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Raspberry Pi Essentials

You're reading from Raspberry Pi Essentials Get up and running with the Raspberry Pi to develop captivating projects

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2015

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781784396398

Length 212 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Raspberry Pi

Concepts

Wearable Tech

Author (1):

Jack Creasey

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Table of Contents (10) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Started with Raspberry Pi

2. Configuring the Raspberry Pi Desktop and Software FREE CHAPTER

3. Raspberry Pi and Cameras

4. Raspberry Pi Audio Input and Output

5. Port Input and Output on the Raspberry Pi

6. Driving I2C Peripherals on the Raspberry Pi

7. Going Mobile with Raspberry Pi

8. Creating a Raspberry Pi Line-following Robot

Index

A quick tour of the desktop

After restarting your Pi, the Raspbian graphical desktop appears, and you are logged in as pi with the password as raspberry (if you did not change it).

Notice that the desktop is uncluttered. All the current GUI applications are located in the menu and five applications are on the quick launch bar. From the Menu/Shutdown, you can Shutdown, Reboot, or Logout. The following is a list of quick pointers of handy keyboard accelerators that you might find useful:

Ctrl + Alt + Backspace: Use this key combination to log out of the current Xsession user (use Xsession to login).
Ctrl + Alt + F1: Use this key combination to switch to a command session on tty1 (type exit to close)
Ctrl + Alt + F7: Use this key combination to switch back to the graphical desktop
Ctrl + Alt + F2 through F6: Use this key combination to switch to a command session on tty2-tty6

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Authors (1)

Jack Creasey

Jack Creasey

Jack Creasey has been in the technology industry for more than 30 years, the last 15 years as a Senior Program Manager in hardware and software design. His expertise includes designing, developing, and teaching IT courseware. He is an avid inventor and holds 13 patents in hardware and software design. After retiring early from the computing industry, Jack avidly participates in social network groups that share his passion for next generation technology solutions.

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