Debian 10 on my laptop
Posted on za 22 februari 2020 in desktop
Today I set up Debian 10 on an older Macbook. This for most part just worked, but it did involve a couple of extra steps when compared with Ubuntu. This is just a small note to future self to document the basic setup.
- OS install via Debian DVD 1 on USB stick
- Enabled LVM + encryption
- Installed Desktop + Gnome + Openssh server
- During install insert ethernet cable / Apple USB 100mbit adapter
Drivers for wireless and graphics :
# apt-get install -y nvidia-settings firmware-b43-installer
Enable graphical boot :
# apt-get -y install plymouth plymouth-themes
Follow steps at https://wiki.debian.org/plymouth
Various tools
# apt-get -y install curl python3 python3-pip snapd rsync
# apt-get -y install keepassxc vlc ansible git vim thunderbird lightning
Setup keybase and Synology cloud station
# dpkg -i Downloads/synology-cloud-station-drive-4450.x86_64.deb
# apt install ./keybase_amd64.deb
Clone git repos from keybase after logging in
cd ~/Documents
mkdir source
cd source/
git clone keybase://private/username/repo
Web publishing thingie
# pip3 install pelican Markdown
snaps
sudo snap install snap-store
sudo snap install --classic intellij-idea-ultimate
signal desktop
curl -s https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/keys.asc | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt install signal-desktop
Citrix workspace
# apt install /home/systeemkabouter/Downloads/icaclient_*_amd64.deb
# cd /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/lib/keystore/cacerts/
# for i in `ls /etc/ssl/certs/*.pem`; do echo $i; ln -s $i .; done
# /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/util/ctx_rehash