RPi Easy SD Card Setup - eLinux.org

Debian Wheezy, using raspi-config
Debian Wheezy has a menu that will do some of the above and more. See raspi-config
Intro to the CLI (Command Line
Interface)
You will need to use the Command Line Interface at some point in your management of
the RPi. The command line interface is a powerful way to interact with the Raspberry Pi
and is well worth learning some basic commands to get started with.
For an introductory guide to some basic commands please see: Command Line Interface
"Must Have" Commands (http://elinux.org/CLI_Spells) . Featured on the Raspberry Pi
home page (http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1414) was also a link to this site for
"learning the shell" (http://linuxcommand.org/learning_the_shell.php)
Your SD card may boot into a GUI, if not and you are done with the text interface and
want to use a graphical one instead, run:
startx
Remote Access
Your default install probably has a ssh (secure shell) "daemon" running. This means that
you can run everything on your Rpi with only the network attached. Provided you know
which ip address it has. With appropriate software installed on your Winodws, Mac or
Linux PC, you can also run a gui remotely.
Prior to your initial remote access it is recommended that you regenerate unique host
public/private ID keys with the following command
rm /etc/ssh/ssh_host_* && dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server
More details about remote access (including remote GUI are at RPi Remote Access