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A Linux distribution for the Raspberry Pi, derived from Debian

An Ubuntu derivative for the Raspberry Pi.

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Why has Raspbian apparently been renamed into "Raspberry Pi OS"?

I was making some routine checks just now and realized this: Raspberry Pi OS (previously called Raspbian) Source: Raspberry Pi OS I found no mention of this in their blog, nor on the Wikipedia page. Why change such a good name as "Raspbian" into…
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Simplest way to send one-line mail out via command line using gmail?

Using Raspbian and Ubunntu 16.04 LTS so need a generic Linux solution. Requirement is simple: I need a way to send one-line email messages from the command line. I have set up a gmail account just for this particular Rpi3, with the address of…
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Get names of devices on the network

I wanted to know the names of all the devices on the network. I've already tried without great success many commands found on the web, but nothing worked like I wanted to. Basically, when I enter my router settings, I can get the devices' names that…
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How to edit /etc/fstab properly for network drive?

I'm trying to automatically mount a network drive at startup by editing /etc/fstab but doesn't work. If I execute this líne, sudo mount.cifs //192.168.0.67/test /home/pi/test -o username=myname,password=123 it works great. But I don't know how to…
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Change Password Programmatically

In the current version of Raspian, I know it is possible to change the password of the current logged in user from the command line like so: sudo passwd which will then prompt the user to enter a new password twice. This will produce output like…
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Automatically reboot, if no wifi connection for a certain time

It seems that my Raspberry Pi server loses wifi connection after a random time and is somehow not able to recover automatically. Usually a reboot done by hand resolves the problem. I would like to make it reboot automatically if there is no wifi…
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Difference between ppp0 vs wwan0

I am Running Raspian on a RaspberryPi. When I plug in a GSM modem I see two interfaces - wwan0 & ppp0. wwan0 exists even when the GSM modem is plugged but not connected ppp0 exists only when the GSM modem is connected Questions What is the…
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Difference between systemd and terminal starting program

I am curious as to what this difference is between programs that are; started with systemd when enabled through systemctl, vs those started by means of /etc/rc.local or through the CLI. For example, I was recently using shairport-sync for the…
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bash ssh warning when connect to raspberry: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8)

I tried for example this to solve my problem and this too. My problem is that when I try to connect to my Raspberry pi2, I got the following messages: Linux raspberrypi 3.18.7-v7+ #755 SMP PREEMPT Thu Feb 12 17:20:48 GMT 2015 armv7l The programs…
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disable init.d script in systemd

I changed the init system from sysvinit to systemd on a raspbian installation. The install boots fine, but now starts lightdm on boot. I don't want it to do that. I noticed lightdm.service is started on boot. Stopping the service with systemctl stop…
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Who is starting my ssh-agent, and why won't it properly terminate?

This is a problem I've been having for a long time, but every time I try to figure something out I get lost, so I figured I'd better ask here where maybe someone more experienced could help me. Background My Raspberry Pi is running Raspbian Jessie,…
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Created a user service. Returns error "Failed at step GROUP spawning: Operation not permitted"

I created a service. admin@Xroklaus:~ $ cat /etc/systemd/user/duniter.service [Unit] Description=Duniter…
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Cannot enable user service. “Failed to get D-Bus connection: Connection refused” Support

I get this error when running any systemd command as a user: admin@Xroklaus:~ $ systemctl --user list-units Failed to get D-Bus connection: Connection refused Without the user parameter, the command runs fine. admin@Xroklaus:~ $ systemctl…
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How can I add applications to the lxpanel application launch bar via cli?

Is there a way on LXDE toolbar to change what applications are on the quick launch part via the terminal so that it can be put in a batch file to change on multiple clients?
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dd command indicates not enough disk space - trying to format sd card for raspberry pi

I have been trying to format an sd card with the lastest debian jessie-lite image for use with raspberry pi. When using the dd command, it states that there is no space left on device after copying 10 megs. I have searched SE and have tried to use…
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