Thanks, Dougie, I got it working but I still wonder why the NOOBS menu selection does not work.

When I select USA language and keyboard on the NOOBS ( Ver. 1.3.2 Nov 2 2013) screen, the selection seems to take effect. But when I type the pipe symbol ( | ), I get a tilde. This happens with two different keyboards and every time I reboot, the default language comes up in English UK and keyboard ...

I picked this up somewhere on the internet and it sounds just too good to be true. I am a Linux newbie and could not get it to work, but maybe some magician out there can make it work. This example is for the AT&T network in the USA. At the command line type: mail -s "converged" (your telephone numb...

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I don't know if this is the proper place for this, but here it is: Here is a simple way to connect the P1 pins on the RPi to a solderless prototyping board. No modifications or soldering are required. It uses an old computer cable and long, breakaway header pins. Do not be tempted to trim the comput...