How to do it...

By performing the following steps, we will prepare the SD card to run NOOBS. This will then allow us to select and install the operating system we want to use:

  1. Get your SD card ready.
  2. On a freshly formatted or new SD card, copy the contents of the NOOBS_vX.zip file. When it has finished copying, you should end up with something like the following screenshot of the SD card:
NOOBS files extracted onto the SD card
The files may vary slightly with different versions of NOOBS, and the icons displayed may be different on your computer.
  1. You can now put the card into your Raspberry Pi, connect it to a keyboard and display, and turn ...

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