If you are new to Raspberry Pi and Pi 4, you might be wondering where you should start. After all, there are millions of different projects out there and looking through all of them might be quite confusing, especially if you have little to no experience with DIY projects.

In this article, I’ll give you a few starting points to get you working on your projects in no time. Some of the projects I mention are suitable for absolute beginners while others are more suitable for more experienced makers that are new to the Raspberry Pi, and specifically the Pi 4.

First Steps for Getting Familiar with Pi 4

Before you dive in blindly, make sure you get familiar with your new Raspberry Pi 4.

You should set up a Wi-Fi connection if you have one and enable SSH. If you are also new to Linux (remember, Raspbian Buster is a Linux distribution), take a look at this list of commonly- used commands.