In this chapter, we had a look at the different parts of the Raspberry Pi board and learned a bit about how it came to be. We also learned about the importance of a good power supply and how a powered USB-hub can help alleviate some of the power drain caused by hungry USB peripherals.

We then gave our Pi an operating system to run by downloading and writing Raspbian onto an SD card. Raspbian was booted and configured with the Raspi-config utility. We also learned a few helpful Linux commands and how the Pi was set up to accept remote connections from SSH clients over the network.

Finally, we learned how to keep both software and firmware up-to-date and ready for maximum mischief.

In the upcoming chapter, we'll be connecting sound gadgets to the Pi and getting our feet wet in the big pond of spy techniques.