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Raspberry Pi Setup

# image

You need an SD card, the largest one you can find.

Downnload the newest raw raspbian image from http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads.

use pi filler to put the image onto the SD card

# boot

plug your pi into ethernet and then power.

If you have a keyboard and display plugged in, it’ll prompt you to set a few things. Otherwise, you can connect using:

ssh pi@raspberrypi.local

The default password is raspberry.

# first steps

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade