2025-05-30 22:01:20
How well does a 13-year-old Raspberry Pi run modern Linux?
And why is that Raspberry Pi blue?
More resources:
- Blue Pi! https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/blue-pi/
- leepspvideo on Blue Pi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqyG5ssUvdk
- Brazilian Raspberry Pi: https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-brazil/
- All Pi models from Raspi.TV: https://raspi.tv/rpifamily
- Pi-hole: https://pi-hole.net
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3rd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Level2Jeff
Contents:
00:00 - 13 year old Raspberry better than 7 year old Apple
00:41 - 1 in 1000
02:26 - Case and evolution of a Pi
05:04 - The Blue Raspberry Pi
07:15 - Encased
08:08 - First boot with modern Debian
10:20 - History while we wait
14:08 - It booted; let's get WiFi
15:56 - Browser conundrum
17:44 - Midori runs, but slow
19:01 - Pi-hole runs pretty well, actually
2025-05-23 22:01:21
Wow there's a lot to cover, from the tiniest Pi computer to a full Pi AI mechanical keyboard!
Sam has listed his prototype TypeOrTalk V2 keyboard on eBay, if you want to bid on it: https://www.ebay.com/itm/267259133332
Here are _all_ the projects I covered today—the Amazon links are affiliate links:
- Sentinel Core: https://sanctuary-systems.com/sentinel-core/
- EDAtec ED-SBC3300: https://edatec.cn/sbc/sbc3300
- CM5 MINIMA REV1 (source): https://github.com/piecol/CM5_MINIMA_REV1
- CM5 MINIMA REV2 (source): https://github.com/piecol/CM5_MINIMA_REV2
- CM5 MINIMA REV2 (buy): https://www.elecrow.com/cm5-minima-r-2.html
- CM5 MINIMA (other variants): https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pierluigi-colangeli_minima-cm5-oshw-activity-7327603359085940736-F8av
- CM5 MINIMA Hackster article: https://www.hackster.io/piecol/tiny-open-source-media-streamer-with-lorawan-what-a98a93
- Waveshare CM5 Nano A: https://amzn.to/4dlJyEp
- Waveshare CM5 Nano B: https://amzn.to/45kEa2m
- Waveshare CM5 Mini Base Board B: https://amzn.to/4dFkFEd
- Sfera Labs Strato Pi Max: https://sferalabs.cc/strato-pi-max/
- TypeOrTalk Keyboard: https://typeortalk.com/
- TypeOrTalk Keyboard's creator: https://www.youtube.com/@samwechsler
- MirkoPC v2: https://pipci.jeffgeerling.com/boards_cm/mirkopc-v2.html
- Level1Techs video on Modulo5 IO PoE+: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSaRKe7RANA
- Waveshare CM5-POE-BOX-A PoE Kit: https://amzn.to/3S5vB3V
- Orban Optimod Audio Processor: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/raspberry-pi-cluster-spotted-inside-6k-audio-processor
- OCP-TAP Switchberry: https://pipci.jeffgeerling.com/boards_cm/ocp-tap-switchberry-v1.html
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3rd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Level2Jeff
Contents:
00:00 - You talk, it types
01:12 - Sentinel Core Mini ITX motherboard
02:06 - EDATEC Mini ITX Industrial computer
03:11 - The guy with the Swiss accent
03:44 - Tiny Pi - MINIMA CM5
04:52 - Even Smaller - Waveshare Nano boards
05:31 - Better than a Pi 5
06:06 - Strato Pi Max
07:56 - AI Keyboard - TalkOrType
10:28 - MirkoPC V2
11:36 - What happened to Pineboards?
12:46 - Waveshare PoE IO Kit
13:20 - Compute Modules go pro
13:56 - Bonus: Chicken Jeffrey
2025-05-16 22:00:30
Horology is hard. It's even harder on a Mac. Yes, even the $7000 Mac Pro.
Resources mentioned and products referenced in this video (some links are affiliate links):
- Blog post with all the gory details: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/using-gps-most-accurate-time-possible-on-mac
- The USB GPS module I was using: https://amzn.to/4j08we1
- Decent little GPS antenna with U.FL adapter: https://amzn.to/43dxctt
- NIST-F4 Clock video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYpBaUgxGl4
- ChronyControl: https://www.whatroute.net/chronycontrol.html
- GPSDConfig: https://www.whatroute.net/gpsdconfig.html
- Precision Clock by mitxela: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNqm5T5syTM
Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy
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2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GeerlingEngineering
3rd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Level2Jeff
Contents:
00:00 - Horology is hard on a Mac
01:04 - It's easier on a Pi, and better on a Watch
02:07 - GPS works on a Mac
03:44 - It's time to go mobile
04:21 - PyGPSClient and GPSd
08:01 - ChronyControl and time sources
09:20 - Getting time from GPSDConfig
10:47 - We have time (offset)
11:54 - Tracking time
13:27 - What's the point?
2025-05-09 22:00:38
Can we finally build a midrange Arm PC? Maybe. Thanks to Micro Center for sponsoring this video!
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Check out Micro Center’s GPU Trade In Program: https://micro.center/92b995
Read up on ALL Things Tech at MC News: https://micro.center/4972f0
Links to things I mentioned in the video:
- Radxa Orion O6: https://radxa.com/products/orion/o6/
- System76 Thelio Astra video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AshDjtlV6go
- All my O6 test results: https://github.com/geerlingguy/sbc-reviews/issues/62
- O6 LLM test results: https://github.com/geerlingguy/ollama-benchmark/issues/13
- O6 HPL test results: https://github.com/geerlingguy/top500-benchmark/issues/54
Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy
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3rd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Level2Jeff
Contents:
00:00 - The Orion O6
01:04 - RSJ shopping trip
01:58 - Hardware overview
03:37 - What it can (and can't) do
05:48 - Performance and power inconsistency
07:35 - Custom Arm PC build
08:22 - Windows 11 (on Arm)
10:20 - Nvidia GPU on Windows?
11:00 - Many GPUs in Linux
13:18 - Quirks and recommendations
16:10 - Tariffs
2025-04-25 22:00:46
The GMKtec G9 was not perfect. So I fixed it. But is my fix good enough?
Some of the things I mentioned or used in this video (some links are affiliate links, I earn from qualifying purchases):
- My earlier video on the G9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_Ft8OAPQ3g
- GMKtec G9 N150 4-bay NVMe NAS: https://amzn.to/4cuGRzY
- KingSpec NX 2TB NVMe SSD (DRAM-less): https://amzn.to/42Kr4IP
- FNIRSI FNB58 USB-C interactive power meter: https://amzn.to/42vrxA1
- Noctua 120mm USB 5V Fan: https://amzn.to/4iA6jpn
- Noctua fan desktop 3D print: https://www.printables.com/model/511959-adjustable-perfect-desktop-fan-stand-for-120-and-1
- Topdon TC004 IR Thermal Camera: https://amzn.to/4lL3B39
Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy
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3rd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Level2Jeff
Contents:
00:00 - I thought it was perfect
00:56 - Basic thermal improvements
01:33 - Downgrading PCIe
02:46 - A severe underclock
04:31 - USB-C 'Power Brick'
07:24 - Another $400 of testing
09:29 - Storage catch-22
10:22 - Hot Chips
11:21 - That's gonna be a no from me
2025-04-17 21:00:38
I'm mini-fying my entire Homelab, but shrinking my NAS has been a problem.
Is the 4-bay NucBox G9 the perfect choice? It fits in 1U, has 4 M.2 NVMe SSD slots, an Intel N150 CPU, and dual 2.5 Gbps networking. The specs seem like they'll do great, but the proof is in the pudding...
Some of the things I mentioned (some links are affiliate links):
- GMKtec G9 4x NVMe N150 mini NAS: https://amzn.to/4cuGRzY
- GMKtec G3 N150 mini PC: https://amzn.to/4jxb8R9
- My Pi 5 SATA NAS build: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l30sADfDiM8
- Geekbench test results:
- Quiet / Linux: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/11471182
- Balanced / Windows: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/11470130
- Performance / Linux: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/11471355
*UPDATE* – I've also tested many of the suggestions in the comments to get the system to run cooler, to no avail. See my blog post (specifically the UPDATE section towards the bottom) for all the details: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/almost-perfect-mini-nas-my-mini-rack
Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy
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Merch: https://www.redshirtjeff.com
2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GeerlingEngineering
3rd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Level2Jeff
Contents:
00:00 - The need for mini
01:02 - NucBox G9 overview
01:52 - Quick teardown
02:52 - A quick boot into... Windows?
03:39 - Ah, Linux
04:16 - 4x NVMe SSD install
04:58 - Hot hot hot
05:51 - Drive and network benchmarking
06:30 - Uh oh
07:43 - Oh no
08:09 - One drive works
08:23 - Trying other SSDs
09:05 - One more trick, toaster mode!
09:57 - The perfect Mini NAS?
