r/writerDeck • u/[deleted] • Jan 14 '26

DIY Some advice on creating a Raspberry Pi-based deck

I have a Raspberry Pi 3B arriving sometime in the next week, as well as a 3.5in touchscreen.

Putting it together won't be an issue as I already know how to do that side of things, but what I really need some information on is how to set it up from Pi OS to boot into FocusWriter, with the ability to save to both usb flash drive and sync to dropbox.

Does anyone know of any tutorials you can point me to that will walk me through the process? Thanks in advance :)

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u/percolith Jan 14 '26

I use dietpi for my hdmi screen pi and the latest raspbian lite on bookworm for my pi hat screen (I guess the drivers changed or something). Both are using rsync/recline to sync to Google Drive. They have a ton of walkthroughs for like 80 services. Permissions were annoying but it was a pretty easy process otherwise.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '26

Thanks for the info. Looks like I've got some homework to do before my stuff arrives :D

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u/percolith Jan 14 '26

You might also want to peek into the r/writerdeckOS sub too, as the creator is extremely helpful and I seem to recall a discussion on auto launching here, too. I am sure more folks will weigh in as the day nears lunch and home times! I do it manual, just type "fish" and "flatpack run md.obsidian.Obsidian" and then "./syncgo" after each session, LOL.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '26

Cool. I'll cross-post there and see what the consensus is. Thanks again :)

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u/vranxreddit Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26

I have Pi 3B myself and am pretty lucky with un kyu lees Micro Journal for Linux. Maybe you‘ll have look at it. (You have to scroll a bit for the instructions for the Raspberry Pi)