This is a multi-part blog looking at a Raspberry Pi 5 running Linux as a desktop computer.
raspi-config is a script that offers an easy way to start configuring the Raspberry Pi 5. It offers a simple text user interface that’s customized for the Pi. I’ll walk you through some of the configuration options it provides.
raspi-config must be run as root. Therefore use sudo to launch the program from the command-line:
$ sudo raspi-config
Here’s what you’ll see.
There is also a GUI Raspberry Pi Configuration utulity accessed from Preferences > Raspberry Pi Configuration but it doesn’t offer all the options available with the text-based tool.
Let’s explore the raspi-config text-based tool in more detail.
Next page: Page 2 – System Options
Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Introduction
Page 2 – System Options
Page 3 – Display Options
Page 4 – Interface Options
Page 5 – Performance Options
Page 6 – Localisation Options
Page 7 – Advanced Options
All articles in this series:
| Raspberry Pi 5 Series | |
|---|---|
Hardware | |
| iRasptek Starter Kit | All the kit you need to get started with the Pi 5 |
| Pironman 5 Case Review | Transform the Pi 5 into a beautiful desktop mini PC |
| Passive Cooling the Pi 5 | Passively cool your Pi 5 the right way. Silent yet cool |
| Benchmarking | Benchmarking the Pi 5 against an Intel N100 mini PC |
| Overclocking | Let's increase the clock speed of the BCM2712 SoC |
| Power Consumption | Compare the power consumption of the Pi 5 with Intel Mini PCs |
| 2.5Gbps Networking | Improving the wired performance of the Pi 5 |
| WiFi | Improve WiFi performance of the Pi 5 |
| Desktop PC | Is the Pi 5 good value compared to an Intel N100 Mini PC? |
Configuration | |
| raspi-config | Useful text-based tool to configure the Pi 5 |
| PiGro | GUI tool that streamlines the process of managing the Pi 5 |
| Increase Swap Memory Size | Increase the swap size from 512MB to 2GB |
| ZRAM swapdrive | Simple script to use a ZRAM swapdrive instead of a swapfile |
Software | |
| Installing Software | Different ways to install software on the Pi 5 |
| df snap pollution | Replace df with dysk |
| Ollama GUI | Running Large Language Models on the Pi 5 |
| Music Players | GUI and TUI music players explored |
| Internet Radio | Exploring the best options for both GUI and TUI software |
| Many software articles are planned. Stay tuned! | |