Raspberry Pi Catch-All

So is there something else I need installed alongside xvnc4viewer? I've used these instructions, which seem pretty simple, but I don't even get to the point where I can put in my servers ip address. Pretty much the same issue I had with the other VNC program I tried.

It's a fun, low-commitment way to play around with Linux, if nothing else.

Other than the VNC issue and the broken xbox 360 receiver, I am really digging my Pi emulator/media center setup. I just need to get Moonlight setup so I can stream Steam to my tv and I'm all set.

If you have a pi, check this out. https://pi-hole.net/

Edwin wrote:

If you have a pi, check this out. https://pi-hole.net/

Pretty cool. I wonder how that would affect browsing speeds for people that already have super fast connections? I have no idea what kind of processing power a DNS server requires but could that be a bottleneck on a households with heavy internet use?

EvilDead wrote:
Edwin wrote:

If you have a pi, check this out. https://pi-hole.net/

Pretty cool. I wonder how that would affect browsing speeds for people that already have super fast connections? I have no idea what kind of processing power a DNS server requires but could that be a bottleneck on a households with heavy internet use?

I could definitely see it being a bottle neck. Some home routers have better specs than the Pi 3 does, but I bet a lot of lower end ones have lower specs. I think similar things can be done with some custom router firmware.

On really fast connections, you'd saturate the on-board 10/100Mb ethernet port. A USB gigabit ethernet adapter might get past that, but it's still carving pieces out of a relatively small I/O pie.

@Kurrelgyre

As I understand it you don't need your connection to go through it as it is just a DNS server in your house (unless I'm reading it wrong). I don't believe DNS servers would use a ton of bandwitdth but I could see scenarios where response time do to processing power could be an issue.

@Rykin

Good point. Didn't think of home routers having that option built in. I wish I could run custom firmware with my own router but Verizon FIOS locks things down.

A USB gigabit ethernet adapter might get past that

No, the whole I/O subsystem on the Pi runs through one USB channel. You have a maximum total I/O bandwidth of about 12 megabytes/second. (the official USB spec says more, but in actual practice, 12 megs/second is about the best you can get on USB 2.) If you're reading from the drive and writing to the network port (or vice versa), that's a max of about 6 megs/second.

There's no point in anything more than Fast Ethernet on the Pi.... even serving from a ramdisk, it probably can't quite saturate the link.

Anybody make a retropie with one of these? If so how do you like it?

I've not done it, but it's exactly what I plan to do with my now-boxed-up pi when I get some time to set it up.

I have one running Retropie. It's great! Any specific questions?

Mine is currently setup to both run retropie and Kodi for video streaming.

I have one with Retropie as well. Don't use it very often but it is pretty awesome.

astralplaydoh wrote:

I have one running Retropie. It's great! Any specific questions?

I was just looking for opinions on it. One of those unnecessary things I shouldn't do but kind of want to. What do the kids call it, trying to be enabled.

It is pretty awesome. The 3 even runs some N64 games well. Everyone who has seen mine wants me to build one for them, but nobody has given me the money to do so.

I recently got RetroPie set up but unfortunately purchased a busted usb SNES controller from a seller on Amazon. I'm getting another one sent out, so I hope to start dabbling soon. I also picked up some 4:3 monitors for $5 each that I'm hoping to use in an eventual mini cabinet build.

I just built my retropie over the weekend and it took about 30 min to setup the base stuff and hours to get my F310 working for some reason.
However, my F710 pad was near instant.
I am struggling with sound over HDMI, but that's not too big of a deal.

Ok I'm pulling the trigger on retropie. I also thought about doing a desktop and media center but came to my senses. I already have a laptop and a tablet that I can use for media and regular computer stuff.

However, I see people also use their pies for surveillance. So I'm thinking about a dual retropie motionpie setup.

So if I do this correct me if I'm wrong but I will have to have a boot loader and a sd card split in half? I couldn't find any guides for this specific setup but see a few for media centers and retropie which makes it look like I just need a partition for each thing and a boot loader.

I just used Berryboot which was recommended by a user here. It does everything for you and makes the process super simple. http://www.berryterminal.com/doku.ph...

I have a triple boot option with Retropie / KODI / Ubuntu

Cool beans.

Got all my parts. Now it is time to put it all together. Well maybe next week. I got other things to do.

And so it begins. Everything except the camera.

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Nice.
I will say, I think the SNES looking controls are not worth it if you plan to move past just NES/SNES games. I've been using F310s and F710s and I have more buttons to use for Genesis and other platforms.

My daughter (4.5 yrs old) wanted to play games with me the other night, but it turns out that every controller I have is far too large for her hands. So I used that as an excuse to jump into retro gaming. I first looked for an NES Classic, figuring that'd be the easiest way to go. Having no luck there, I ordered what looks like the same setup as Baron of Hell -- minus the keyboard and with an extra SNES controller. Raspberry Pi arrived today and setup couldn't have been easier. Now we're just waiting on the controllers.

Baron Of Hell wrote:

And so it begins. Everything except the camera.

IMAGE(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/108404739/2017-02-06%2020.20.51.jpg)

What's the camera for? Oh, god, what's the camera for?

lunchbox12682 wrote:

Nice.
I will say, I think the SNES looking controls are not worth it if you plan to move past just NES/SNES games. I've been using F310s and F710s and I have more buttons to use for Genesis and other platforms.

I have controllers coming out of my butt. I'll use my arcade stick for mame and if a game can't handle the nes controller I have playstation 3 and xbox 360 controllers. On the other hand all of those are wired, might be nice to have a wireless F710.

Fair enough.
One thing I want to get, but need to find a cheap one, is a stick controller for fighting games.
Oh, to be able to find a logitech version of the NES Advantage.

Any news on the Raspberry Pi 4 specs or release date? There were rumors that it would be released this month. They released the others in February. From the few rumors I have seen the changes *may* include a 50% boost in CPU performance from 1.2Ghz to 1.8 Ghz. An upgrade from 1GB ram to 2GB ram. And USB3.0.

I've also read rumors that the 4 might not be released for a while due to the current stock of Pi 3's and also because of the bigger changes expected from the 3 to 4 vs. the 2 to 3.

I do wish they would announce something though as I'm in the market for a 2nd Pi and would hate to buy a 3 if the 4 is about to come out.