Make sure you have a **good & reliable** SD card and a **proper power supply**. The XZ-compressed should be written with an approved imaging tool capable of validating the burn.
* [Balena Etcher](https://www.balena.io/etcher/) an electron / node.js based cross-platform imaging tool [(may contain spyware)](https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues?q=is%3Aissue+spyware)
Login as **root** on HDMI / serial console or via SSH and use password **1234**. You will be prompted to change this password at first login. Next you will be asked to create a normal user account that is sudo enabled (beware of default QWERTY keyboard settings at this stage).