Raspberry Pi

One of several single-board computers. The Raspberry Pi is an ARM computer that typically sells for less than $50. Generally is runs a derivative of Debian[1].

Others such as the Pine64 are less popular but even more open.

Additional information

• Installing Debian Backports on Raspberry Pi[2] - particularly useful for running NNCP[3] or Yggdrasil[4] on Raspberry Pi OS.
• Consider Security First[5] discusses why I switched my Pis to Debian for security reasons.
• Live Migrating from Raspberry Pi OS bullseye to Debian bookworm[6]

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• Consider Security First[7]

I write this in the context of my decision to ditch Raspberry Pi OS and move everything I possibly can, including my Raspberry Pi[8] devices, to Debian[9]. I will write about that later.

• Filespooler[10]

Filespooler lets you request the remote execution of programs, including stdin and environment. It can use tools such as S3, Dropbox, Syncthing[11], NNCP[12], ssh, UUCP[13], USB drives, CDs, etc. as transport; basically, a filesystem is the network for Filespooler.

Filespooler is particularly suited to distributed and Asynchronous Communication[14].

• Installation[15]

Filespooler lets you request the remote execution of programs, including stdin and environment. It can use tools such as S3, Dropbox, Syncthing[16], NNCP[17], ssh, UUCP[18], USB drives, CDs, etc. as transport; basically, a filesystem is the network for Filespooler.

Filespooler is particularly suited to distributed and Asynchronous Communication[19].

• Installing Debian Backports on Raspberry Pi[20]

This page is intended to describe how to run Debian[21]'s backports[22] on a Raspberry Pi[23] running Raspberry Pi OS (Raspbian).

• Yggdrasil[24]

Yggdrasil is a Mesh Network[25] that is fully Encrypted[26] and provides an IPv6 IP on the network to anyone.

• Old and Small Technology[27]

Old technology is any tech that's, well... old.

• NNCP[28]

NNCP lets you securely send files, or request remote execution, between systems. It uses asynchronous communication[29], so the source and destination need never be online simultaneously. NNCP can route requests via intermediate devices -- other NNCP nodes, USB sticks, tapes, radios, phones, cloud services, whatever -- leading to a network that is highly resilient and flexible. NNCP makes it much easier to communicate with devices that lack Internet connectivity, or have poor Internet.

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