RPi 5B availability
RPi cranking out RPi 5B at 70,000/week, ramping up to 90,000 in January! https://youtu.be/JyM_7hPFIGk -- _____ |\/ o \ o Rusty Haddock <=> AE5AE | ( -< O o I've landed in McKinney. |/\__V__/ Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people!
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Pi 5B's available now!
There's still time to purchase before Christmas! Mouser, down in beautiful, downtown Mansfield, TX, has Raspberry Pi 5B w/ 4GB available! Digikey still has 4GB models in stock as well. -- _____ |\/ o \ o Rusty Haddock <=> AE5AE | ( -< O o I've landed in McKinney. |/\__V__/ Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people!
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NOTICE: Latest RPi OS release
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Heads up! If you downloaded the latest (12/05/23) Raspberry Pi OS (Raspbian) Lite version (32 or 64 bit) you'll want to either download it again or make sure you update to get the latest version of 'rpi-imager'. This was in the release notes: 2023-12-11: * Fix Raspberry Pi Imager's WLAN configuration for lite images -- _____ |\/ o \ o Rusty Haddock <=> AE5AE | ( -< O o I've landed in McKinney. |/\__V__/ Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people!
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New Raspberry Pi OS Release
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More news -- new Raspberry Pi OS release, dates 12/05/23. 2023-12-05: * Serial port switching in rc_gui and raspi-config modified to support Raspberry Pi 5 * Touch screens now identified with unique per-device strings to enable correct association with display devices * Compatibility with RP1 displays added * Theme files monitored by pixdecor plugin to load changes on the fly * Main menu shortcut to The Magpi website restored * GTK+2 theme harmonised with GTK+3 theme to enable more uniform theming of Qt applications * Battery monitor plugin enabled * Taskbar Preferences menu item added to panel right-click menu * Better reloading of on-the-fly theme changes * Various improvements to Wayfire rendering * Dark GTK theme added * Bug fix - suppressed warning notifications when removing USB devices without mounted filesystems * Bug fix - volume keyboard shortcuts locked up on some devices * Bug fix - correctly handling multiple USB audio devices with same name * Bug fix - some translations not loading in panel plugins * Bug fix - window titlebars disappearing when tiled * Bug fix - local installer service failing to install local deb files * Bug fix - wizard not correctly setting locale when explicit UTF-8 character set required * Bug fix - system updates could fail if an update required the removal of an installed package * Bug fix - prevent file manager windows opening larger than screen size * Bug fix - GPU plugin displaying load percentage as -1 * Bug fix - various window manager crashes associated with shadows on certain window types * Bug fix - allow VNC to be enabled if either RealVNC or WayVNC are installed * WayVNC - improved support for encrypted connections * Mathematica now works on Raspberry Pi 5 and 64-bit * Scratch 3 now works on Raspberry Pi 5 and 64-bit * Thonny updated to version 4.1.4 * Chromium updated to 119.0.6045.171 * Firefox updated to 119.0 * gpiod binary tools included in lite images * python3-venv included in lite images * Japanese translations updated * German translation added to Appearance Settings * Raspberry Pi firmware 12af703dd07d7721c1f2f58c6f71d9fe66270838 * Linux kernel 6.1.63 Off to the BatComputers! -- _____ |\/ o \ o Rusty Haddock <=> AE5AE | ( -< O o I've landed in McKinney. |/\__V__/ Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people!
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RPi 5B's available at Digi-Key
FYI, FWIW, IYGARA... DigiKey up in Thief River Falls, MN has RPi 5B (8 and 4 GB models), power supplies, and RPi cases **IN STOCK**! Their part numbers are: SC1111 RPi 5B 4GB SC1112 RPi 5B 8GB ? ?SC1153 27W USB-C PSU US, WHITE ?SC1159? RASPBERRY PI 5 CASE RED/WHITE www.digikey.com -Rusty- -- _____ |\/ o \ o Rusty Haddock <=> AE5AE | ( -< O o I've landed in McKinney. |/\__V__/ Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people!
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Hints of an RP2040 successor, CM5 in 2024
https://www.hackster.io/news/eben-upton-hints-at-an-rp2040-successor-promises-a-raspberry-pi-compute-module-5-in-2024-ec331994aca3 -- _____ |\/ o \ o Rusty Haddock <=> AE5AE | ( -< O o I've landed in McKinney. |/\__V__/ Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people!
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DFWRPI 12/2023, RPI5 Demo
Welcome back from the turkey-coma, y'all. Hopefully you survived Black Friday without injuries and/or damages. Including financial ones. One more event this year, and it's gonna be cool. Doug.Emes is going to walk a RPI5 through its paces, in person at https://thelab.ms, and also on Zoom: Cornelius Keck is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: DFWRPI 12/2023: Raspberry Pi 5 Demo Time: Dec 2, 2023 10:00 Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83943996366?pwd=hLCaNXsqaMaCG163FkA0Pjk8dB6yJF.1 Meeting ID: 839 4399 6366 Passcode: 198090 --- One tap mobile +13462487799,,83943996366#,,,,*198090# US (Houston) +17193594580,,83943996366#,,,,*198090# US --- Dial by your location ? +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) ? +1 719 359 4580 US ? +1 253 205 0468 US ? +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) ? +1 669 444 9171 US ? +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) ? +1 305 224 1968 US ? +1 309 205 3325 US ? +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) ? +1 360 209 5623 US ? +1 386 347 5053 US ? +1 507 473 4847 US ? +1 564 217 2000 US ? +1 646 931 3860 US ? +1 689 278 1000 US ? +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) ? +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) Meeting ID: 839 4399 6366 Passcode: 198090 Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kwnF82Naa
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Mouser carries some Pimoroni items
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FYI, FWIW, IYGARA... If there's a Pimoroni part that Microcenter doesn't have and you don't really want to order it from Adafruit or Sparkfun or from across the pond, you might check with Mouser (down in Mansfield, TX). They have just over 200 of Pimoroni's items and, if you want it quickly, Mansfield's a nice little drive away and you pick up your item(s) at the "will call" window. I have no affiliation with any of the above companies. Just passing along some info I (re-?)discovered today. -- _____ |\/ o \ o Rusty Haddock <=> AE5AE | ( -< O o I've landed in McKinney. |/\__V__/ Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people!
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DFWRPI 11/2023
2023 is almost over, but, yay, not yet. Just in time to resurface from Halloween's sugar overload, there's the monthly get-together, as always both in person at https://thelab.ms/ and online. Have anything to show (doesn't have to be anything with a presentation), let me know. Topic: DFWRPI 11/2023 Time: Nov 4, 2023 10:00 Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89861779009?pwd=yDiPFCSlajBsRmBqxI3xWore0qj9b8.1 Meeting ID: 898 6177 9009 Passcode: 165707 --- One tap mobile +13462487799,,89861779009#,,,,*165707# US (Houston) +12532158782,,89861779009#,,,,*165707# US (Tacoma) --- Dial by your location ? +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) ? +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) ? +1 669 444 9171 US ? +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) ? +1 719 359 4580 US ? +1 253 205 0468 US ? +1 689 278 1000 US ? +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) ? +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) ? +1 305 224 1968 US ? +1 309 205 3325 US ? +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) ? +1 360 209 5623 US ? +1 386 347 5053 US ? +1 507 473 4847 US ? +1 564 217 2000 US ? +1 646 931 3860 US Meeting ID: 898 6177 9009 Passcode: 165707 Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kcuzUqpuqB
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RPi OS - Bookworm w/ Wayland
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How many of y'all have actually tried the new RPi OS w/ Wayland? I did a clean 64-bit load onto my RPi 400. It seems to be spiffy but... I'm still looking for some workarounds for some things. Thoughts? -Rusty--- _____ |\/ o \ o Rusty Haddock <=> AE5AE | ( -< O o I've landed in McKinney. |/\__V__/ Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people!
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New version of Raspberry Pi OS!
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A new version of Raspberry Pi OS has been released dated 10/10. The move to the 'bookworm' version of Debian and Linux Kernal 6.1 has finally been made. Check it out! Off to the Batcomputers for the downloads! Release notes 2023-10-10: * Based on Debian bookworm release * Support for Raspberry Pi 5 * Desktop now runs on the Wayfire Wayland compositing window manager on Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 platforms; on X11 using the openbox window manager on older platforms * lxpanel replaced with new wf-panel-pi application when running Wayland; existing lxpanel plugins migrated; gpu performance and power plugins added * pcmanfm modified to use Wayland backend when running on Wayland * PipeWire used instead of PulseAudio as audio control subsystem; various changes made to volume control plugin to support this * NetworkManager used instead of dhcpcd as networking interface; various changes made to networking plugin to support this * Firefox browser added as alternative to Chromium; selection of default browser added to Raspberry Pi Configuration tool * WayVNC VNC server used instead of RealVNC when running on Wayland * All customisation and configuration applications modified to customise Wayfire environment as appropriate * grim used as screenshot tool instead of scrot when running on Wayland * eom image viewer used instead of gpicview * evince document viewer used instead of qpdfview * Chromium web browser updated to version 116 * VLC media player updated to version 3.0.18 * Magnifier program not available when running Wayland; Wayfire includes screen zoom capabilities * CustomPC and Wireframe removed from Bookshelf * Numerous small changes and bug fixes * Switched from raspberrypi-kernel to Debian-based kernel packaging (linux-image-rpi-*) * Switched from raspberrypi-bootloader to Debian based firmware packaging (raspi-firmware) * /boot mount point moved to /boot/firmware -- _____ |\/ o \ o Rusty Haddock <=> AE5AE | ( -< O o I've landed in McKinney. |/\__V__/ Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people!
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Overclocking the Pi5 to 3.1-GHz?!?!?!?!
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https://youtu.be/npwBOWdNUFk (warning: speaker talks rather fast so...) -- _____ |\/ o \ o Rusty Haddock <=> AE5AE | ( -< O o I've landed in McKinney. |/\__V__/ Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people!
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DFWRPI Usergroup Meeting 10/2023
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I'm back. Nothing like full tilt, sip-from-the-firehose entertainment, weeks-long. The kind that requires a vacation to recover from the vacation. Since I'm not utterly out of it (though that's debatable), we'll have a get-together, as always both in person at https://thelab.ms/ and online, see below. Who has something to show, doesn't have to be a full-blown presentation, fire-talk, open discussion, anything goes, talk to me. Time and place, might require a basic Zoom account to participate: Topic: DFWRPI 10/2023 Time: Oct 7, 2023 10:00 Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84122757323?pwd=gvwTHXUrqxHpmr2xoV7XN2AtgaTQge.1 Meeting ID: 841 2275 7323 Passcode: 985193 --- One tap mobile +13462487799,,84122757323#,,,,*985193# US (Houston) +16694449171,,84122757323#,,,,*985193# US --- Dial by your location ? +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) ? +1 669 444 9171 US ? +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) ? +1 719 359 4580 US ? +1 253 205 0468 US ? +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) ? +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) ? +1 305 224 1968 US ? +1 309 205 3325 US ? +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) ? +1 360 209 5623 US ? +1 386 347 5053 US ? +1 507 473 4847 US ? +1 564 217 2000 US ? +1 646 931 3860 US ? +1 689 278 1000 US ? +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) Meeting ID: 841 2275 7323 Passcode: 985193 Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kdGnOh9KZw
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Raspberry Pi 5 announced
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Raspberry Pi 5 coming in October! https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-5/ Looks wicked! -Rusty-
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More details about RPi5
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Another good interview with Ebon Upton about the RPi 5B. Cornelius, check out what Ebon says at 23:30! Link to YouTube video -- _____ |\/ o \ o Rusty Haddock <=> AE5AE | ( -< O o I've landed in McKinney. |/\__V__/ Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people!
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RPi4B 4GB models
And in other local news, MicroCenter in Dallas has RPi 4B 4GB models in stock! -- _____ |\/ o \ o Rusty Haddock <=> AE5AE | ( -< O o I've landed in McKinney. |/\__V__/ Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people!
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No DFWRPI September Meeting
This first September weekend I have a scheduling conflict, with the conflicting event being a must-attend-not-gonna-miss-this-one, so there's not gonna be a DFWRPI users group meeting. See all y'all in October! -Cornelius
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Looking for RPi's at regular prices?
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Looking for Raspberry Pi's? Try Gigaparts -- it's been a ham radio-related store for years! https://www.gigaparts.com/raspberry-pi-4-model-b-single-board-computer-8gb-rpi4-modbp-8gb.html -- _____ |\/ o \ o Rusty Haddock <=> AE5AE | ( -< O o I've landed in McKinney. |/\__V__/ Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people!
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DFWRPI Usergroup Meeting 8/2023
In case you are not yet hibernating in your pool 24/7, and/or brainfried into oblivion, it's time for another DFWRPI gettogether, both in person at https://thelab.ms/ and online. Got something to show, questions and what not, talk to me! In case you can't make it in person: Topic: DFWRPI Usergroup Meeting 8/2023 Time: Aug 5, 2023 10:00 Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86568443920?pwd=Z0xsY1dGTTNvMnNCczlpZ3lTQkpoUT09 Meeting ID: 865 6844 3920 Passcode: 956218 --- One tap mobile +13462487799,,86568443920#,,,,*956218# US (Houston) +12532050468,,86568443920#,,,,*956218# US --- Dial by your location ? +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) ? +1 253 205 0468 US ? +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) ? +1 669 444 9171 US ? +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) ? +1 719 359 4580 US ? +1 689 278 1000 US ? +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) ? +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) ? +1 305 224 1968 US ? +1 309 205 3325 US ? +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) ? +1 360 209 5623 US ? +1 386 347 5053 US ? +1 507 473 4847 US ? +1 564 217 2000 US ? +1 646 931 3860 US Meeting ID: 865 6844 3920 Passcode: 956218 Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kQBWvnqhW
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Dallas Raspberry Pi Usergroup Meeting 7/2023
July already, year's half done. Unless you don't like the heat, in which case you might be fully done. Hope all y'all got flags, grill and all the fixins ready for the 4th. If you are still in town, or in a place with reasonable connectivity, there's this: As always hybrid, both in person at https://thelab.ms/ and online. Got something to show? Feel free to speak, doesn't have to be a presentation, no slides required, doesn't even have to work properly. In case you can't make it to site, there's always Zoom: Topic: DFWRPI Usergroup Meeting 7/2023 Time: Jul 1, 2023 10:00 Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86977936411?pwd=Q3VYY3ozbUZUM1JiYXByQ0lneXhZZz09 Meeting ID: 869 7793 6411 Passcode: 883481 --- One tap mobile +13462487799,,86977936411#,,,,*883481# US (Houston) +17193594580,,86977936411#,,,,*883481# US --- Dial by your location ? +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) ? +1 719 359 4580 US ? +1 253 205 0468 US ? +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) ? +1 669 444 9171 US ? +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) ? +1 646 931 3860 US ? +1 689 278 1000 US ? +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) ? +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) ? +1 305 224 1968 US ? +1 309 205 3325 US ? +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) ? +1 360 209 5623 US ? +1 386 347 5053 US ? +1 507 473 4847 US ? +1 564 217 2000 US Meeting ID: 869 7793 6411 Passcode: 883481 Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kea4hbZlEl
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