Installing Raspbian

There are many operating systems that are available for the Raspberry Pi board, most of which are based on Linux. However, the one that is usually recommended is Raspbian, which is an operating system based on Debian that was specifically made for Raspberry Pi.

In order to install the Raspbian operating system on your Pi, the first step is to download the latest Raspbian image from the official Raspberry Pi website:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/

Next, insert the micro SD card into your computer using an adapter (an adapter is usually given with the SD card). To actually configure the SD card, it's best to refer to the official installation guides. If you use Windows, please refer to the following URL:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/windows.md ...

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