First boot

Expand storage
Start desktop
Reboot

Continue by plugging the LAN cable, then in the router admin panel, find the IP address of the pi. Connect:

ssh pi@ipaddress

Type in raspberry as the password.

CLI

sudo apt-get install tmux -y
curl https://gist.github.com/ramontayag/5079630/raw/ba4be5de45fa77a725e5396695a997de427c8c08/gistfile1.txt > ~/.tmux.conf
tmux
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install htop vim monit zsh git-core -y

ZSH

Follow these instructions. Then log out, and log back in.

vim ~/.zshrc:

bindkey -v
bindkey "^R" history-incremental-search-backward

Network

To connect to the wifi, follow this blog post

sudo apt-get install raspberrypi-bootloader

BitTorrent Sync

mkdir -p ~/Downloads/btsync
cd ~/Downloads/btsync
wget http://btsync.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/btsync_arm.tar.gz
tar zxvf btsync_arm.tar.gz
cd ..
sudo mv btsync /opt
/opt/btsync/btsync --dump-sample-config > ~/.btsync.conf

Open the btsync config (vim ~/.btsync.conf) and change the following:

"My Sync Device" to the what you want your Raspberry Pi to be known as in the BitTorrent Sync network
Uncomment the pid file line "pid_file" : "/var/run/btsync/btsync.pid", and change it to "pid_file" : "/var/run/btsync.pid"
In the webui section, "password" : "password" to set the password (change the one on the right) that you need to enter when opening the web app.
Change /home/user to /home/pi

Monit

sudo vim /etc/monit/conf.d/btsync.monitrc

Paste the ff:

check process btsync with pidfile /var/run/btsync.pid
  start program = "/bin/bash -c '/opt/btsync/btsync --config /home/pi/.btsync.conf'"
  stop program = "/bin/bash -c '/bin/kill -9 `cat /var/run/btsync.pid`'"
  if failed host 127.0.0.1 port 8888 then restart
  if cpu is greater than 90% for 2 cycles then alert
  if cpu > 95% for 30 cycles then restart

sudo vim /etc/monit/monitrc

uncomment the httpd part, with and pick a password

Then reload monit:

sudo monit reload

USB Auto Mount

Instructions from here

Find out where in /dev/sd* your disk is (probably /dev/sda1):

sudo fdisk -l

You should create the directory where you want it to be mounted: sudo mkdir /mount/storage

Format

If you need format the drive, see this. I followed the format portion only, not the mount.

Knowing your Pi's Dynamic IP

One thing you can use BitTorrent Sync for is to update (you're most likely using a dynamic IP) the public IP address of the connection your Pi is using. This is helpful if you port forward to your Pi.

Make a script that we can run:

mkdir ~/about
mkdir ~/scripts
vim ~/scripts/public_ip_dump

Paste:

#!/bin/bash

IP=`curl -s checkip.dyndns.org|sed -e 's/.*Current IP Address: //' -e 's/<.*$//'`
echo $IP > /home/pi/about/ip.txt

Make it executable:

chmod +x ~/scripts/public_ip_dump

Now set it to run every 30 minutes:

crontab -e