# Configure the OS

1. On your computer, open a terminal window or command prompt.
2. <mark style="color:yellow;">`ssh pi@carputer.local`</mark>
3. If your computer cannot find carputer.local, try just carputer without the .local on the end.  You may need to use a network scanner to find the carputer's IP address and connect with the IP address instead of carputer\[.local].
4. When you have a prompt that looks like `pi@carputer:~$`, you may continue.
5. <mark style="color:green;">`sudo apt update`</mark>
6. <mark style="color:green;">`sudo apt full-upgrade -y`</mark>
7. <mark style="color:green;">`sudo sed -i.orig -e 's/^publish-workstation=no/publish-workstation=yes/' /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf`</mark>
8. If your Pi has at least 2 GB of RAM: <mark style="color:green;">`sudo swapoff --all`</mark>
9. <mark style="color:green;">`sudo reboot`</mark>
10. Wait about a minute and then reconnect with ssh (see #1).