Computing with the Raspberry Pi: Command Line and GUI Linux

Book Description

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

• Set up a Raspberry Pi system to get real work done using only the command line
• Login to a Pi remotely to use it as a remote server
• Integrate desktop Linux with command line mastery to optimize a Pi
• 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.

中文：

书名：使用Raspberry PI进行计算：命令行和图形用户界面Linux

Raspberry PI几乎是一台电脑所能得到的最简单的东西，但它有能力运行完整的Linux操作系统，以及许多出色的桌面和命令行工具。你能推动它在一台2000美元的电脑上运行吗？这本书是为了帮助你找出答案。

这本书的主要焦点是通过非图形、非鼠标的方法尽可能多地使用简单的PI来完成。这意味着键盘和文本模式屏幕。在桌面端，您将看到许多可用的功能最强大的图形用户界面应用程序，因为这些应用程序为您提供了在学习命令行时轻松入门的入门途径。

您将从设置和配置Raspberry PI开始，并选择将其作为图形桌面环境运行，或者更经济地直接引导到命令行。如果您想要从PI获得更高的性能、更高的效率和(可以说)更低的复杂性，只能通过键盘和命令行找到。

您还将设置和配置Raspberry PI，以使用Raspberry PI终端中的命令行工具，或通过其他计算机远程登录。一旦进入，您将看到包管理器、Tmux、游骑兵和午夜指挥官，它们是通用的强大工具。然后，这本书进入了特定的面向任务的工具，用于阅读电子邮件、电子表格工作、笔记、安全、网页浏览和设计、社交媒体、任务和视频密码管理、编码等。有Markdown、LaTeX和Vim for Work的概念性概述。

What You’ll Learn

• 设置一个Raspberry PI系统，只需使用命令行即可完成实际工作
• 远程登录到PI以将其用作远程服务器
• 将桌面Linux与命令行精通集成在一起以优化PI
• 使用音频、撰写新闻和天气、书籍和图形的工具。

这本书是为谁写的

那些技术水平很低的人，或者对“复古计算”或“极简主义”方法感兴趣的爱好者。