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Learning Raspbian

You're reading from   Learning Raspbian Get up and running with Raspbian and make the most out of your Raspberry Pi

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784392192
Length 154 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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William Harrington William Harrington
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Table of Contents (10) Chapters Close

Preface 1. The Raspberry Pi and Raspbian 2. Getting Started with Raspbian FREE CHAPTER 3. Starting Raspbian 4. An Introduction to the Raspbian Desktop 5. Installing Software on Raspbian 6. The Console 7. Other Linux Distributions Based on Raspbian A. References Index

Chapter 4. An Introduction to the Raspbian Desktop

Now that you have got your Raspberry Pi set up and Raspbian configured, it is time to start using Raspbian on your Raspberry Pi! The Raspbian desktop is a simple, customizable, and easy-to-use desktop environment. This chapter will run you through how to customize it and some of the applications that are included with it.

We will cover the following topics in this chapter:

  • The Raspbian desktop
  • An introduction to the Linux filesystem
  • A tour of the Raspbian desktop
  • Virtual desktops
  • Network management with Raspbian
  • Customizing your Raspbian desktop
  • Preinstalled software
  • File management in Xfce
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