Uncover the hidden costs and limitations of the Raspberry Pi 5, and why a mini PC is the wiser choice for your home server needs.

I’ve been waiting for the Raspberry Pi 5 to feel like more than a capable project box. The hardware is finally strong enough that the desktop experience can be the main point, not an optional extra.

The original Raspberry Pi 5 is an exceptional little DIY desktop, but priced at $80, it’s also a bit more costly than some previous entries in the Pi family. For those seeking a more affordable Pi, ...

I recently tried to use a Raspberry Pi 5 as a regular desktop PC. The experiment wasn’t a failure—I was able to use a Pi to get most of my work done for a few days. But the device’s performance, and ...

The Raspberry Pi foundation has spent the last year filling out the Pi 5 lineup—in August, we got a cheaper $50 version with 2GB of RAM, and in December, we got the Pi 500, a Pi-inside-a-keyboard ...

Before the Raspberry Pi came out, one cheap and easy way to get GPIO on a computer with a real operating system was to manipulate the pins on an old parallel port, then most commonly used for printers ...

Four gigs of RAM might not seem like a lot for a PC or even a smartphone these days. But for a tiny all-in-one board like the Raspberry Pi, it can actually be overkill. That’s why the company is ...

If you are considering which is the best operating system for your Raspberry Pi project or to use the mini PC as an everyday computer. The Raspberry Pi OS is the go-to for many. It’s the official ...

What’s as fast as two Raspberry Pi 4s? The brand-new Raspberry Pi 5, that’s what. And for only a $5 upcharge (with an asterisk), it’s going to the new go-to board from the British House of Fruity ...

The Raspberry Pi series of economical single-board computers have many fans and not a lot of major faults, but people really enjoy using these machines for tasks far beyond their original design ...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is now available. As a Long Term Support release of the popular GNU/Linux distribution, it’ll be officially supported for at least five years. That means Ubuntu 22.04 will continue ...