Installing Raspbian Jessie

Installing Raspbian Jessie is fairly straight forward. In this post we'll about downloading the image file, installation, and the first boot.

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Downloading Raspbian
Raspbian can be downloaded from the official Raspberry Pi website.
If you don't need all the bells and whistles, or are working with a small SD card, you'll want to download the lite version. However, most users will want the full edition.

Please Download with Torrent!
For those who haven't used torrents before, it's a method of downloading files, but instead of downloading them from the server, you download from other users who already have the file. Torrents are safe to use and often faster than downloading from the server. By using Torrent, you also save the Raspberry Pi foundation money by not using their server. Remember, they're a non-profit! They need to save as much money as they can!

Installation
You can follow our instructions for restoring an SD card image using dd on Linux here.
Otherwise, click here for the official guide.

First Boot
Simply insert the SD card into the Pi and apply power!



Those following our installation tutorial may notice after installing to the SD card, the Disk Utility shows a large portion of the SD card unused. Not to worry, the Raspbian automatically fixes this on first boot.



There you have it! A fully functional Raspbian system! Next week we'll show you how to change the password and install Weaved for easy remote access.



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