ngate (@ngate@mastodon.social)
🔥🎩 "FireWire on Pi: The Epic Saga" 🎩🔥— A tale of clinging to obsolete tech like a toddler to a security blanket, when all modern solutions have moved on. Why wrestle with a Raspberry Pi to revive a relic when even Linux is on its way to ditching that old friend by 2029? 🤔🚀
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/firewire-on-a-raspberry-pi/ #FireWire #RaspberryPi #obsoleteTech #techSaga #Linux2029 #retroComputing #HackerNews #ngated
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h4ckernews (@h4ckernews@mastodon.social)
Using FireWire on a Raspberry Pi
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/firewire-on-a-raspberry-pi/
#HackerNews #Using #FireWire #on #a #Raspberry #Pi #RaspberryPi #FireWire #TechTutorials #Hardware #Hacking
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lorgonumputz (@lorgonumputz@beige.party)
TL;DR: Yes but performance is unacceptable.
So if, like myself, you are using your Raspberry Pi 1B (not B+!) to do the following:
- Run BIND
- Run ISC DHCPD
- Run keepalived (this Pi is 1 of 2 identical systems) to manage the running of BIND and DHCPD
- Run scripts via cron every minute to check on new DHCP and DNS configurations via git+ssh
- Run a script every minute to see if the SCRAM beacon (custom local code) has been activated (meaning we should shut down right now - unusual but possible)
- Monitor the UPS and, if it is discharging and the battery is below 51%, light the SCRAM beacon itself (power event)
- Pull changes from the DHCP reservation/assignment list off of the master keepalived host (so our DHCP mapping is as up to date as possible in the event of failover)
The question was: Can you do this on a Raspberry Pi 1B with Debian 13?
The answer is: Yeah, not really. The baseline load average rose from 0.33 - this is a single core host - - to 2.49 and that was before it was actually handing out any DHCP addresses or DNS records.
Command execution and keepalived failover took far longer than it did previously; in fact so long that I was beginning to think it had failed altogether.
So, the 2 Raspberry Pi 1B's are up for retirement or some other assigned light duty. Not bad for 2 boards I bought in 2014. I have a couple of spare Pi3B+ boards and those run Debian 13 wonderfully.
It's hard to believe that the older of the 2 boards was once my main backup host / network node. How did I live in something so small?
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Bit_form (@Bit_form@corteximplant.com)
Brains are weird in the way that I'll take a break from pulling my hair out about making the screen work with my pi02W for a handheld cyberdeck that I find the LCD wiki and a boatload of links in the RPi forum.
Wish me luck on another round of trying to get this thing together.
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lorgonumputz (@lorgonumputz@beige.party)
Today we answer the question:
Can a Raspberry Pi 1B be upgraded to run Debian 13 - and still be usable?
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blainsmith (@blainsmith@fosstodon.org)
Ordered myself a Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB) with an official write/red Raspberry Pi Monitor and a VESA mount/case to eventually install MagicMirror on it for a household display with full control over all services and network access.
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MsLaLa (@MsLaLa@cupoftea.social)
Lately, I've been watching Miami Vice and contemplating a new project. I decided to finally take the plunge and make a cyber deck.
I'm using my old mini caboodle and my old aqua battery pack that I had lying around. Conveniently matches. 😎🌴 Now for the brain and keyboard. #cyberdeck #raspberrypi #vaporwave #tech
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linuxiac (@linuxiac@mastodon.social)
Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.7 delivers UI fixes, improved device support, better search, and multiple bug fixes across Linux, Windows, and macOS.
https://linuxiac.com/raspberry-pi-imager-2-0-7-released-with-ui-fixes/
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DrHyde (@DrHyde@fosstodon.org)
@drajt I suppose I could stick a #RaspberryPi in the chain. Attach the kb to the #RPi (maybe via a converter, maybe directly to the GPIO pins), then have that pretend to be a USB keyboard talking to the KVM. Because obviously chucking a 64-bit supercomputer that basically comes free with a box of cornflakes (I so love living in the future!) into the mix will fix everything! It would at least be easier for me to debug.
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gjd (@gjd@garyday.me)
Just blew some of my project budget at: @thepihut
Man that's a great advertising slogan.
You can have that one on me ;-)
#RaspberryPi #ThePiHut #NVMe #NVMeBase #NVMeBaseCase
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r (@r@fed.brid.gy)
picoZ80 – A Z80 microprocessor drop-in replacement based on Raspberry Pi RP2350B and ESP32
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notes (@notes@calckeymusic.social)
@javi@goblin.band time to ditch Firefox. Mozilla has become part of the Evil Empire. Hey, Raspberry, when are you going to start supporting other browsers than Chrome and Firefox?
#rasperrypi #raspberrypi
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