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Debian Sarge install
Just describing my install in case anyone is interested. A newb might find this helpful. This is an installation on my 2.4GHz P4 laptop which I take to work every day.
I started out with Red Hat the first couple years, because of the easy installation process and large user base I could get support from. I don't want to offend any passionate users, but I feel like Red Hat is somewhat insecure and bloated by default. If you're not careful, your initial install can easily be 2GB+. Once you know a little bit about what you're doing, Debian is great. It installs a minimal system by default and allows you to add software package by package, downloading it over the Internet as you go. The first thing you'll probably want to do when your machine boots up after the minimal install is install X. # apt-get update ... # apt-get install x-window-system x-windows-system-devel After that, I set about installing these packages. I am a system admin at work, a heavy audio user at home, and like to run the blackbox window manager in X, so obviously these packages reflect those roles and preferences. BTW, this is on a Debian Sarge (aka. Testing) install, with kernel 2.6.8-1. x-window-system x-window-system-devel blackbox (blackbox window manager) fluxbox (fluxbox window manager) gnome-terminal eterm (enlightenment terminal) mozilla-firefox (web browser) mozilla-thunderbird (email client) sntop (simple network top, host monitor) ntop (network top) host (hostname<->IP lookup) dnsutils (dig) gthumb (gnome image browser) gimp (gnu image manipulation program) openoffice.org (free office software suite) mutella (console gnutella client) screen (virtual console manager) xpdf (x pdf doc viewer) gift (kazaa/fasttrack daemon and giftcurs client) cupsys cupsys-client foomatic-db foomatic-bin (for printing, maybe try just the cups before the foo*) mpg123 (mpeg audio player) mplayer --> this is a tough one, look for codecs... cdtool (cdplay, cdstop, etc.) mkisofs (making iso images) cdrecord (burning cds) libdvdread3 libdvdread3-dev (libraries for reading [ripping] dvds.) transcode (video/audio converter [mp3s, dvds, avis, etc.]) dvdrip (gtk+ frontend for transcode) lame (mp3 encoder) |
Just though I'd point out that for some packages in your list you'll need
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ testing main In your /etc/apt/sources.list file. mplayer, and codecs, lame, dvdrip and others. |
a little something to add to the above - click me
my favorite apt-get list: apt-get install x-window-system fluxbox xscreensaver-nognome xscreensaver-gl aterm eterm xterm mozilla mozilla-chatzilla mozilla-psm gaim xmms mplayer-386 cdrecord imagemagick lynx centericq irssi-text mp3blaster ssh wget nmap gpm screen dnsutils acroread flashplugin-nonfree j2re1.4 bam! a tight, lightweight system. install takes me about 5-10 minutes on a 384 speed cable download. my current /etc/aptsources.list: deb http://lyre.mit.edu/debian/ testing main non-free contrib deb-src http://lyre.mit.edu/debian/ testing main non-free contrib deb http://ftp.rutgers.edu/pub/debian/ testing main contrib deb-src http://ftp.rutgers.edu/pub/debian/ testing main contrib deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free deb src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free # security updates deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main # acroread & mplayer deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ testing main # java deb ftp://ftp.tux.org/java/debian/ sarge non-free :Pengy: |
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yew:/opt# cat /etc/apt/sources.list #deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main deb ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ testing main deb-src ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ testing main deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main # sources I added... deb ftp://debian.marlow.dk/ sid madwifi deb-src ftp://debian.marlow.dk/ sid madwifi deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing contrib deb-src ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free # added to get the madwifi atheros drivers for my wireless PCMCIA card #deb http://debian.isg.ee.ethz.ch/public woody|sarge madwifi #deb-src http://debian.isg.ee.ethz.ch/public woody|sarge madwifi # sources I added to get mplayer deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ testing main # sources I added to get gift (kazaa client) & giftcurs deb http://fnord.csbnet.se/giftcurs stable main deb-src http://fnord.csbnet.se/giftcurs stable main |
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