Go to the [Raspberry PI OS](https://www.raspberrypi.org/) website and download the Desktop OS.
Find a way to flash the OS to your SD card.
There are multiple options to do so so feel free to look for the way that looks the most straight forward to you.
Once up and running have a look around the OS and see if you recognise the *desktop environment*.
Configure the desktop environment to your liking such as keyboard, language, timezone etc.
Connect to internet and perform an upgrade of the system so that all software is up to date.
(You can connect either over Wifi of over ethernet, your choice.)
Was everything already up to date?
If not, why would a fresh install have updates?
Do you recognise any of the packages that need upgrading?
I would like you to take some notes concerning the topics above, preferably with a markdown file on your gitea account. (you'll need the notes later for debrief)
You might have to install some things, maybe not.
Which text editor did you choose?
Are you visualising your markdown file before pushing?
If so, how are you doing this?
Can you tell me a bit more about this computer?
Some *details* about the system such as RAM, CPU type/count, how many users are known to the system, ip address, kernel version, temperature, etc. (the more the better)
Which programs are you using to find out about the system?
Are there multiple ways of discovering this information?
### Extra challenge
Can you connect to our matrix server and send us a message from this computer?
For the next part you will have to setup the same Raspberry PI but without graphical interface.
I advise you to make do some research on how to configure all the system setting you did but *without* a GUI.
Best to keep track of this research.
Power down the PI in a *clean* manner and move on to the next challenge.
## Headless installation
On the same website as before you can also download an image without a desktop environment.
Which one would it be?
Find it, download it and flash it to your sd card.
Once the PI is up and running log in and find a way to connect to the internet over Wifi and confirm you have an actual internet connection.
You can do this any way you deem fit but please keep a note on how you do it and if you know multiple ways, please write them down.
Clone the repository you made during the previous install to this one and note some of the differences you spot between this installation and the previous one.
Is this system up to date?
If not, is it a big difference?
What services are running?
What's the memory usage difference?
How annoying is multitasking on this installation?
Can you think of an *easy* way to be more productive?
Next up I would like you to install an ssh server on this Raspberry PI.
Confirm it's running and accepting connections.
(I'm very willing to debug your connection from my computer but you'll have to tell me what to do)
You can again do this in any way you can think of but keep track of what works and what doesn't.
Your next step will be to log into this machine without screen and keyboard connected so write down any information you might need to do so.
How will you find your Raspberry PI on the network?
Once you're confident the ssh server is up and running turn off the Raspberry PI, again in a *clean* manner, and disconnect the screen and keyboard.
## Time go fully headless
Get your windows machine back up and running and log into your Raspberry PI over ssh.
Does windows have a built in ssh client?
You might need to download one.
Are you sure this is your Raspberry PI?
Can you *accidentally* log into the wrong PI?
How would you make it more clear for yourself (and others) that your PI is yours?
