Raspberry Pi OS:
I chose the "Raspbian “wheezy”" operation system for the first steps. However, there is also an "Arch Linux ARM" and "RISC OS" available if you need a faster or more stable and pure system. The "Raspbian “wheezy”" is just fine for my purpose.The OS installation is easy: Download *.zip, unzip, store *.img on SD-card. Note, use " Win32DiskImager " if you use a Windows host PC or just "dd" if you use a Linux host PC to sotre the image on SD card. Then plug it in and follow the instructions on screen. I tried the composite video output but I would not recommend it for full HD screens. HDMI is a good choice and you can use its audio output, too.
There is a (really) simple desctop available which you can get with "startx". The cpu properties are accessible with the terminal-bash command: and the cpu temperature can be requested with: What's next?
- vsftpd := Very Secure FTP Daemon
- motion := Webcam http jpg-streamer
- mpd, mpc := Music Player Daemon/ Music Player Client
- tvheadend := DVB TS streaming server
- LAMP := Linux, Apache HTTP, Mysql, PHP/Perl/Python
- OWEYL := Or What Ever You Like ;)
Rapture: Network technique: Home-Server: Configuration