RaspberryPi setup

Image download and writing

• http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads

Configurations
Raspbian

• On very first booting, raspi-config configuration screen will be shown.
• Raspbian mirrors: http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianMirrors
• Raspbian FAQ: http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianFAQ
• Also you can use the following URL doc. http://elinux.org/RPi_Beginners

ArchLinux

• http://elinux.org/RPi_Resize_Flash_Partitions#Manually_resizing_the_SD_card_on_Raspberry_Pi
• http://elinux.org/ArchLinux_Install_Guide
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Raspberry_Pi

Swap
Raspbian

• At least Raspbian 2013-09-25, you don't need any changes for swap. The swap file and swappiness configurations are fully tweaked.
• Read /etc/fstab.
• http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/70/how-to-set-up-swap-space
• http://neil.franklin.ch/Projects/dphys-swapfile/
• Read /etc/sysctl.conf.

ArchLinux

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/swap

RPi Camera

• http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=368099#p368099
• http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=53936
• On error 'failed to open vchiq instance': http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianQuake3