Keyboard, Mouse, and Monitor
Any standard USB computer keyboard and mouse can be used with the Pi. If you don’t have an extra wired keyboard and mouse available, I recommend buying a wireless keyboard and mouse that use a dedicated 2.4 Hz USB dongle.
While you can pair a Bluetooth keyboard to the Pi, you won’t be able to do so until after you create a user account and select the Bluetooth option from the desktop Settings app. And if you encounter any problems booting your Pi, you won’t be able to interact with it from the command line since the Bluetooth connection might not be established. Using a dedicated wireless keyboard/mouse dongle communicates with the Pi just like any other wired USB keyboard and mouse. This assumes that the wireless ...
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