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basic installment
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basic installment
Hi. I would like to know more about installations on Debian. There are several reasons I do not trust like Ubuntu and I feel attempted to Debian. I have used Linux Mint and Ubuntu before so I am not completely new to Linux overall, but I would still say i am more newbie than expert. All what I heard is that Debian is much harder than for example Ubuntu while installing the Distro and installing software. I hope I would find answers here to how true that is, is it dificulties installing the necessary apps and softwear. Basic things like softwear needed for streaming, and other "major" programs" who has Linux support?
Re: basic installment
Installing Debian it self isn't that hard, there are plenty of guides of how to do it. I found these one on youtube easiest and most informative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyD_EKFCigM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMCFQwgtN-g
One thing that differs greatly from Ubuntu or other Debian derivates is that Debian by default doesn't include non-free components. That means some of important hardware firmware won't be included. In order to have it, easiest way would be to install with unofficial installer that contains non-free firmware.
https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unoff ... so-hybrid/
I have linked Debian 10 installer, 11 should be released in a month. So you might want to install it right now rather then upgrading later. But it doesn't have live versions as for now, not that you need it for installing.
https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unoff ... 4/iso-dvd/
If you need non-free packages you will need to manually add it to your sources list, I am unsure if it is automatically added, you can read more about it on Debian wiki
https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList
You can always check if packages are available in Debian repository and if it is non-free or not here
https://packages.debian.org/buster/steam
With steam for example. Beside official repositories you can install from flatpak and have anything you could have on other distributions.
https://wiki.debian.org/FlatPak
Just to add, if you have trouble with something try to first check debian wiki
https://wiki.debian.org/
For example installing steam and all needed drivers/components to ensure everything should be working
https://wiki.debian.org/Steam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyD_EKFCigM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMCFQwgtN-g
One thing that differs greatly from Ubuntu or other Debian derivates is that Debian by default doesn't include non-free components. That means some of important hardware firmware won't be included. In order to have it, easiest way would be to install with unofficial installer that contains non-free firmware.
https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unoff ... so-hybrid/
I have linked Debian 10 installer, 11 should be released in a month. So you might want to install it right now rather then upgrading later. But it doesn't have live versions as for now, not that you need it for installing.
https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unoff ... 4/iso-dvd/
If you need non-free packages you will need to manually add it to your sources list, I am unsure if it is automatically added, you can read more about it on Debian wiki
https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList
You can always check if packages are available in Debian repository and if it is non-free or not here
https://packages.debian.org/buster/steam
With steam for example. Beside official repositories you can install from flatpak and have anything you could have on other distributions.
https://wiki.debian.org/FlatPak
Just to add, if you have trouble with something try to first check debian wiki
https://wiki.debian.org/
For example installing steam and all needed drivers/components to ensure everything should be working
https://wiki.debian.org/Steam
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Re: basic installment
It is not difficult at all. Watch the installation on YouTube, and you'll see that it's very straight forward.
You can use Synaptic/Apper/Discover and others to install software.
I usually just search with apt:
Then install with
A sort of a beginner's guide for Debian 10 (Buster):
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=145500
Debian 11 should be released in about 14 days, but you can dist-upgrade when it is released, if you want. The Debian team are masters of flawless dist-upgrades.
You can use Synaptic/Apper/Discover and others to install software.
I usually just search with apt:
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# apt-cache search nameofpackage
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# apt install nameofpackage
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=145500
Debian 11 should be released in about 14 days, but you can dist-upgrade when it is released, if you want. The Debian team are masters of flawless dist-upgrades.
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Debian 12 | KDE Plasma | ThinkPad T440s | 4 × Intel® Core™ i7-4600U CPU @ 2.10GHz | 12 GiB RAM | Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 4400 | 1 TB SSD