Raspberry Pi (Chinese name is "Raspberry Pie", abbreviated as RPi, or RASPI/RPI) is designed for students ' computer programming education, only card-type computers with credit cards size. A. Raspberry-installable Operating system
Linux:raspbian,arch Linux ARM
Unix:freebsd,netbsd
Windows:windows for Raspberry Pi 2
2. Most widely used: raspbian--is based on Debian, optimized for raspberry pie
3. Emphasis on customization: Arch Linux arm--is lightweight, concise, custom-born
4.raspbmc--uses Kodi (Xbmc/xbox Media Center) to create a multimedia center
5.Chromium os--Cloud Operating system, Chinese mainland users are not easy to use
6.Windows Lot Internet version two. Linux operating system installation method
method One: Use Noobs to install the system to format the TF card into FAT32 format
NOTE: TF (micro SD) card needs to be greater than 4GB, and not all TF cards can be compatible with raspberry pie, Baidu query Compatibility List to the Raspberry website download noobs (click on the homepage after the download can see NOOBS) Copy all files extracted by noobs to the root of the TF card to connect the monitor. And give the raspberry to send electricity (5v,2a power, also can directly use the computer's USB jack) after initialization completes, you will enter the Noobs assistant interface to select you need to install the operating system, then clicks the above install The OS can enter after the installation is complete and click OK, then Raspberry Pi will reboot, so the system installation is complete
method Two: Directly install Linux system to SD card to the Raspberry website Download the official system image you need download the installation Image tool Win32diskimager
Run Win32diskimager, select the System Image (img file) in the software, and then select the TF card letter device (device).
Click Write, wait for write complete, wait until the dialog box write successful to show success.
Note: After the write, the win system to see the SD only dozens of MB, this is normal, because Linux under the partition win is not visible under.
Connect the monitor and send the raspberry to power, so the system installation is complete