The installation process of Debian is quite straightforward if you are an experienced Linux user.
But if you try Debian your first time, there are several things which I find confusing for new users.
So, if you decided to install and use Debian, here is an overview of the Debian installation process with some useful recommendations.
00:38 1. What ISO to download
– Live ISO
– Install ISO
– Non-free ISOs
02:55 2. installation
– Create a bootable USB drive https://youtu.be/rpGgTTFKwiU
– 05:10 Automatic partitioning of a whole drive
– 05:30 Install without formatting your home partition. This is in case you had Linux installed on your computer before.
– 07:26 Manually partition your hard drive with re-formatting the whole drive.
10:40 3. After installation
– Add contrib and non-free repositories. (NOTE: use Ctrl+O to save and Ctrl+X to exit from the nano text editor)
– Enable the latest security updates.
– Receive the bug fixes as quick as possible.
– Proprietary drivers.
Mentioned videos:
Debian 9 Stretch Xfce review – The Best Xfce distro! https://youtu.be/WmeXOZEVebY
Make Xfce look modern and beautiful https://youtu.be/GR2y0xOIIdI
10 things to do after installing Debian Xfce https://youtu.be/BWBHJmAmZgk
Repositories (https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/errata.pt.html) :
# latest security updates
deb http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free
# proposed additions
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian buster-proposed-updates main contrib non-free
Proprietary drivers:
Graphics Card https://wiki.debian.org/GraphicsCard
nVidia https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
ATI https://wiki.debian.org/AtiHowTo https://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/4a8nyq/fglrx_for_debian_9_will_it_get_back/
Wifi drivers https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUnfVG7Zst0
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