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

Last Updated on June 17, 2025

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I’m not going to explore each of the available settings here. You’ll notice some of the entries are greyed out including NeoFetch. In this case, it’s because my system doesn’t have Neofetch installed.

Neofetch is a command-line interface system information script. The script displays information about your system next to an image, your operating system logo, or any ASCII/image file of your choice. It’s designed to capture information about your system and display it in an aesthetic and visually pleasing way.

There’s an entry for Raspi Recommended Software. It’s a pretty scant list. In my upcoming Software articles, I’ll be recommending a much wider range of software that run great on the Pi 5.

Some of the entries here are not targeted at beginners. For example, editing config.txt and cron job. And many of the entries you can access simply from the menu system so they are pretty redundant.

Next page: Page 5 – Look & Feel

Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Introduction / Dashboard
Page 2 – Update
Page 3 – Source List
Page 4 – System
Page 5 – Look & Feel
Page 6 – Autostart
Page 7 – Tasks
Page 8 – Software
Page 9 – Tuning
Page 10 – Backup


All articles in this series:

Raspberry Pi 5 Series
Hardware
iRasptek Starter KitAll the kit you need to get started with the Pi 5
Pironman 5 Case ReviewTransform the Pi 5 into a beautiful desktop mini PC
Passive Cooling the Pi 5Passively cool your Pi 5 the right way. Silent yet cool
BenchmarkingBenchmarking the Pi 5 against an Intel N100 mini PC
OverclockingLet's increase the clock speed of the BCM2712 SoC
Power ConsumptionCompare the power consumption of the Pi 5 with Intel Mini PCs
2.5Gbps NetworkingImproving the wired performance of the Pi 5
WiFiImprove WiFi performance of the Pi 5
Desktop PCIs the Pi 5 good value compared to an Intel N100 Mini PC?
Configuration
raspi-configUseful text-based tool to configure the Pi 5
PiGroGUI tool that streamlines the process of managing the Pi 5
Increase Swap Memory SizeIncrease the swap size from 512MB to 2GB
ZRAM swapdriveSimple script to use a ZRAM swapdrive instead of a swapfile
Software
Installing SoftwareDifferent ways to install software on the Pi 5
df snap pollutionReplace df with dysk
Ollama GUIRunning Large Language Models on the Pi 5
Many software articles are planned. Stay tuned!
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