Tech Advisor - UK (2020-06)

JUNE 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 81 T he Raspberry Pi (£70 from fave.co/3aUBWrp) single-board computer and all its variants have capture ...

82 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020 FEATURE projects – magic mirrors, portable gaming handhelds, intelligent drones, and so forth. And f ...

JUNE 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 83 1. (fave.co/2xmpIZP) transforms your Pi into the ultimate Plex streaming box. The Raspberry Pi TV Ha ...

84 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020 FEATURE Bonus: If you’re connecting the Raspberry Pi to your TV, you can use it to stream web videos ...

JUNE 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 85 3. 4. JUNE 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 85 3. 4. ...

86 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020 FEATURE Wireless network printer Printing isn’t as prevalent as it used to be, but the Raspberry Pi ...

JUNE 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 87 Configuring the device to bolster your home network will take a bit of time, and you’ll need to buy ...

88 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020 FEATURE publication PCWorld’s complete guide to turning your Raspberry Pi into a retro gaming consol ...

JUNE 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 89 your Raspberry Pi turn dumb speakers into smart music solutions with Volumio (fave.co/2W3hQqu) and R ...

90 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020 FEATURE Play Minecraft Or you could play Minecraft. There’s a free Raspberry Pi version of Minecraf ...

JUNE 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 91 and the Raspberry Pi Foundation website itself are ready to walk you step by step through the awesom ...

92 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020 FEATURE W hen Google first introduced Chromebooks in 2011, it seemed like a ridiculous idea. A lapto ...

JUNE 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 93 went even further and added the ability to run Android apps, and still further with Linux desktop ap ...

94 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020 FEATURE The Chrome OS Files app in version 76 systems, you cannot place any files here. It’s merely ...

JUNE 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 95 above the search box to get a view of everything you have available. Most apps will appear here just ...

96 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020 FEATURE Finally, to access your Chromebook’s task manager, click Search+Esc. This shortcut used to b ...

JUNE 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 97 The easiest way to add web apps is to open the site you want in the browser. Next, right-click the w ...

98 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020 FEATURE Decide what you want to sync with Google’s servers and turn on encryption Modify Google Syn ...

JUNE 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 99 at the top, and then deactivate anything you don’t want shared with other devices. Know your keyboa ...

100 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020 FEATURE want a permanent switch, you can force these keys to become function keys on the fly by pre ...