I would start with the question, what is your background?
If you have little to no background in electronics or computer sciences then I suggest you start with the basic of establishing a Pi desktop. Most individuals are familiar with some kind of desktop computer. Whether it be a Microsoft Windows or Apple Mac operating system (O/S). Raspberry Pi's have a number of O/S's depending on what you may want to do.
Raspbian O/S is a good starting point. Find out how to download the image files needed. A full version of the O/S is what you need. Lite version removes all the overhead associated with a graphic user interface (GUI).
Starting at getting a desktop working gets you familiar with imaging SD cards and configuration that have been simplified through raspi-config. Work through the command line gives you exposure into computer O/S details. Desktop builds give you something for your efforts in the end. You deal with conductivity to the Internet with wireline or wireless technologies so your Pi can actually use the Internet. Doing local customizations through raspi-config provides some foundation knowledge, like establishing interfaces to devices that use I2c or SPI.
I teach a one day workshop. Getting a Pi displaying content to a screen is an accomplishment. Getting internet working is the second step. Most O/S's are delivered baked. Pi O/S's give you something to explore.
I would start with the question, what is your background?
If you have little to no background in electronics or computer sciences then I suggest you start with the basic of establishing a Pi desktop. Most individuals are familiar with some kind of desktop computer. Whether it be a Microsoft Windows or Apple Mac operating system (O/S). Raspberry Pi's have a number of O/S's depending on what you may want to do.
Raspbian O/S is a good starting point. Find out how to download the image files needed. A full version of the O/S is what you need. Lite version removes all the overhead associated with a graphic user interface (GUI).
Starting at getting a desktop working gets you familiar with imaging SD cards and configuration that have been simplified through raspi-config. Work through the command line gives you exposure into computer O/S details. Desktop builds give you something for your efforts in the end. You deal with conductivity to the Internet with wireline or wireless technologies so your Pi can actually use the Internet. Doing local customizations through raspi-config provides some foundation knowledge, like establishing interfaces to devices that use I2c or SPI.
I teach a one day workshop. Getting a Pi displaying content to a screen is an accomplishment. Getting internet working is the second step. Most O/S's are delivered baked. Pi O/S's give you something to explore.
