Chapter 1. Getting Started with a Raspberry Pi Computer

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

• Connecting the Raspberry Pi
• Using NOOBS to set up your Raspberry Pi SD card
• Networking and connecting your Raspberry Pi to the Internet via the LAN connector
• Using built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on the Raspberry Pi
• Configuring your network manually
• Networking directly to a laptop or computer
• Networking and connecting your Raspberry Pi to the Internet via a USB Wi-Fi dongle
• Connecting to the Internet through a proxy server
• Connecting remotely to the Raspberry Pi over the network using VNC
• Connecting remotely to the Raspberry Pi over the network using SSH (and X11 Forwarding)
• Sharing the home folder of the Raspberry Pi with SMB
• Keeping the Raspberry Pi up to date