How to share internet connection in Ubuntu to a Raspberry Pi over LAN cable

Before we dig deep on this subject, I assume we got a Laptop connected to the internet over wifi and we are running Ubuntu on it. Now connect the Raspberry Pi (running raspbian os) to the laptop using a LAN cable.  To share the internet connection open the Network Manager application and edit the Wired Connection.     Click on the IPv4 Settings tab and select the Method -  Shared to Other computers. Once the above steps are complete reconnect...

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Install Raspbian (Debian Wheezy) OS on Raspberry Pi using Ubuntu

Hope you have seen my earlier posts regarding the raspberry pi over this link.This  post is about setting up Raspberry pi with Debian Wheezy on it. I am assuming that you have a Ubuntu/Debian running laptop already available. For those who are not yet in this universe (I mean using windows) please follow this link Get the raspbian OS image from the official website. You can get the files either by the torrent link or through the direct download link. Torrent  - http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspbian_latest.torrent Direct...

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How to remove existing OS installation and reset the size of Raspberry Pi's SD Card

To remove existing OS installation and reset the size of Raspberry Pi's SD Card we are going to use one of the simple partition editor - gparted in Ubuntu/Debian. Insert the SD Micro SD card that may or may not contains the Raspberry Pi's operating system into your laptops card reader slot. I am assuming that you got a Raspbian OS installed on the SD card during the life of this post :). On the top right corner of the gparted, choose your SD card properly. You can identify your card using the size...

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How to install gparted (partition editor) on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / Debian wheezy / Raspbian

Here is how to install one of the coolest partition editor for  Ubuntu 14.04 / Debian wheezy / Raspbian Gparted a GUI based application that helps to work with partitions on your memory devices. It is packed with many features like     Create partition tables, (e.g., msdos or gpt)     Create, move, copy, resize, check, label, set new UUID, and delete partitions     Enable and disable partition flags, (e.g., boot or hidden)     Attempt    ...

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Unboxing Raspberry Pi B+

And raspberry pi is home yesterday... Here are some snaps  while i unboxed it.   ...

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Raspberry Pi & accessories - purchase guide in India

All the Raspberry Pi accessories are home yesterday. In India there are lot of online purchase options for raspberry pi and accessories from leading online sellers like ebay.in, amazon etc... I would like to tell you from where I collected it rather than where all it can be purchased( That will be gross, since there are whole lot of providers around here)   Raspberry Pi B+ SoC https://www.crazypi.com http://kitsnspares.com Both these sites sell comparitively less priced B+ boards...

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What happened when I heard about a raspberry Pi

The enthusiast inside me was just sleeping for a while (possibly around 3 years due to the damn corporate IT culture). And technically that was the reason why there wasn't enough posts recently. Suddenly last month on a trip to Coorg with @asuthoshjg & @nikhilkv, I heared about this little nasty motherboard from @asuthoshjg. The whole reason for the raspberry pi to hit our conversation was just my concern about a 4GB SD card in dslr that will easily run out of memory before we reach Coorg...

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