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Tutorial RaspberryPi: models – setup – first boot – configuration in a nutshell

A quick guide to the world’s cheapest and best-known Linux-ARM platform  Models – Connections – Setup – Installation – Booting – Configuration commands – Linux commands – Tricks  Introduction  What is Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi was conceived from the idea of creating a low-cost computer.  In particular, a card that is able to run a linux distribution with […]

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Slow PC? How to check on tasks that clog system interrupt and DPC requests

If we happen to see the PC is running slowly and, by opening Task Manager, we can see that the system interrupt consumes a lot of CPU, how can we determine which driver to remove?  What it is:  In fact, the interrupt is an asynchronous request that executes a hardware component following its synchronous (execution) event.  In case of an interrupt,

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Install and configure Apache web-server on Ubuntu or Debian (RaspberryPi)

To create an Apache-based web server, using a common Ubuntu or Debian machine, proceed as follows.   1. Install Apache  sudo apt-get update  sudo apt-get install apache2  To check if it’s correctly installed, go to the site  localhost  you should find ‘It works!  2. Configuration   All configuration files can be found in  “/etc/apache2”  this can be displayed via

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7 useful functions that a network RaspberryPi can do (FTP-TFTP-WEB-SAMBA-SYSLOG-RADIUS-DHCP)

Let’s see how to set up a Raspberry Pi to use it as a server on your local network. Below you will find a list of commands and actions to perform step by step to configure the device. [1] SERVER FTP mkdir -p /home/pi/files/ chmod 777 /home/pi/files/ sudo bash apt-get install pure-ftpd -y pure-pw useradd pi

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How to check if an email address exists an is reachable

This is a common occurrence where you receive at least one rejection email with the following Message Delivery Status (or Subsystem), as a result of sending it to a problematic or non-existing address.   So to check if an address actually exists or  ‘receives’ mail you could simply send an email to that address (with the ‘delivery notification’ flag active)

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How to verify disc health with a smart control (HDD-SSD)

There are many tools to check the health of hard drives, which detect S.M.A.R.T. diagnostic data and report if there are any deterioration or other problems.    SMART stands for “Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology” and works only if supported/enabled by BIOS/UEFI.   Many times this data has to be taken with precaution, since a ‘passed’ test does not

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