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Raspberry Pi 2 Goes On Sale, Includes A Quad-Core ARMv7 CPU

| Date: February 02, 2015 | View Comments | Tags: hardware, linux, Raspberry Pi, ubuntu

The Raspberry Pi Foundation announced "Raspberry Pi 2" today, a new powerful Pi which has the same form-factor and price ($35) as the old Model B+.


Raspberry Pi Model B+ Launched With 4 USB Ports, MicroSD Support, More

| Date: July 14, 2014 | View Comments | Tags: computers, linux, Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi Foundation announced "Raspberry Pi Model B+" today, an upgrade to the original Model B, which is available at the same price ($35).

Raspberry Pi Model B+

Syncthing: Open Source BitTorrent Sync Alternative (P2P Sync Tool)

| Date: June 04, 2014 | View Comments | Tags: android, cloud, linux, macosx, Raspberry Pi, sync, syncthing, ubuntu, windows

Syncthing is a cross-platform peer-to-peer file synchronization client/server application written in Go. Similar to BitTorrent Sync, the tool can be used to synchronize files between computers however, unlike BitTorrent Sync, Syncthing is open source:

"Syncthing replaces Dropbox and BitTorrent Sync with something open, trustworthy and decentralized. Your data is your data alone and you deserve to choose where it is stored, if it is shared with some third party and how it's transmitted over the Internet".

"Using Syncthing, that control is returned to you".

Syncthing
Syncthing Web GUI

XBMC Media Center 13.0 Gotham Beta 1 Released

| Date: March 04, 2014 | View Comments | Tags: android, linux, media center, media player, Raspberry Pi, ubuntu, windows, XBMC

XBMC Media Center 13.0 "Gotham" Beta 1 has been released, bringing improvements across all platforms, such as hardware decoding on Android, proper PulseAudio support for Linux, improved settings, support for some 3D movie formats and more.

XBMC 13.0 gotham

Cloud Sync Tool `Seafile` 2.1 Released

| Date: January 14, 2014 | View Comments | Tags: cloud, collaboration, linux, Raspberry Pi, seafile, sync, ubuntu, windows

Seafile is an open source cloud synchronization and collaboration tool that you can install on your own server. It comes with desktop clients for Linux, Windows and Mac as well as mobile clients for Android and iOS.

Seafile

Raspberry Pi Configuration Manager `PiCon` Lets You Configure Your Pi Using A GUI

| Date: September 20, 2013 | View Comments | Tags: linux, Raspberry Pi

PiCon is a Raspberry Pi configuration manager which lets you make changes to the config.txt file using a GUI. The config.txt file is used to store various system parameters that you would normally set from the BIOS, but Raspberry Pi doesn't have a conventional BIOS and thus, it uses this file for such settings.

picon raspberry pi configuration manager

The application is designed to run on a host system (works on Windows, Linux and Mac since it's written in Java) and not directly on the Raspberry Pi. It is possible to run the app on Raspberry Pi, but the performance is pretty bad.

Dropbox Uploader 0.12 Released [Bash Script To Access Dropbox Via Command Line]

| Date: September 09, 2013 | View Comments | Tags: cli, cloud, dropbox, linux, Raspberry Pi, script, server, ubuntu

Dropbox Uploader is a bash script that allows you to perform various actions on your Dropbox (upload, download, delete, share, etc.) without installing the Dropbox client. This is useful for servers, automatic backups or accessing Dropbox from ARM devices, like Raspberry Pi.

Dropbox-Like Cloud Sync And Collaboration Tool Seafile Gets Command Line Support, More

| Date: March 06, 2013 | View Comments | Tags: cli, cloud, collaboration, linux, Raspberry Pi, seafile, server, sync, ubuntu

Seafile is an open source cloud sync and collaboration tool, similar to Dropbox, OwnCloud or Sparkleshare that you can install on your own server or you can sign up for an account and get 5 GB of free space. We've talked about it a while back so for more information about Seafile, see our previous post.

Seafile


Both the Seafile server and client have been updated recently, getting new features and bug fixes. Seafile Server 1.5 comes with two major new features: command line client support and LDAP, as well as some other features and improvements, such as:
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