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Raspberry Pi Linux LESSON 18: Connect from Windows Using Putty SSH Telnet Client

We are now ready to begin connecting to the Raspberry Pi remotely from a windows based machine. This lesson shows you how to install Putty, a SSH Telnet Client, onto your windows machine, and then connect to the Raspberry Pi from anywhere on your network. You will end up with a Terminal window on your desktop computer that is connected to your Raspberry Pi. Remote login is one of the powerful features of Linux.

Raspberry Pi with Linux LESSON 11: Fixing Problem with Keyboard and Special Characters

The standard boot configuration of the Raspberry pi can lead to some characters not working properly on US keyboards. In particular, the shift-number characters like !,~,# can not be where you expect them. The easiest way to fix this is to edit the nano /etc/default/keyboard file. The following should fix things for you.

$ sudo nano /etc/default/keyboard

Then on the line for XKBLAYOUT change it to:

XKBLAYOUT=”us”

That should make your pi work properly with most US keyboards.