Ben Nuttall

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Cambridgeshire, UK

Ben is a software engineer for BBC News Labs, and formerly Raspberry Pi's Community Manager. He's into Linux, Python and all things open source! Follow Ben on Twitter @ben_nuttall.

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Authored Content

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Don't love diff? Use Meld instead

Meld is a visual diff tool that makes it easier to compare and merge changes in files, directories, Git repos, and more.

How to use Ranger for navigating files from the command line

Browse and preview files from the terminal with Ranger.

Use logzero for simple logging in Python

A quick primer on the handy log library that can help you master this important programming concept.

Tools for SSH key management

Time-saving shortcuts for a commonly used open source tool.

How to use byobu to multiplex SSH sessions

Byobu allows you to maintain multiple terminal windows, connect via SSH, disconnect, reconnect, and share access, all while keeping the session alive.

Send commands to multiple SSH sessions with Terminator

Streamline management of multiple machines with this handy tool.

Authored Comments

ben_nuttall

15 Mar 2018

Meet the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+

If you don't require the specifics this upgrade brings, then that's fine.

Regarding additional RAM: the memory limit of the BCM2837 chip is 1GB so we can't increase this without going the next step and moving to another chip. As this is purely a "plus" model, not a whole new Pi, it has essentially the same chip as Pi 3.

Also it's worth considering that RAM is one of the more expensive parts of the board, and doubling the on-board memory would significantly increase the price. We have always thrived to keep the board the same price at $35 and squeezed more into it.

What are you using the Pi for that's having it run out of memory? I've only ever seen that while trying to build something big like matplotlib while running the desktop (works fine if you run without x)

ben_nuttall

11 Aug 2017

Make your own Twitter bot with Python and Raspberry Pi

Whoops - looks like a bit got left off. The full line should be:

print("Tweeted: {}".format(message))

Thanks - I'll get that fixed up.