Please download the following software if you want to follow along with the instructions in this chapter:
Raspbian Stretch: Raspbian Stretch is the operating system (OS) that we will write to a microSD card. Stretch is the OS that will run our Raspberry Pi. It can be downloaded from https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/ This OS is developed specifically for the Raspberry Pi.
Balena Etcher: This software will format the microSD card and write the Raspbian Stretch image to the microSD card. It can be downloaded from https://www.balena.io/etcher/.
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