O'Reilly Media book: Raspberry Pi Cookbook

• http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920029595.do
• …
• $ sudo apt-get update
• $ sudo apt-get upgrade
• reboot afterwards
• …
• 2.6. Connecting with a Console Lead (using a serial terminal connection and a remote login program like "cu" AKA "call unix" or kermit)
• 2.9. File Sharing on a Mac Network (using netatalk)
• 2.10. Sharing the Pi Screen on a Mac (using VNC)
• 3.6. Editing a File (using the nano editor)
• 3.15. Making a Screen Capture (using scrot)
• 3.16. Installing Software with apt-get
• 3.17. Removing Software Installed with apt-get
• 3.26. Listing Connected USB Devices (using lsusb)
• 4 Software
• 4.3. Installing other Browsers (chromium-browser, iceweasel (Firefox))
• 4.4. Using the Pi Store [link]
• 13.4. Displaying Messages on an Alphanumeric LCD
• …

O'Reilly Media book: Getting Started with Raspberry Pi

• http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920023371.do
• $ sudo raspi-config
• $ cat /proc/version
• $ cat /proc/cpuinfo
• http://elinux.org/RPi_Hub – Raspberry Pi Wiki
• http://elinux.org/RPi_VerifiedPeripherals
• the Scratch programming language [wiki] – an educational programming language
• the Arduino microcontroller development platform
• it has general purpose input and output pins right on the board
• …

my open Raspberry Pi questions

• Should I use a USB-attachable external disk for swapping? (I do have a few "spare" ones)
• …

To be continued …

"Getting Started with Java SE Embedded on the Raspberry Pi" (by Bill Courington and Gary Collins)

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/java/raspberrypi-1704896.html by Bill Courington and Gary Collins

It includes a lot of useful Linux tweaks, that you may want to apply apart from installing Java SE anyway.

Resize the SD Card Partitions:

About half the card’s space is unallocated. The biggest chunk of free space follows the /dev/sdb3 partition. To add this space to /dev/sdb2 (the file system), we temporarily delete /dev/sdb3, extend /dev/sdb2, then re-create /dev/sdb3.

I started making use of the "Java SE" label with this article. Should apply it elsewhere as well.

It has a section "Optional Linux Tuning and Tweaking":

• Set Up Static IP Address
• Enable Swapping and Optimize File System Access Time
• Set Time Zone and Locale
• Set Up a Time Server
• Set Up an Internet Proxy
• Remap the Keyboard
• Update Debian Packages
• Automatically Start the Graphical User Interface
• Add a Different Web Browser
• Enable Sound

Do I really want to swap on the SD card? They discourage it there.

Debian Linux: administration, …

The "Raspberry Pi" is my second encounter with Debian, ASUS's early "Eee PC" was the first. I need to refresh and extend my knowledge there.

• wiki.debian.org – as always: prefer the wiki over "offline maintained documentation"
• wiki.debian.org/SystemAdministration
• wiki.debian.org/Locale
• …
• http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/
• …
• http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/
• http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html : Debian package management: dpkg-*, *-apt-*, aptitude, synaptic, …
• …
• http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/refcard/
• http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/refcard/refcard.en.pdf
• …
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Packaging_Tool – the APT collection of tools: *-apt-*, aptitude, synaptic, …
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dpkg – the software at the base of the Debian package management system: dpgk-*
• …
• http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dpkg
• http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=apt
• …

purchased my 1st "Raspberry Pi" "Model B" last (Friday) night

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi
• Conrad @ Berlin, Schöneberg [link]
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_Wheezy
• http://www.raspberrypi.org/

I found a cooperative employee at the Conrad branch, who got me all the things I needed, including Wheezy on an SD card. But I didn't know, how and which monitor I would attach, so that's what I have to solve on my 2nd related visit at the shop. I am rather hot to see it booting soon.

Unnecessary:

• I should not have purchased the mega-sized AVM wifi dongle.
• I should have found out before (at least before getting the converter), how to connect the Pi to monitors.

Update 2013-12-08:

• got me more HDMI-DVI-adpaters yesterday, with cables,
• should have gotten me a USB hub as well, as there are only 2 USB plugs,
• well, the USB mouse went into the (playstation2) keyboard,
• the EDIMAX wifi dongle found its plug,
• got it booted,
• got it connected via LAN to the Internet,
• got wifi set up through WPS.
• had to stop my experiments in favour of son#2.

This IS different to KDE and GNOME:

• (apparently) you cannot set up the date/time format centraly,
• even not the timezone.
• you also cannot set up the virtual desktops in a grid.
• …

But it IS Linux / Unix, and it is X-Windows, and it connects to the Internet, and there is a modern browser, …

• I created a separate "bookmark article" on Java SE on the Raspberry Pi, cf. the "Raspberry Pi" label on this blog

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