Workshop: Raspberry Pi / Linux User Group

On Tuesday 15.1.2018 we will hold workshop about Raspberry Pi and Linux usage. We have few extra Raspberries, but it is recommended to bring your own. Bringing additional keyboards, mice and displays with hdmi-cable would be helpful too, but we’ll make it work what we have available.

Rough outline of workshop contents:

• What it is? + brief history
• Linux distributions
  • General distros: NOOBS, Raspbian, etc
  • Special purpose distros: RetroPie, chilipie-kiosk, etc
• Configuring your Raspi
  • raspi-config command-line tool
  • Connecting to Wifi
  • Security, SSH
  • Notes on SD card durability
• Usage and projects
  • GPIO pins, for electronics projects
  • Magic mirror info screen, https://magicmirror.builders/
  • Home Assistant, home automation hub, https://www.home-assistant.io/
  • Music player, http://www.pimusicbox.com/
  • LibraryBox/PirateBox, https://github.com/msoula/cosmicbox