This is a special version of Debian Wheezy which takes advantage of the floating point features of the Raspbery Pi CPU giving a significant speed boost (the standard Debian for ARM doesn't).
Default Setup
Username: pi
Password: raspberry
Running The GUI
Enter the command:
startx
If you need to control the IO pins or modify files in protected locations use:
sudo startx
Built in command line configuration tool
sudo raspi-config
Updating Operating System and Tools
sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade
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