Introduction
This is a living and growing blogpost. I’ll collect some features and packages which are nice to have or useful on your Raspberry Pi. As I found most of the information on the web instead of figuring out myself, I’ll link to the tutorials I found.
If you have any suggestions, please feel free to let me know in the comments.
What to do with a Raspberry Pi
I assumed you know what you bought and probably you installed an OS already. I use Raspbian, and prefer it above other OS’es like Noobs or Pidora. I guess you also have some knowledge of Unix and Linux. If not, good luck with executing commands you don’t understand!
installing MySQL and the PHP extension.
A database is always useful, and apparently PHP can be used to build websites. Or so I’m told. Check this great tutorial. It’s easy.
Configure the Pi as an airplay device.
How cool is that! And relatively straightforward too. Go to http://www.raywenderlich.com/44918/raspberry-pi-airplay-tutorial. I started at the section “Updating the Packages”.
Make a box for it!
Personally, I love this tutorial on Instructables where user Sandshock demonstrates a nice looking oak casing for a few dollars.
Use it for your DDNS service
In a previous blogpost I explained how to make a Dynamic DNS service. The Raspberry is a perfect device for it.
Install version control software like Git or SVN
For installing SVN in Raspbian, Jeremy Morgan has a tutorial. I haven’t installed the GIT service yet, but I guess this is a good starting point on Instructables.
