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Learning Raspbian

By : Harrington

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Learning Raspbian

4 (14)

By: Harrington

Overview of this book

This book is intended for developers who have worked with the Raspberry Pi and who want to learn how to make the most of the Raspbian operating system and their Raspberry Pi. Whether you are a beginner to the Raspberry Pi or a seasoned expert, this book will make you familiar with the Raspbian operating system and teach you how to get your Raspberry Pi up and running.

Preface

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Free Chapter

1. The Raspberry Pi and Raspbian

1. The Raspberry Pi and Raspbian

The Raspberry Pi

History of the Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi hardware

Raspbian

Raspbian components

Summary

2. Getting Started with Raspbian

2. Getting Started with Raspbian

SD card specifications

Downloading Raspbian

Imaging Raspbian onto your SD card

Summary

3. Starting Raspbian

3. Starting Raspbian

Raspberry Pi Model A and Raspberry Pi Model B

Raspberry Pi A+

Raspberry Pi B+

Plugging in your Raspberry Pi

Booting your Raspberry Pi for the first time

The Raspberry Pi Software Configuration Tool

Finishing up

Common problems

Summary

4. An Introduction to the Raspbian Desktop

4. An Introduction to the Raspbian Desktop

The Raspbian desktop

The Raspbian filesystem

A tour of the Raspbian desktop

Virtual desktops

Network management with Raspbian

Customizing your Raspbian desktop

Preinstalled software

File management in Xfce

Summary

5. Installing Software on Raspbian

5. Installing Software on Raspbian

Package management in Linux

Methods of installing software

Using the console

Synaptic GUI Package Manager

The Pi Store

Installing software from source

Installing updates

Other software that you can install

Summary

6. The Console

6. The Console

Bash

Launching the bash command interpreter

Basic bash commands

The autocompletion of commands

Running commands as root

Moving around the filesystem using bash

Manipulating files

Redirection in bash

Environmental variables

Basic scripting

Text editors

Summary

7. Other Linux Distributions Based on Raspbian

7. Other Linux Distributions Based on Raspbian

Raspbmc

Volumio

ThinBox

PiPlay

Torberry

Kali

Summary

A. References

Chapter 1, The Raspberry Pi and Raspbian

Chapter 2, Getting Started with Raspbian

Chapter 4, An Introduction to the Raspbian Desktop

Chapter 5, Installing Software on Raspbian

Chapter 6, The Console

Chapter 7, Other Linux Distributions Based on Raspbian

Index

Index

Raspbmc

Raspbmc (http://www.raspbmc.com/) is a Linux distribution based on Raspbian that lets you run XBMC (now called Kodi) on your Raspberry Pi. Kodi is an award-winning media player and entertainment hub designed to run on as many different devices as possible, including the Raspberry Pi.

Thanks to the Broadcom CPU and VideoCore IV graphics engine, the Raspberry Pi has more than enough power to handle media playback. This allows you to turn your Raspberry Pi into a powerful, extremely low-cost media center with low power consumption.

By installing Raspbmc on your Raspberry Pi, you can turn your Raspberry Pi into a fully-featured media center that can play movies and music on your TV. Kodi lets you use any smartphone or tablet with Wi-Fi as a remote control.

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