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Introduction
This page contains a set of guides to show readers how to do useful tasks. These guides focus on achieving a goal as simply as possible, with the aim to build the confidence of the reader. Hopefully, the reader will also be inspired to learn at the same time.
The Raspberry Pi Forum has a list of Project Ideas & Links, to help people get started.
Please add links to your guides (and ones you find interesting).
Fill in each section:
- Guide Title (as a link to the project webpage or connected wiki page)
- Guide Description (including any additional links or information
- Tags (key words related to the project, i.e. LCD Screen, Teaching, Python)
- Author(s) or group who have produced it (also if it is an Open/Community Project for anyone to contribute)
- Guide Status (Not Started/In-Progress/Available).
Absolute beginners
Suitable for absolute beginners who have never experimented with Linux before.
Guide Title and Link |
Guide Description |
Tags |
Author |
Status |
Installing Chromium web browser |
Installing the Chromium web browser on Debian. |
Chromium |
bredman |
Ready for testing |
Easy
Suitable for beginners who are confident typing commands into Linux but need a lot of guidance.
Guide Title and Link |
Guide Description |
Tags |
Author |
Status |
Network Attached Storage |
Network Attached Storage - Basic concept: A place to save copies of all your important files |
Samba |
bredman - Open Project |
Tested on Debian, some help needed with Fedora chapter |
Python 3 on Debian |
Installing the latest Python 3 and common modules on Debian. |
Python |
croston |
Tested. Needs more modules adding |
Debian Auto Login/Startx |
How to launch LXDE without the need of a username/Password in Debian. |
LXDE, Boot, Login, Auto |
Ian Hartwell (helpme1986) |
Early draft. |
RPiForked-Daapd |
How to install Forked-Daapd, an itunes media server |
Debian, streaming, |
Greg (pr1sm) |
Early draft. |
Setting up a static IP in Debian |
How to set-up a static IP in Debian |
Debian, Static IP |
sleepy |
Available |
Medium
Suitable for beginners who are willing to experiment and only need a little guidance.
Guide Title and Link |
Guide Description |
Tags |
Author |
Status |
Classroom Boot Server |
Classroom boot server - Basic concept: A PXE server to allow cheap computers without hard disks to boot into Windows or Linux. |
PXE, netboot |
bredman - Open Project |
Lots of random text, needs organisation and testing |
Installing Ruby on Rails |
Installing Ruby on Rails and common modules on Debian. |
Ruby, Rails |
Erik |
Partially tested. Still early draft. |
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Installing VNC to allow remote control of the screen from another computer. |
VNC |
Simon H |
Early draft. |
iSCSI support and boot |
Adding iSCSI initiator/target support, setting up iSCSI initiator, and configuring booting from an iSCSI volume. |
iSCSI, netboot |
Alex (nidO) |
Early draft, tested |
Send email containing Pi ip address on boot |
Send email containing the ip of your Pi so you can access via SSH or other network protocol when your ip changes (moving networks) and you are working headless |
SSH, email, python |
--Geraldcor 03:36, 18 June 2012 (UTC) |
Early draft, tested |
Connecting securely to TightVNC over the Internet |
Guide to installing Tightvnc server on the Raspberry Pi and securing it using ssh to allow connecting over the Internet. |
VNC, ssh |
Stewart Watkiss |
Available |
Configuring a LAMP webserver |
Guide to configuring the Raspberry Pi as a LAMP (Linux, Apache, Mysql, PHP) webserver. |
apache, mysql, php |
Stewart Watkiss |
Available |
Advanced
Suitable for confident users who want to try something more advanced.
Guide Title and Link |
Guide Description |
Tags |
Author |
Status |
building and installing OpenELEC |
How to build and install OpenELEC,a embedded Multimedia Distro. You can learn (cross)compiling, building packages from source, how buildsystems are working and what is needed to install a OS on a SD-card for Raspberry Pi. |
XBMC, HTPC, Multimedia, Distro, compiling |
Stephan Raue |
Available |
Using Skypekit |
How to get started using Skypekit to make calls & chat. This is currently only useful for advanced users & developers. |
Skype, Skypekit |
Henry Cooke |
Early draft, in progress. |
Pre-configuring SD card with a static IP address |
Guide to pre-configuring a SD image so that it boots with a static IP address. Useful for running headless without needing to know what DHCP address will be allocated. |
networking, tcpip |
Stewart Watkiss |
Available |
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