Installing Raspbian on a SD card via Ubuntu/linux is rather simple here are the steps, software, and equipment I used to install the Raspbian image onto an SD card.

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Equipment

• SanDisk 16 GB micro SD Memory Card or SanDisk 32 GB micro SD Memory Card (Note: the Raspberry Pi will only take up to 32 GB micro SD card)

• SanDisk microSD to SD Memory Card Adapter

• Sabrent SuperSpeed 2-Slot USB 3.0 Flash Memory Card Reader (Note: my laptop had a card reader built in so you my not need this if you computer already has one)

Software

• Standard Linux Drive Viewer (comes with all linux distributions)
• Raspbian OS (Note: I downloaded RASPBIAN JESSIE WITH PIXEL not RASPBIAN JESSIE LITE)

Steps

1. Insert the micro SD card (16 GB or 32 GB) into the SD card adapter
2. Insert SD card adapter into SD card reader
   1. If you are using a external SD card reader, plug that into an open USB port on your computer
3. On the computer open a browser window and go to www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian
   1. download the image file
4. Once downloaded, simply double click on the image file and a pop up window will appear
   1. if you can not find where the file go downloaded type CTRL+J and open the file loaction
5. The window will ask you for a destination to write to. (be sure to choose your SD card you want to use) This will erase everything on the destination drive you choose
   1. if you do not know what your SD card is called open a folder and navigate your drives till you find the one you want to use
6. Once you have chosen the right SD card click start restoring.
7. Wait a sec and your done. Now take the micro SD card out of the adapter and insert it into the Raspberry Pi.