Introduction
Just in case you want to use these tutorials on your own, here is some basic information. However, if you are coming to our workshop, you don't really need to read this in detail - just skim it so that you know what a Raspberry Pi is!
Getting started
You can find advice on buying a Raspberry Pi here http://elinux.org/RPi_Buying_Guide
Go to the http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads page and download the ‘debian image’, which you then need to transfer to an SD card. Further help is available here: http://elinux.org/RPi_Easy_SD_Card_Setup
Setup Tutorial
Links used in this tutorial: Raspberry Pi Operating System Downloads: http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads Win32DiskImager: https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/+download MD5 & SHA-1 Checksum Utility: http://download.cnet.com/MD5-SHA-1-Checksum-Utility/3000-2092_4-10911445.html See http://www.raspberrypi.org/ for more info.
Existing resources
More links for Raspberry Pi
- http://elinux.org/Rpi_Education
- http://python4kids.wordpress.com/ - python for kids, raspberry pi, minecraft, etc.
