• roofuskit@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    https://magpi.raspberrypi.com/articles/pi-zero-w-smart-usb-flash-drive

    It gives instructions for starting from a desktop OS, I just started with a headless OS to begin with. Then you can skip disabling the desktop and go straight to setting it up.

    I use it for sending files to my resin 3D printer that doesn’t have wifi built in. I just power on the printer before I prep files and then I can save them to the printer over the network.

    For finding more uses, probably searching Hack-a-Day. That’s probably how I’ve found these over the years.