The newbie... Part 1

Hello World!!

So I guess you have your RasPi and you're looking to do some really cool stuff with it... well I'm in the same boat as you, so I thought I'd document my journey and hopefully make it easier for others by helping them avoid the mistakes that I made along the way...

At this point I'm assuming that you have a whole bunch of bits just sitting in front of you and you're wondering what happens next.

The bare minimum... 

1) RasPi
2) Compatible Power Supply - Remember - 5V 1A
3) SD Card 4GB+
4) Ethernet Cable
5) Keyboard & Monitor (if your not planning on using a remote connection)

Now Remember... You have to crawl before you walk...

First things first, you will need to upload some kind of OS onto your SD card so your RasPi has a brain... otherwise its just a headless chicken!

The Guys & Gals at RasberryPi.org have us covered on this front, I like to use Rasbian so surprise surprise... thats the one that I'm going to be talking about on here!!

I wont go into details as they have pretty much put together a fool proof guide on how to get the disk image onto your SD card so that you can get going.

Just Follow this link and come back when your all done :)


WooHoo!!

Although my celebration may seem a tad bit premature, I think brain surgery deserves a big pat on the back! remember before you started you had a body but no brain, now you're ready to go... To infinity and beyond!!!

Click over to part 2 to see more :)