First start RaspberryPi instructions

first_start_pi_instructions.txt

sudo raspi-config # set hostname; ssh, vnc enable; spi enable
sudo leafpad /etc/ssh/sshd_config # set port, listen

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get purge bluej scratch greenfoot 

rm -rf ~/oldconffiles/ ~/oldconffiles/Scratch
rm -rf ~/Documents/*

sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
sudo locale-gen

sudo usermod -a -G spi,gpio pi

sudo apt-get install python-dev python-pip libfreetype6-dev libjpeg-dev
sudo -i pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
sudo apt-get purge python-pip

pip --version # pip 9.0.1 from /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (python 2.7)

sudo -H pip install --upgrade luma.led_matrix

git clone https://github.com/rm-hull/luma.led_matrix.git
python examples/matrix_demo.py

sudo pip install max7219 # alternative lib

# install some useful packages

sudo apt-get install vim mc htop