The Raspberry Pi is about as minimalist as a computer gets, but it has
the power to run a full Linux operating system and many great desktop
and command line tools as well. Can you push it to operate at the level
of a $2,000 computer? This book is here to help you find out.
The primary focus of this book is getting as much as possible done with
a simple Pi through non-graphic, non-mouse means. This means the
keyboard and the text-mode screen. On the desktop side, you'll look at
many of the most powerful GUI apps available, as these offer an easy
entry to get started as you learn the command line.
You'll begin by setting up and configuring a Raspberry Pi with the
option to run it as a graphical desktop environment or even more
economically boot straight to the command line. If you want more
performance, more efficiency, and (arguably) less complexity from your
Pi that can only be found through the keyboard and command line.
You'll also set up and configure a Raspberry Pi to use command line
tools from within either the Raspberry Pi terminal, or by logging in
remotely through some other computer. Once in, you'll look at Package
Managers, Tmux, Ranger, and Midnight Commander as general-purpose power
tools. The book then gets into specific task-oriented tools for reading
email, spreadsheet work, notes, security, web browsing and design,
social media, task and video password management, coding, and much more.
There are conceptual overviews of Markdown, LaTeX, and Vim for work.
What You'll Learn
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Set up a Raspberry Pi system to get real work done using only the
command line
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Login to a Pi remotely to use it as a remote server
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Integrate desktop Linux with command line mastery to optimize a Pi
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Work with tools for audio, writing news and weather, books, and
graphics.
**Who This Book Is For
**Those with minimal technical skills or hobbyists who are interested in
"retro computing" or "minimalist" approaches.
