You sometimes need to find out the MAC address of your Raspberry Pi. For instance, you want to find it among the list of devices attached to your LAN, because you want your router's DHCP service to assign your RPi a permanently dedicated IP address instead of letting the DHCP just assign it the next available IP address each time you start it up. Then you can SSH into the same IP address each time to log into your RPi from your PC or Mac knowing it will always be there, without having to search for the RPi on the network.
Some LANs are configured to allow access only for a white-listed devices by MAC address, so you'll also need to know yours to be able to use such a LAN.
A MAC address (media access control address) is a unique identifier used as a network address for most IEEE 802 network technologies, including Ethernet. MAC addresses are most often assigned by the manufacturer of a network interface controller (NIC) and are stored in its hardware, such as the card's read-only memory or some other firmware mechanism. Its like a fingerprint in that its guaranteed that no other device will have the same MAC address as yours.
The MAC address is contained in the system info file
which you can display using
Or from the command line you can simply use the following command :
How to save a video in imovie mac. This will display results something like this :
A Raspberry Pi is technically far more powerful than was the original Macintosh, but there's still something pleasing to me about doing it this way rather than just installing an emulator on my.
The 'HWaddr' in the display represents the device's MAC address. In this example its 'b7:30:cf:f1:7d:b4″
- A MAC address is a unique identifier assigned to your hardware, each network card has a different MAC address. The most common way to get it on Raspberry Pi is to use ifconfig in a terminal. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to find it with ifconfig, but also other ways to get it in different situation.
- I'm currently running a Macbook Pro with 10.11.6. Note 8/29: This tutorial now is focused on the Raspberry Pi 3 B. Steps can be tweaked to account for older Pis. So without further ado lets do this thing. Before we get started. Before we start anything I recently compiled the toolchain for RPi3. It will save you a whole bunch of time to.
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In this article, I will cover three Operating System (OS) for the Raspberry Pi (RPi), preferably the RPi 4. These Operating Systems are not truly MacOS or Windows 10, but a desktop with the look and feel of a Mac or Windows system. The look of a Mac or Windows is truly ‘screen deep'.All of the Operating Systems covered in this article are based on the Raspbian Buster OS. Do note that this OS is 32-bit, but these options are extremely elegant.
Anyone that has a Raspberry Pi system has most likely installed and used Raspbian. The OS is the ‘default' OS that comes with the Raspberry Pi if an SD card came with the board. It is the first download on the RaspberryPi.org website's Download page (here). It is now called 'Raspberry Pi OS' instead of Raspbian.
The three Operating Systems are as follows:
Mac Raspberry Pi Image
- iRaspbian - MacOS Desktop
- Raspbian X Night Hawk - Windows 10
- Twister OS - MacOS/Win95-XP-10 (switchable)
Let's look at these in a little more detail.
NOTE: Be aware that these OS images are being removed from the Internet. The Twister OS has a Home Page and hopefully, it remains available for download. If you want these images, you should find and download them as soon as you can.
iRaspbian
The OS has the appearance of MacOS, as shown in Figure 1. Everything from the startup sound to the desktop is straight MacOS. The desktop appears as a Mac system and feels like it. The iRaspbian OS can make it look like your Raspberry Pi is a very tiny Apple system.
FIGURE 1
The desktop has a very smooth feel to it. Everything does appear to be just like a Mac system until you run an application. Say, for instance, you start ‘Finder' you will see that the apps listed are Linux apps and not Mac apps. This is why I say the Apple portion is only ‘screen deep'.
To use the iRaspbian OS you need to download it first. Here are a few places to find it for direct download:
Raspberry Pi 4 Software Download
It is possible to download the image as a Torrent. You can perform a search on your favorite Torrent site or get the Torrent file at:
- https://archive.org/download/raspbianx/iRASPBIAN.xz - the Torrent download contains both iRaspbian and Raspbian X Night Hawk images
The image may take a while to ‘burn' to the SD Card, but once it is done, you can put it in the Raspberry Pi and boot from it.
Once the OS is loaded, you will be asked to log into the system. The Username has already defaulted to 'pi' and the password is 'raspberry'.
The 'HWaddr' in the display represents the device's MAC address. In this example its 'b7:30:cf:f1:7d:b4″
- A MAC address is a unique identifier assigned to your hardware, each network card has a different MAC address. The most common way to get it on Raspberry Pi is to use ifconfig in a terminal. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to find it with ifconfig, but also other ways to get it in different situation.
- I'm currently running a Macbook Pro with 10.11.6. Note 8/29: This tutorial now is focused on the Raspberry Pi 3 B. Steps can be tweaked to account for older Pis. So without further ado lets do this thing. Before we get started. Before we start anything I recently compiled the toolchain for RPi3. It will save you a whole bunch of time to.
Any comments ? Feel free to leave a reply below…
In this article, I will cover three Operating System (OS) for the Raspberry Pi (RPi), preferably the RPi 4. These Operating Systems are not truly MacOS or Windows 10, but a desktop with the look and feel of a Mac or Windows system. The look of a Mac or Windows is truly ‘screen deep'.All of the Operating Systems covered in this article are based on the Raspbian Buster OS. Do note that this OS is 32-bit, but these options are extremely elegant.
Anyone that has a Raspberry Pi system has most likely installed and used Raspbian. The OS is the ‘default' OS that comes with the Raspberry Pi if an SD card came with the board. It is the first download on the RaspberryPi.org website's Download page (here). It is now called 'Raspberry Pi OS' instead of Raspbian.
The three Operating Systems are as follows:
Mac Raspberry Pi Image
- iRaspbian - MacOS Desktop
- Raspbian X Night Hawk - Windows 10
- Twister OS - MacOS/Win95-XP-10 (switchable)
Let's look at these in a little more detail.
NOTE: Be aware that these OS images are being removed from the Internet. The Twister OS has a Home Page and hopefully, it remains available for download. If you want these images, you should find and download them as soon as you can.
iRaspbian
The OS has the appearance of MacOS, as shown in Figure 1. Everything from the startup sound to the desktop is straight MacOS. The desktop appears as a Mac system and feels like it. The iRaspbian OS can make it look like your Raspberry Pi is a very tiny Apple system.
FIGURE 1
The desktop has a very smooth feel to it. Everything does appear to be just like a Mac system until you run an application. Say, for instance, you start ‘Finder' you will see that the apps listed are Linux apps and not Mac apps. This is why I say the Apple portion is only ‘screen deep'.
To use the iRaspbian OS you need to download it first. Here are a few places to find it for direct download:
Raspberry Pi 4 Software Download
It is possible to download the image as a Torrent. You can perform a search on your favorite Torrent site or get the Torrent file at:
- https://archive.org/download/raspbianx/iRASPBIAN.xz - the Torrent download contains both iRaspbian and Raspbian X Night Hawk images
The image may take a while to ‘burn' to the SD Card, but once it is done, you can put it in the Raspberry Pi and boot from it.
Once the OS is loaded, you will be asked to log into the system. The Username has already defaulted to 'pi' and the password is 'raspberry'.
After the desktop is loaded, you need to connect to your WiFi or use a direct connection. Be sure to set your time zone as well as the time and date. If needed, you can adjust your display settings for the monitor.
At this point, you are running what appears to be a MacOS system.
Raspbian X Night Hawk
The OS has the appearance of Windows 10 as shown in Figure 2. After the desktop background is changed to another image on the SD Card it looks more like Windows as seen in Figure 3. The desktop appears as a Mac system and feels like it.
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 3
Just like iRaspbian, the desktop has a very smooth feel to it. The response time is very nice. Everything does appear to be just like a Windows system until you run an application. All of the Microsoft labeled apps are Linux apps.
For the Raspbian X Night Hawk OS, you can find it at:
It is possible to download the image as a Torrent. You can perform a search on your favorite Torrent site or get the Torrent file at:
- https://archive.org/download/raspbianx/iRASPBIAN.xz - the Torrent download contains both iRaspbian and Raspbian X Night Hawk images
The image could some time to ‘burn'. Wait for it to finish and place the SD Card in the Raspberry Pi and boot it.
After the OS is started you will be asked to log into the system. The Username already defaults to 'pi' and the password is 'raspberry'. My logon screen was only about a fourth of the whole screen size. You will need to adjust the monitor size once the system starts.
After the desktop is loaded you need to connect to your WiFi or use a direct connection. Be sure to set your time zone as well as the time and date.
At this point, you are running what appears to be a Windows 10 system.
Twister OS
The Twister OS is a lot easier to find at TwisterOS.com. I downloaded version 1.5 and version 1.6 was just released as I was writing this article.
Click the 'Downloads' link at the top of the screen. Once the 'Downloads' page opens you can select which version you wish to download. I would suggest downloading the newest version.
The ‘TwisterOS' file is a ZIP file which you need to extract and then use BalenaEtcher to ‘burn' the ‘xz' image to an SD Card. Once done, you can insert the SD Card into the RPi 4 and boot it. You will then see a screen similar to Figure 4. The screen is the ‘Twister OS' Desktop which is set by default.
FIGURE 4
You should see an icon on the screen called ‘ThemeTwister' If you double click the icon you will be presented with the options as shown in Figure 5.
FIGURE 5
Initially, you need to press ENTER to be able to choose the Theme you want to use. Then, you are presented with the Theme choices:
- RaspbianX FIGURE 6
- Nighthawk - FIGURE 2 (after you change the wallpaper)
- iRaspbian - FIGURE 1
- iRaspbian - Dark - FIGURE 7
- Raspbian95 - FIGURE 8
- Raspbian XP
- Twister OS - FIGURE 5
FIGURE 6
FIGURE 7
FIGURE 8
FIGURE 9
As with iRaspbian, the screens look identical to the specific OS it is imitating. Intro sounds for iRaspbian and RaspbianXP are the same as the original Operating Systems.
NOTE: Do not confuse Raspbian95 with the Virtual Machine that is included in some of these systems. It is only a visual similarity and the programs you execute are those of Linux and not Windows.
Running these systems over a while may cause some people concern about their Raspberry Pi 4 overheating. If you have concerns then read on.
Checking Temperature
To check the CPU temperature you can run the command 'cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp'. The value that is given you needs to be divided by 1000 to get the proper temperature. The value given is given in Celsius and you may need to convert it to Fahrenheit.
To verify on an RPi4 or another system you can run the command 'cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/type' which should come back with a result of 'x86_pkg_temp'. The type shows that the specified zone is the proper zone. To find the number of zones you can run the command 'ls /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone*' You should see 'zone0' to a higher value. Any of these could be the CPU on another system. The CPU will vary zone by the system.
If you want to check the Graphical Processor Unit (GPU) then use the command ‘vcgencmd measure_temp'. The value is in Celsius.
NOTE: The GPU command is specific to Raspbian.
Values 82 and above, in Celsius, are getting too hot; where values 100 and above are critical.
Conclusion
For some people, these Operating Systems can be a fun way to 'run' an OS that that reminds them of another system, but still be using Linux.
If you have a Raspberry Pi 4 and want to try something a little different, then definitely give these a whirl. You may be amazed at how smoothly the system runs.
