Powerpoint presentation to complement the beginning lesson of the Raspberry Pi classes.

1. Raspberry Pi: An Introduction

2. What is a Raspberry Pi?
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l...um, that would be spelled “Pie,” not “Pi.”

3. Seriously, what is it?
The Raspberry Pi is
la credit-card sized computer
lthat plugs into your TV and a keyboard.
lIt is a capable little computer which can be used in electronics
projects, and for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like
spreadsheets, word-processing and games.
lSource: http://www.raspberrypi.org/help/faqs/#introWhatIs

4. The Brief Tour

5. Safety FIRST!
lThe Raspberry Pi is an electrical device. It has
live current flowing through it.
lRule of thumb: if it's metal, don't touch it!
lRule of 2
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thumb: if you're not 100% sure, ask.
lRule of 3
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thumb: add power last and remove it
first.

6. Setup: nuts & bolts
Power strip / surge protector. Make sure the
cords reach.
Monitor: one end of HDMI/video cable.
All the USB bits (keyboard, mouse, WiFi dongle):
plug into USB hub.

7. Setup: Pi connections
Put the Pi on a non-conductive surface.
The bottom half of its case is a good choice.
Connect the other end of HDMI/video cable.
Plug the USB hub's cable into the Pi.
Attach headphones, if desired.
Insert the SD card – make sure it is well-seated.
Optionally, put the top half of the case on the Pi.

8. Give me POWER
Plug in power for the monitor and turn it on
Plug in power for the USB hub
...now, at last...
Plug in power for the Raspberry Pi!
You have now assembled a real,
functional Linux system, with all its
power at your fingertips.

9. The Pi has you....
Watch the Raspbian Linux initialization scroll
past. Cool, huh?
Log in.
User name: pi
Password: library
If it doesn't work, don't worry. Try again.

10. Get thee to a GUI, go
The command prompt is powerful, but can be
intimidating at first.
At the command prompt, invoke the following
command:
startx
Watch the X Window System start up.

11. Click around, Click around
lTake a few minutes to get familiar with the UI.

12. Time for a clean shutdown
Like most modern operating systems, Linux keeps some
of its filesystem data in memory for performance reasons.
To prevent data loss, do the following:
Open LX Terminal
At the command prompt, type the following:
sudo shutdown -h now
Wait for the Pi to shut down.
Unplug the Pi's power.

13. Powering down
Unplug the power from the Pi.
Unplug the power from the USB hub.
Unplug the power from the monitor.

14. Pack it up
Disconnect everything.
Inventory everything. Make sure it's all there.
Put it all back where you found it.
Make it neater than you found it, if possible!