This weekly edition showcases software for the Raspberry Pi 4 that teaches young people how to use a computer. Basic computing skills and beyond.
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Category: Blog
Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Firefox Revisited – Week 26
I’m a big fan of Firefox. But I’ve been disappointed with the performance of this web browser on the Raspberry Pi 4. Does the latest version in the Raspbian repositories change my opinion?
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Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Taking Notes – Week 25
Turn the Raspberry Pi 4 into a low power writing machine. Capture thoughts, ideas, to-do lists, and lots more with these notes applications.
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Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Educational Games for Kids – Week 24
With so many young children currently unable to follow their usual routine of going to school, playing with friends, and undertaking many hobbies, it’s vital to keep them happy and learning.
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Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Viewing Photos – Week 23
This week, I’m examining photo viewer software on the RPI4. There’s lots of open source photo viewers, so I focus on gThumb, feh, GPicView, and QuickViewer.
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Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Podcasts – Week 22
Podcasts are big business. We see celebrities, influencers, journalists, academics, one man and his dog owning a microphone and mixing desk produce regular podcast shows. How does the RPI4 fare as a podcast player?
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Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – File Management – Week 21
This week’s Raspberry Pi 4 blog focuses on file managers, recommending the best console and GUI-based file managers for this tiny machine.
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Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – OBS Studio – Week 20
This is a weekly blog about the Raspberry Pi 4 (“RPI4”), the latest product in the popular Raspberry Pi range of computers. This week, I test OBS Studio on the RPI4.
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Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – News – Week 19
A news aggregator is software which collect news, weblog posts, and other information from the web so that they can be read in a single location for easy viewing.
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Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Firefox Upgrade – Week 18
This is a weekly blog about the Raspberry Pi 4 (“RPI4”), the latest product in the popular Raspberry Pi range of computers. UPDATE: In Week 26, I revisit Firefox again, as the Raspbian repositories offer a current version of this
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Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Retro Gaming – Week 17
For this week, I’m going to look at a few retro games, all nestling in Raspbian’s repositories. Free and open source gaming.
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Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Screen Capture – Week 16
For this week’s blog, I turn to a desktop activity that I use fairly frequently. It’s screen capturing – sharing something on my computer screen with a colleague or friend. How does the Raspberry Pi 4 fare?
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Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Emulate Home Computers – Week 15
Home computers were a class of microcomputers that entered the market in 1977 and became common during the 1980s. Emulate home computers on the Raspberry Pi 4.
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Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Memory Usage – Week 14
The Raspberry Pi 4 has 3 models with 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB of RAM. We explore memory usage of Chromium, Mathematica, and other applications.
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Raspberry Pi 4: Chronicling the Desktop Experience – Screencasting – Week 13
This is a weekly blog about the Raspberry Pi 4 (“RPI4”), the latest product in the popular Raspberry Pi. This week, we examine screencasting on the RPI4.
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