Chapter 4

Working with Applications

The Raspberry Pi comes with a basic set of preinstalled desktop applications. You can use them to finish setting up your Pi before you begin learning more about the Linux operating system.

Introducing the Raspberry Pi Apps

Set Up Wi-Fi

View Web Pages

Work with Files in File Manager

Edit Text with Leafpad58

Configure the Desktop

Configure the Launch Panel

Introducing Raspberry Pi Apps

The Raspberry Pi uses an operating system called Linux, which is popular with software developers. Linux comes in many different distros, or distributions. The official distro for the Pi is called called Raspbian Wheezy, a customized version of Debian, a distro known for its reliability. (The Pi includes a reference guide to ...

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