Raspberry Pi First Steps for 2020

More Tweaks

Optional, but helpful!

  • Change the pi user's password with passwd.
  • Update the hostname...
  • Install GPIO support...
  • More coming soon...
  • Optional: Add a wpa_supplicant.conf file. You can add this file in the first steps above. This will allow the Pi to connect to WiFi. Sometimes it's useful as a backup plan, but sometimes it's not really necessary. (Example conf file below.)

Example of wpa_supplicant.conf file

country=US
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
network={
    ssid="NETWORK-NAME-GOES-HERE"
    psk="PASSWORD-GOES-HERE"
    key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}