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Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: Avoid snap pollution

June 12, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

Declutter the output from df when the Pi 5 has snaps installed. Better yet, use an alternative to df for even nicer output.

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Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: Installing Software

June 9, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

Explore my favourite ways of installing new software on the Raspberry Pi 5.

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Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: PiGro – system configuration tool

June 8, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews, Tutorials

PiGro is a free and open source system configuration tool that streamlines managing your Raspberry Pi settings from one convenient location.

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Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: raspi-config

June 7, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews, Tutorials

raspi-config is a script that offers an easy way to start configuring the Raspberry Pi 5.

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Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: Overclocking

June 6, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

I rerun some benchmarks, this time comparing an overclocked Raspberry Pi 5 to an Intel N100 Mini PC.

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Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: Benchmarking

June 5, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

What’s the rationale of benchmarking the Pi 5 against an N100? Simple! This series is looking at using the Pi 5 as a desktop machine.

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Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: Passive Cooling the Right Way

June 4, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

Passively cool the Raspberry Pi 5 the right way. Use the case as a heatsink. No fan noise to interrupt your concentration.

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Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: Script to use a ZRAM swapdrive

June 2, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews, Tutorials

Installing a script to enable ZRAM and optimize its effectiveness on Raspberry Pi computers. It’s very useful for low RAM Pi models.

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iRasptek Raspberry Pi 5 8GB Starter Kit Review

May 28, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

The iRasptek Raspberry Pi 5 8GB Starter Kit gives you everything you need to get started with your adventures with the Pi 5.

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Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: Power Consumption

May 21, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

For this article, I’ll focus on the power consumption of the Raspberry Pi 5. I’ll see how the Pi 5 compares to a few other mini PCs.

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