Debian operating system

I'm currently unable to install Debian using the latest netinst from https://www.debian.org/distrib/, when selecting any "Install" option, the screen glitches.

Looking up the issue in the internet, it seems Debian is trying to launch the wrong resolution, some users suggest using the "Help" option in the menu to do something related to VGA but there is no such option on my screen.

Another user successfully Debian by actually editing their ISO to include the correct resolution... sorry if that's what it takes to install Debian, then I won't.

I'm not interested in the liveusb version as it is heavily bloated, if anyone knows of a command to trim down the live version to be the same as the netinst, I may try the Live CD.

Been trying to install distrobox on debian 12 but have been running into several issues. Is debian 12 not compatible with debian 12?

I've seen different opinions on this. Some people will certainly be looking for community-maintained distributions since they are unlikely to undergo a change like this. In particular some sysadmin Youtubers (like Veronica Explains) have been saying that they are switching their clients over. But others have been saying that Debian won't really have too much of a chance as they don't offer the same amount of professional support. What do you think?

Here’s a little script I use for every fresh install I do. It isn’t ground breaking stuff, but it saves me the hassle of diving into settings and finding all the check boxes to check. Here it is:

# Set Gnome Clock to AM/PM Mode
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface clock-format '12h'

# Enable Fractional Scaling
gsettings set org.gnome.mutter experimental-features "['scale-monitor-framebuffer']"

# Add Minimize and Maximize buttons
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout ':minimize,maximize,close'

# Display Battery Percentage
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface show-battery-percentage true

# Enable Tap to Click
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad tap-to-click true

# Enable Natural Scrolling
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.mouse natural-scroll true
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad natural-scroll true

# Install Flatpak
sudo apt install flatpak

# Add Flathub repository
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

# Install GNOME Software plugin
sudo apt install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak

To finish making gnome into a comfortable home for me, I also manually install the dash-to-dock and blur my shell gnome extensions.

Also note that I used to run into a bug with some apps and the fractional scaling option turned on. Even with the scaling set to a round number, apps like Vivaldi would be blurry when fractional scaling was enabled. When I had that issue I'd disable it and use gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface text-scaling-factor 1.2 instead.

Recently, I found myself needing the latest Firefox version, specifically version 115, for its GPU accelerated video capabilities. My machine isn't the most powerful, so this feature was a game-changer for me. With previous Firefox versions, I was limited to 1080p for smooth video playback or could manage 1440p, but with occasional stuttering. Even worse, my computer would become extremely sluggish during this.

However, with Firefox v115, I can now smoothly run 4K video at 10% CPU utilization (max) without any issues. Even 8k is smooth, though CPU usage jumps to 80%+.

didn't want to remove Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR), so I decided to install the latest Firefox version alongside the default ESR.

Here are the commands I used to install the latest Firefox version:

cd /opt

# Download the latest version of Firefox
sudo wget -O firefox.tar.bz2 "https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest&os=linux64&lang=en-US"


sudo tar xjf firefox.tar.bz2

# Create a symbolic link
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

# Create a desktop entry for GNOME
echo -e '[Desktop Entry]\n Version=1.0\n Name=firefox\n Exec=/opt/firefox/firefox\n Icon=/opt/firefox/browser/icons/mozicon128.png\n Type=Application\n Categories=Application' | sudo tee /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop

Additionally, I wanted to easily differentiate between the two Firefox versions on my machine. To do this, I created a .icons directory in my home directory and downloaded an appealing Firefox PNG icon from here.

I then updated the icon line in /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop to use my newly downloaded icon. Now, I can easily distinguish between the two versions at a glance.

Everyone is getting jerked around by IBM and now Oracle adding to the drama

Meanwhile my servers are stable and debian development keeps quietly chugging along with minimal noise

Just wanted to say how much i love the debian project and all the contributors

People should recommend debian more

So i did my update today. Due to plasmashell being broken for me right now. I had to roll back, thank you Timeshift. So it got me wondering what day of the week works best for you all to update?

Currently on Fedora Kinoite I have a relatively long pkglist function I use to track any changes I do.

As you can see, I can use 4/5ths of this function on Debian, but following the reference manual on a virtual machine gave me a veeery long list. I'm investigating this further but I wonder if you guys have something easy prepared.

function pkglist -d "Gets list of installed packages"
  # Prevent descriptions in other languages
  set -l LANG C
  # Define pkglists location
  set -l dot $HOME/.config/dotfiles

  echo "(1/5) RPM-OSTREE status"
  rpm-ostree status > $dot/pkglist.rpm-ostree --booted

  echo "(2/5) Identify flatpaks"
  flatpak list --app --columns=application > $dot/pkglist.flatpak

  echo "(3/5) Identify pinned flatpak runtimes"
  flatpak pin > $dot/pkglist.flatpak.pinned

  echo "(4/5) Identify flatpak overrides"
  for i in (cat $dot/pkglist.flatpak)
      if test -s (flatpak override --show --user $i|psub)
	  echo $i
	  flatpak override --show --user $i
	  echo
      end
  end > $dot/pkglist.flatpak.overrides

  echo "(5/5) Save KDE configuration"
  fedora konsave -s kde_configuration --force

  # to apply configuration
  # fedora konsave -a kde_configuration

  git -C $dot st
end

I've found myself immersed in RPM land for so long that I seem to have forgotten the "proper" way of doing things. I jumped ship for Debian 12 before the recent Red Hat nuttiness, but I wanted to keep Gnome 44.

To install Gnome 44 and took the following steps:

1. Added the following lines to the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/experimental.list:

deb http:ftp.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid main 

2. Ran apt update (without upgrade) and proceeded to install Gnome components using the command:

apt install -t experimental baobab eog evince gdm3 gjs gnome-backgrounds gnome-calculator gnome-characters gnome-contacts gnome-control-center gnome-disk-utility gnome-font-viewer gnome-keyring gnome-logs gnome-menus gnome-online-accounts gnome-remote-desktop gnome-session gnome-settings-daemon gnome-shell gnome-shell-extensions gnome-software gnome-system-monitor gnome-text-editor gnome-user-docs mutter gnome-desktop3-data

3. Additionally, I executed the command:

sudo apt-mark auto baobab eog evince gdm3 gjs gnome-backgrounds gnome-calculator gnome-characters gnome-contacts gnome-control-center gnome-disk-utility gnome-font-viewer gnome-keyring gnome-logs gnome-menus gnome-online-accounts gnome-remote-desktop gnome-session gnome-settings-daemon gnome-shell gnome-shell-extensions gnome-software gnome-system-monitor gnome-text-editor gnome-user-docs mutter gnome-desktop3-data

(Note: I discovered these commands from a now deleted Reddit post, but they aligned with my previous experiences with Fedora and BSD.)

4. Finally, as a precautionary measure, I commented out both lines in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/experimental.list to avoid inadvertent updates in the future. Fortunately, everything went according to plan, and I'm currently using Gnome-Web on Gnome 44. However, in hindsight, I realize I should have conducted more research before diving in. Now, I'm curious to know if there was a more optimal approach to achieve the same outcome. Is there a better way to I could have gotten the specific newer packages?

I just updated and noticed some more 'get/hit' lines, repeated the command and there are now only 'hit'. Can anyone explain this process a bit? My apologies if this is a dumb question.

Is there something I should do?...

i installed debian with KDE for a friend years ago... is there a way to upgrade to bookworm using the "discover" GUI? or are they going to have to edit /etc/apt/sources.list?

not they they are incapable of doing something simple like this, but just wondering if there is a GUI method to do a full version upgrade

thanks

Is there a decent pure nftables tutorial/manual, preferably for debian, that is not based on the idea of using iptables as a steppingstone, that could help me build my own personal firewall?

Woo Hoo! No need for snap anymore. We pure Debian users are no longer limited to just LXC anymore (https://wiki.debian.org/LXD). Thanks to all the dev's (especially Mathias Gibbens) for all the hard work on this.

Now... time for me to explore pure Debian servers to displace Proxmox/LXC for some use cases.

I updated the distro and wifi stopped working.

Thought maybe it was due to the non free firmware not being installed, so after some googling i installed the "firmware-linux-nonfree" package and rebooted and it did nothing, after some more googling I used "dmesg" , reviewed the fairly long log, used the debian wiki page linked in the log and installed package "firmware-iwlwifi" and it worked.

Suggestion for improvement:

1. upgrading non free firmware should work (and yes i added "non-free-firmware" to the souces.list file before upgrading).

2. missing non free firmware should be reported in the GUI.

3. the package "firmware-iwlwifi" should be included in the package "firmware-linux-nonfree"

4. debbugs (debian bug tracking system), either needs a lot of work to be just deprecated, i should be able to submit a bug using a web interface like gitea/gitlab/forejo.

On Monday morning we (Mozilla) detected a very large crash spike affecting #Firefox users on Linux, specifically on an older version of a Debian-based distribution. It turned out to be an interesting bug involving the #Linux kernel and #Google JavaScript code so let me tell you about it. A thread 🧵

Hi, if you're trying to build lemmy from scratch, on debian (not ubuntu), and you're following this guide: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/administration/from_scratch.html

There are a few corrections I would like to point you.

Install those two things before following the guide:

apt install sudo

Of course, 'sudo' is not installed by default on Debian, so I guess it would be a good idea to install it.

sudo apt install build-essential

This will install the 'cc' compiler needed by Rust.

sudo apt install protobuf-c-compiler protobuf-compiler

This is needed to compile opentelemetry-proto.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1313027

This guide will illustrate how to install KDE Plasma on Debian 12 Bookworm, Debian 11 Bullseye, or Debian 10 Buster. The KDE Plasma screenshots may vary depending on the Debian release used, as both the KDE Plasma version and the default desktop environments differ between Debian versions. Nonetheless, the core installation process remains similar across versions, allowing you to explore the rich, personalized features that KDE Plasma offers.

Anything I should look out for, or smooth sailing?

Really is an incredible release

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/117307

May be a repost, but I'm just trying out posting to the Linux group...

Hello debian lemmies,

If anybody is interested, I've made an alternative debian installer targeted for laptops and workstation PCs. It has some nifty features over the official installer, have a look.

https://github.com/r0b0/debian-installer

Comments are welcome!

I’m glad to find Debian and other familiar Linux distros on Lemmy. More power and hope to be able to share on this community!

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