Update picockpit-client for compatibility with v2.0

By Maximilian Batz | 2020-10-13

The new PiCockpit release has many new features, which require a new picockpit-client version (at least v2.0.1) for compatibility. What do you get by upgrading the picockpit-client / using PiCockpit v2.0? GPIO: control GPIO pins (input / output / software PWM to dim LEDs for example) PiControl: run commands on your Pi from the webinterface…

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Packaging Python projects for Debian / Raspbian with dh-virtualenv

By Maximilian Batz | 2019-04-19

This article aims to explain some things to developers which don’t use Python a lot, and might struggle with some of the concepts otherwise. I highly recommend the lecture of the following article as an introduction to the concepts discussed here: https://www.dabapps.com/blog/introduction-to-pip-and-virtualenv-python/ pypi.org pypi.org is an official repository of software for the Python programming language.…

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Creating a Raspbian repository

By Maximilian Batz | 2019-04-03

If you want to host your own Raspbian repository, this article is for you. A Raspbian repository consists of a special directory structure on a webserver. The files, including the packages, are all static – therefore this repository could also simply be hosted on an Amazon S3 instance, for example. The sources.list entry in Raspbian…

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Interview with Simon Long of Raspberry Pi about the Raspberry Pi Desktop, UI design, and much more!

By Maximilian Batz | 2019-01-04

Important background information: this interview was done in early July 2018, so some applications to which Simon refers might already be released, etc. Max: This is the interview with Simon Long of the Raspberry Pi Foundation who is mainly responsible for Raspbian the desktop OS. Simon: That’s right. Max: Many applications like VeraCrypt release binaries…

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