The Raspberry Pi community is
huge and welcoming to everyoneJOINING THE
COMMUNITY
e’ve talked about how the Raspberry Pi is
both a computer and a charity, but it’s also
a huge community of like-minded makers
and coders. Don’t be intimidated, though! The
community is very welcome to newcomers, as the
Raspberry Pi is all about getting people excited to
use computers. Here’s how you can dip your toes
into the community at large.W
THE OFFICIAL FORUMS
raspberrypi.org/forums
The official Raspberry Pi forums are a thing of
wonder. Hundreds of people come together to
help people with their projects and problems- from simple things to incredibly advanced
Linux tweaking. If you ever have an issue with
the Raspberry Pi or Raspbian, head to the forums
and use the search function to see if anyone else
has ever had a similar problem and if not, start a
new thread.
There are sub-forums dedicated to many specific
parts of Raspberry Pi, from beginner’s guides and
troubleshooting to education chat and info on
programming in specific languages.
OTHER FORUMS
Some Raspberry Pi help and discussion can be
found outside the official community forums,
sometimes dedicated to more specific software
or hardware. Here are some good places to take
a look for more Raspberry Pi.RASPBERRY PI
SUBREDDIT
magpi.cc/2AhIO
The Raspberry Pi
subreddit is a great
place to see some of
the coolest projects
from the community
get highlighted, as well as get news from the
community itself about products and updates!
They’ll even answer some Pi-related queries,
although you should check out the official forums
for that first.
It’s also a great place to show off your project and
get feedback for it from the community at large –
it’s always fun to have a little following, after all!RETROPIE
FORUMS
magpi.cc/2B9laHb
A lot of people like to
use the Raspberry Pi
to play retro games
on it, and RetroPie is one of the premier bits of
software for the Raspberry Pi that lets you do this.
The forums cover almost everything about the
project, including basic help and support, ideas for
modding and improving your RetroPie, and even a
bit of game discussion as well!KODI FORUMS
forum.kodi.tv
Equally as popular
as retro gaming, the
Pi is great as a media
PC hooked up to your
living room TV and
most home-theatre PC
software solutions will use Kodi for this. While you
may be better off looking at the documentation for
your particular software, if that doesn’t help then
you can always check out the Kodi forum. It’s a big
and busy forum, though, so remember to
make good use of the search function!12 raspberrypi.org/magpiFeature
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