like.

Linux repositories are full of useful tools for the Raspberry Pi. We explore some network tools you might not have noticed.

A few tricks and some ready-made Linux tools will help you configure your Pi to respond to commands from the same kind of infrared remote control device you use with your TV.

As its name implies, Pygame is a set of Python modules designed to write games. However, many Pygame modules are useful for any number of projects. We introduce you to a few Pygame modules that you can use to create custom graphical displays for your project.

The versatile Raspberry Pi can serve many roles on a home network. We'll show you how to set up the Pi to provide some important network services.