TOUCHSCREEN LINK
Don't get ripped off buying Waveshare products. They sell directly to the public on FleaBay:
http://www.ebay.com/usr/waveshare
http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/waveshare
There are clones/fakes out there selling for more than the real thing, go figure. My 10.1" IPS touchscreen currently goes for U.S. $111 with free shipping from China.
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Sunday, June 18, 2017
SECURITY NOTES
NetworkManager is a pain but Wicd stores passwords in plain text. You need root but anyone with physical access to your Pi's SD card can get every password to every WiFi hotspot you've ever connected to. Affects original 9-11 (aka R1) version and Murdock Edition (which I'm still running on my 32-bit Pi2, by the way.) R2, R3 and 64-bit versions don't use Wicd.
All versions before R3 have an Apache server which is best run without a GUI using Alpha2. Unless you're doing web development with Bluefish you probably don't need it.
I mentioned purging tiger in an old blog post but forgot about fcheck which also needs to go. Those were really for my own attack vector research... Don't surf on your server. ;)
Lastly, Raspbian's default user "pi" has been exploited by script kiddies which is why I'm using Raz Berry as my new admin account. After creating a new account add it to the adm and sudo groups, you can then safely delete user pi. You'll lose my super slick default desktop settings but oh well... sigh.
NetworkManager is a pain but Wicd stores passwords in plain text. You need root but anyone with physical access to your Pi's SD card can get every password to every WiFi hotspot you've ever connected to. Affects original 9-11 (aka R1) version and Murdock Edition (which I'm still running on my 32-bit Pi2, by the way.) R2, R3 and 64-bit versions don't use Wicd.
All versions before R3 have an Apache server which is best run without a GUI using Alpha2. Unless you're doing web development with Bluefish you probably don't need it.
I mentioned purging tiger in an old blog post but forgot about fcheck which also needs to go. Those were really for my own attack vector research... Don't surf on your server. ;)
Lastly, Raspbian's default user "pi" has been exploited by script kiddies which is why I'm using Raz Berry as my new admin account. After creating a new account add it to the adm and sudo groups, you can then safely delete user pi. You'll lose my super slick default desktop settings but oh well... sigh.
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
ALPHA3 17.10
I guess I'll need a 17.10 base/console image sometime in October. I might try Budgie again then. Like Linux Mint it uses the Gnome Bluetooth stack but it can switch audio input and output devices without PulseAudio Volume Control. Unfortunately the desktop environment itself kinda sux but Bluetooth works so I dunno... still don't think it'll be worth the time or effort until 18.04 (April 2018). But kernel 4.12 fixes so many Raspberry Pi bugs I probably won't be able to resist the temptation. Maybe Cinnamon Desktop on ARM64 will even work! I get excited just thinking about it! :blush:
50th ANNIVERSARY
Will fake American news even mention it? Will the fake news cover it up like Hillary's illegal email server? Maybe a partisan ex-FBI director can provide the distraction they need.
I guess I'll need a 17.10 base/console image sometime in October. I might try Budgie again then. Like Linux Mint it uses the Gnome Bluetooth stack but it can switch audio input and output devices without PulseAudio Volume Control. Unfortunately the desktop environment itself kinda sux but Bluetooth works so I dunno... still don't think it'll be worth the time or effort until 18.04 (April 2018). But kernel 4.12 fixes so many Raspberry Pi bugs I probably won't be able to resist the temptation. Maybe Cinnamon Desktop on ARM64 will even work! I get excited just thinking about it! :blush:
50th ANNIVERSARY
Will fake American news even mention it? Will the fake news cover it up like Hillary's illegal email server? Maybe a partisan ex-FBI director can provide the distraction they need.
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