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The first time you boot your Raspberry Pi, it will not immediately boot into the kind of graphical
environment you would normally see in, say, a Windows computer. Instead, it will stop to allow a
first-time configuration (see Figure 1-10). It is a good idea to make a number of the configuration
changes shown here.
Figure 1-10 Configuration screen
First, if your SD card is larger than 2GB, the Raspberry Pi will only make use of the first 2GB
unless you select the option to expand_rootfs. Select this option using the UP and DOWN ARROW keys
and ENTER.
Another change well worth making is the boot_behaviour option. If this is not set to Boot Straight
to Desktop, you will be forced to log in and start the windowing environment manually each time you
power up your Raspberry Pi (see Figure 1-11).
Figure 1-11 Boot-to-desktop option
Summary
Now that we have set up our Raspberry Pi and it is ready to use, we can start exploring some of its
features and get a grip on the basics of Linux.
