Get the Most Out of Debian: 12 Essential Setup Tips

[@buriedbits6027]

28:16 This is amazing! When I was installing Debian, it asked if I wanted to install other interfaces like MATE, Cinnamon, etc. I had heard of these, but I wasn’t sure if I should choose them during installation. I actually came to your channel to figure out if I needed to install these other interfaces, but what you’re showing now makes it clear that I don’t need to worry-I can install them later. Thanks a lot for pointing that out!

[@MrAlanCristhian]

With Debian + Flatpak + non free firmware i don't see the point of install a debian derivative like Ubuntu

[@sixdroid]

non free is not necessary in most cases

[@sale666]

Also ubuntu is so unstable it makes you hate linux...

[@HafifSyukra]

​@@sixdroidnecessary for nvidia users

[@albussd]

​@@sale666No. Not true at all. Let us not be unreasonable and sensational just to bash something.

[@mazensalem5105]

​@@albussd honestly I was using Ubuntu but I only switched to Debian when my sound drivers didn't work. And Debian is more staple than Ubuntu it is just a fact

[@Kinsfire]

A little side-note on removing libreoffice in it's entirety: iof you type 'sudo apt remove libreoffic*', it will list all the pieces that it is about to remove. Much shorter than the entire list.

[@WebDesignSecurity]

This was helpful as there was no reference to the removing of LibreOffice in the blog post that Jay mentions in the vid (@LearnLinuxTV)

[@GerardWassink]

Addition: “sudo apt autoremove libreoffice” is even better because it will also remove dependent packages that are not in ure elsewhere.

[@marjiram7709]

0:20 0:31

[@yatheshtpoonia9225]

​@@GerardWassinkthat was helpful

[@GerardWassink]

@@marjiram7709 ????

[@davemeech]

Switching from OpenSuse Tumbleweed to Debian 12 now, giving this a rewatch before pulling the trigger!

[@the_gtc]

For those who are having issues with Nvidia, my laptop was very old and I had to enable Non-free repositories and enable them in the terminal, and then use the sudo nvidia-detect command to find which card I had and what driver was recommended for me. the reason I say this is because following the method shown in the video led me to have no GPU shown within Nvidia X server settings. Now, I am able to because I had to install the Tesla 470 driver. Just a heads up! Might save you all a bit of pain that I had to go through...

[@tg5441]

I got so many ACPI errors at start but it seems not affecting the running of the system after installing Nvidia driver. Any ideas?

[@PrivateUsername]

It's not just Nvidia, my new AMD rig is unusable with Debian. I think 8 was the last version I was able to install without issue. Between the failures related to missing drivers (because it's better to be "pure" than to actually be functional), the installer failing to set the boot partition as being actually bootable, and now using a failing video driver - Debian is junk. Hopefully by the time 13 is out it will be at least as good as Ubuntu, Fedora, or even OpenSUSE.

[@abaneyone]

Thank you for this clear and concise tutorial. I have been using Debian bookworm testing for a while and liked it. So when this official stable version was released I had to install it. I love how we no longer have to search for non-free ISOs with this new realse. I appreciate all your vids, the way you pause to give us time to see what you've written in the terminal is excellent! Thanks again for all that you do!

[@muxman3132]

My experience with steam on debian 12 is that debian has an "installer" that will install steam, but steam installs the latest version directly from steam, not a debian repo. And steam then keeps itself updated independent of debian repos.

[@cssplayer91]

So its a snap pack? And how do steam games run with proton mode enabled?

[@koye4427]

@@cssplayer91 It's not a snap, Steam ships its own native Linux binaries and libraries for itself and games to use. Once you enable it in settings, Proton support should work out of the box.

[@leonbishop7404]

​@@koye4427it's steam native vs steam runtime

[@joshua_lee732]

That how steam always has been.

[@muxman3132]

@@cssplayer91 No, it's a deb package through apt. It's just not the actual client. It's an installer that runs and installs the full program from steam. That way debian doesn't have to keep up with every new version of steam. They just give you a way to install it and then steam keeps it up to date.

[@steveyuhas9278]

12 days ago you posted this 12 things to do in Debian 12 and I started watching this at 12pm. Weird lol. Thanks for the video!!

[@NOPerative]

Frozen Bubble is addicting! FYI Installing Debian 12 from the Live Environment sets up sudo automatically but if you use the Debian Installer from the GRUB menu it only sets su. If you only have su you can still authenticate then issue sudo commands until you exit su; you can also change your account type from standard to Administrator and after logging out and back in or rebooting you can now use sudo (settings > users > your user profile). Have verified this with Debian 12 Cinnamon and KDE Plasma desktop environments. You can install downloaded deb packages with gdebi by double clicking the package or right clicking and select open with then picking gdebi; all packages installed with gdebi can be found (normally) in the '/opt' directory. You can clean up your system after a package removal with 'sudo apt autoremove' for a dust free Debian. Awesome video BTW! It was nice to see you so happy. Kind of stoked about Debian finally touching down; have been waiting two decades for Debian to make a splash and it's finally happened.

[@wayland7150]

It's the satisfying sounds.

[@NOPerative]

@@wayland7150 The music is hypnotizing. Nothing audible is obnoxious - totally agree. The tunes of the game are a big draw for me as well. 👍

[@adanz17]

26:07 the list of packages is not actually included in the blog post so here it is: libreoffice-common libreoffice-core libreoffice-gnome libreoffice-gtk3 libreoffice-help-common libreoffice-help-en-us libreoffice-style-colibre libreoffice-style-elementary

[@WebDesignSecurity]

I knew there would be at least one thoughtful person like myself! I was about to post this myself after seeing it was NOT included in the blog post that Jay mentioned. Thanks @adanz17

[@eparker1022]

Excellent tutorial, thank you! There are a couple of things about synaptic that you may want to add... 1. After installing synaptic, install apt-xapian-index, then restart X (or reboot). Open synaptic and you'll have a quick filter field in the menu bar. Type in your search term (you might also want to select All on the left), hit Enter and it will bring up packages where the search string is found. It's probably trivial but now you don't have to open the search window. YMMV but I find it to be a lot more convenient. 2. You can click on the Packages header and toggle between ascending- and descending-sort. Makes it much easier to find what you're looking for.

[@jimmyrichards5595]

Thanks!

[@aarongibbs3838]

Thank you! You are an amazing instructor. This was an exceptional tutorial! Not only do you provide the 'how' but you give us the 'why'. So many instructors leave that out.

[@smudge0161]

This is great news. Hopefully Jay will write a Debian Server book. His Ubuntu Server books are excellent and I think the community would benefit from a well written guide to Debian Server.

[@Dom_Mason]

My favorite distro! Can't wait to upgrade to Debian 12 now that it is released and stable. Thanks my friend for all you do here. Love your content! ❣

[@slyvaughan5808]

Just a note that its probably worth installing nvidia-detect and using it before installing the nvidia-driver.

[@lxlDmitry]

26:00 sudo apt remove libreoffice-*

[@mrsmithsmith8418]

@LearnLinuxTV Don't forget to make a video on keeping flatpak programs up to date like for security updates, as apt-get update and apt-get upgrade won't update flatpak programs at default when initialized.

[@tostadorafuriosa69]

sudo flatpak update

[@LillyAnarkitty]

Looking forward to future flatpak videos on this channel! Flatpaks seem cool but they clearly have a bit of a learning curve

[@U1TR4F0RCE]

Yeah I’m curious about the system vs user flatpak situation since after watching the bash series I wanted to make a script to install everything I need but want to do it properly.

[@Ben-hg3bz]

I had to install VLC in flatpak because the VLC version from Debian repositories doesn't work with RTSP streams.

[@clivewiddus3953]

The only down side I have found id the Gnome package manager is not very stable, but of course you can use the KDE one, or the command line tools. Just as a personal comment I would add #13 my user to the sudoers group so you can use sudo and not have to go to root.

[@Spacial_]

Just installed debian on my laptop yesterday. I loved the fact that it lets you choose the DE instead of a pre configured option. I tried switching on kubuntu once and it was a mess. Uninstalling kde fucked up all sorts of things and i had to reinstall the whole OS. Ill admit i lacked the knowledge to fix it, but having a choice out of the gate is sweet, specially when you can just toggle your option and its ready to go.

[@jamespleger752]

In my own experience, at least, having multiple DEs is not a good idea; I have never been able to get it to work without problems on real hardware. Just because you CAN do something does not mean you SHOULD. Better to carefully choose one DE you like, and then stick with it. Deb 12 was no different; I tried installing a second DE (LXQt), using tasksel just as Jay suggested, and it had so many problems I had to back it out. Fortunately, the original DE (Cinnamon) still works.

[@Spacial_]

@@jamespleger752 yep, totally agree. Now if i wanna test some other DE, i’ll install a new OS on a different drive and go from there. I guess i learnt it the hard way hehe

[@sixdroid]

you installed kubuntu then Uninstalled kde? lol

[@joshmartin8856]

Doesnt 'apt dist-upgrade' upgrade packages for the latest repo based on the version defined in the apt config, not the current distro version? Shouldnt this be 'apt upgrade' unless you are in the process of moving to testing/unstable distros?

[@pcallycat9043]

I know this is an older video, but, re: thunderbird vs evolution, not only does evolution work better in exchange server environments, but it also correctly authenticates with apple services for mail/reminders/calendars, and is the only linux client i've found that will do this.

[@montecorbit8280]

But I'm not sure about is if you need to mess with KDE's software library if you install KDE, or one of the other desktops....

[@CampRusso]

=\ any reason to not install chrome thru the software app now that I have flatpak added?

[@SphereS7]

It's a simple variable export to make Firefox run under Wayland and not XWayland (which you should do anyway for performance sake). You can even do it so that it falls back to X11 if you ever switch to it at any time. Don't know why this isn't the default yet.

[@polnyjj]

Thanks a lot, I'm newbie and didn't know this. Ram usage of firefox decreased significantly.

[@SphereS7]

@@Fracture1603 You can also do it in ~/.profile to avoid doing things as root.

[@jwiz2974]

Another thing among the first things 'to-do' is to set up and configure a virt environment for running non-distro python software packages, as this is now a requirement with the Bookworm release. Strangely most linux youtubers miss out on that.

[@johndododoe1411]

Link to this being official and not just your opinion

[@mikechappell4156]

Since when do updates require a restart? Unless you're updating the kernel.

[@synen]

BTW the commands to remove Libre Office completely are missing in the blog post. Thank you Jay.

[@buriedbits6027]

This video is excellent! Well paced and you cover everything in detail which is great because I am relatively new to Linux in general. 😊

[@peterjansen4826]

I used both vlc and mpv on Linux, for 'recent' AMD-GPU's mpv works much better, vlc has some big problems with those GPU's. I also noticed stability-problems with vlc (crashing when opening a new video from an open instance), this is not just on my system, I heard other people (Chris Titus Tech) point it out too. I had the same video run much better on mpv than vlc. mpv is a great videoplayer with bad marketing, it currently is superior to vlc but most Linux-users and Windows-users don't know how to properly set it up.

[@jimmyrichards5595]

Just an fyi; For someone that doesn't know how to use mpv very well there are some nice GUI front-ends for it, such as SMPlayer and Celluloid.

[@folksurvival]

MPV is the best media player.

[@dcwaku]

Very helpful video. I just started with Linux and was using Mint, but I moved to Debian since I will only be using Linux for certain things and I want a stable platform. Your video was more helpful than most of what's out there. I subscribed. Thanks.

[@thisweblabvideos]

Amazing news. As a long time debian as primary OS user. I like these news. Debian is by far the best piece of softare i have used. I have zero issiues ever. I use stable apps on it. On workstation I use gnome, on laptop KDE ... all works seemless. Completely uneventfull and pleasureable experience. Hearing its has gotten better is hard to beleive but good to hear. I do not tend to upgrade that soon (workstation is still on buster, and laptop on bullseye) ... but this one sounds like a moment I should do that. Have fun with your transition ... I expect you will use it long time.

[@aerosmythe5077]

Awesome help with plenty of detail . It's hard to find help of this quality . Thank you !

[@aoldatabase]

I was struggling so hard to install the propreitary nvidia drivers but you made it so easy. you got a fan for life now that was life saving!

[@kosodrzewinka]

Hey Jay. The link to the article on yout page doesn't seem to work...

[@zaki21435]

For anyone using gmail with thunderbird make sure that you use IMAP instead POP( which is selected by default), since POP doesn't sync when Emails are read.

[@flow5718]

I'm on LMDE 5 and am seriously considering going back to Debian. The 12 release looks awesome, wasn't a big fan of the 11 release with the outdated GNOME desktop.

[@vk5932]

I am going to try Dibian 12 soon, that's why I'm here, very clear and straight forward for our new to linux user, I've always want to learn how to add extra repository in linux, the way you gave true to life example just excellent, Thanks

[@buriedbits6027]

31:43 I understand that at this point, you’re going to install the NVIDIA video driver and the proprietary software. I know I could use Google to figure this out, so it’s kind of a silly question in itself. But my criticism here is that the GUI interface you’re using to install applications doesn’t really identify scenarios like needing to install an NVIDIA driver or drivers for other hardware devices. In most other operating systems-let’s take Windows as an example-the OS can detect hardware and present the user with the information that a device is present and that drivers should be installed. With Linux, it seems like the OS isn’t aware of the hardware in the same way, or if it is, it doesn’t present that knowledge to the user. I think this is an area where Linux falls short and doesn’t quite fill the gap. macOS is a bit different because it has kernel extensions (KEXTs) that are pre-built for various hardware configurations, given Apple’s more controlled hardware environment. I’m not sure what the experience is like on a Mac Pro, where users can install PCI cards, but for most Macs, it’s more streamlined. I know Linux is great for what it is, and being free software, it’s impressive. But I think there could be improvements in how it handles hardware detection and driver installation. Of course, this isn’t something you can control directly, but it’s feedback I would give to whoever develops Linux.

[@fixer1140]

Hello Jay, could you make a video about how to purge snap packs out of Ubuntu and install flatpacks only? Gotta love this channel

[@hackerman.1337]

They made it impossible to remove it's always gone be there partly use Debian.

[@fixer1140]

@@hackerman.1337 that's a joke, right? Come on, just say that's a joke. By the way, Hello friend...

[@fixer1140]

@@hackerman.1337 thanks for the explanation. Basically every now and then I make some tests on a virtual machine running Ubuntu and I prefer flatpacks over snaps. Guess I'll try with this new Debian releas. Thanks again.

[@yigitorhan7654]

​​@@fixer1140If you don't mind using the Cinnamon desktop environment or installing another one, Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu and disables snaps in favor of flatpak by default. I have never tried using another desktop environment on Mint though so Debian 12 is a solid choice if you don't want to use Cinnamon.

[@wayland7150]

If you have to gut Ubuntu to that extent maybe it's time to use a different Distro? You're like the people who use Windows but hate everything about it which makes it Windows. When you're fighting that hard against your OS it's time to switch.

[@tridens6708]

Thank as New Linux user this was a God send adding the extra software repository and desktop easy to follow 😊❤

[@abod2745]

6:32 if you choose the cinnamon version, also install the second package

[@kapiell2999]

thank you sir your videos are really helpful

[@jamesbryant837]

Just downloaded Debian 12 bookworm as a new user. Your vid helped me walk through setup with minor hiccups. Only lingering question is on adding the backport repository. Don't yet know how to use the clipboard so I could not complete this task. Great video.

[@mebeingme947]

Great video! Regarding backports, I thought this would also be indicated in synaptic for the package as second option if I recall correctly. Where I had issues though was on installing firefox from flatpak that it crashed randomly. Found out that Firefox has hardware accelaration enabled by default however the flatpak config had it disabled. Enabled it in flatseal and problems gone. Other option is ofcourse to disable it in Firefox itself. This might be helpful for others running into the same issue.

[@chuckevans2792]

TYVM

[@ManuelJordan317]

Huge thanks for this video!

[@buriedbits6027]

17:29 I know that you have your script but I would have like to see evolution, the email client. That’s ok I can open it once I install Debian. 😊

[@albussd]

Great video. Thanks for making the content. One question - you installed some apps by downloading .deb packages from offocial website, while installed others as Flatpak. For instance, you could have installed firefox directly through the .deb from Mozilla's official website but chose Flatpak. Why so? Is there any technical reason? I was thinking that maybe installing the official .deb provided by the software company, if it's available, would be preferable to installing a Flatpak version. Please enlighten. Cheers.

[@arkeynserhayn8370]

Are you still around?

[@albussd]

@@arkeynserhayn8370 Yes, I am.

[@HarpicBoy]

Want to know more about this too.

[@arkeynserhayn8370]

@@HarpicBoy It depends on the type of software: 1. Deb provided by distro 2. Deb provided by software company (aka "upstream"), which once you install it, it adds its remote repository to your APT. 3. Flatpak version. Usually, you shouldn't be installing packages from a repository other than your distro, for example you should install debian firefox not the one provided by mozilla, as it is tailored for your distribution. Then comes the second problem, that when software in your distro repo is outdated (or is on prior LTS release), for example debian stable, so if you want newer versions, you should install the flatpak version, (so it comes with its own libraries); And finally, there are rare instances when you know a particular software is better installed in a particular way, for example vivaldi, which is not in distro repo (it is not fully open-source) and the flatpak version seemingly have weaker sandboxing, so the best way to install it is by their own website, and getting your consequent upgrades from their repo. Ok, as rule of thumb: Install a software from your repo. (If its a chromium based browser and it is not in the repo, install it from their website) If native "deb" has a problem, install the flatpak, If flatpak one has a problem install the one from website. Distro deb > flatpak > 3rd party deb.

[@HarpicBoy]

@@arkeynserhayn8370 Thanks for your insight. Coming from windows the option of using 3rd party deb files seems more intuitive to me. I will try to use distro repo and flatpak primarily, for learning and getting used to linux environment. But say If I chose to download something from 3rd party, will I be "breaking" something big in the distro to a point I run into trouble or will I be good for the most part, as long the deb file is coming from a reliable source and not some random website. (like valve, mozilla, etc.)

[@name-kx9qc]

it took me a while but i finally found a proper tutorial on installing the nvidia driver, thank you sir, you earned a subscriber (new linux user btw) for whatever reason every single tutorial out there that i found just doesnt mention having to tick those two options in the gnome apps store

[@Destide]

Best Frozen Bubble video I've ever seen thanks

[@kuhluhOG]

Since this is also a channel for SysAdmins, here a small please about switching to root: Please use "sudo -s" instead of "su - root", "su" or "su root" and set up the logging properly. The reason for that is simple, "sudo -s" can be configured to log who did which commands and when. The others don't. So when you work together as a team of SysAdmins, you can look up who did what as root without any downside besides that the logfiles could become quite large. You can even let it log the inputs and outputs of each command.

[@JarppaGuru]

30:23 its that easy choose flavor. waiting day when distros are just themes

[@francistheron2263]

Thank you so much! Saved me from headaches and sleepless nights. Almost wiped Debian and installed Windows back on this system. In my mind I made it so much more complicated that it really was. 👍

[@Riurelia]

I'm glad I found this video. I just installed Debian on a new computer. My aspect ration was set to 4:3 even though I have a 16:9 monitor. It turns out I just needed to install the Nvidia drivers.

[@BobCollins42]

You mentioned (and demonstrated) a Gnome extension for flathub. Is there an extension for Plasma?

[@Another_Bad_Creation]

Does Debian installation give the option to install the OS with out the extra software.

[@Voodoo_S3]

Depends what you mean by 'extra software' do you consider the desktop environment and file manager extra software? For a minimal desktop I'd deselect "standard system utilities" and probably "Debian desktop environment" and select DE of choice (if you want a DE) during installation and that should give you a pretty minimal desktop installation; there will still probably be a fair amount of extra software installed by the DE but it's fast and easy to remove unwanted software through package manager. If you don't want a desktop just deselect everything during install.

[@jesse7631]

You mean the additional 83 games included with the GNOME environment? I'm afraid not.

[@АлексейШилин-д1ф]

You can deselect all DEs when asked and end up in console-only system. Then just use apt to install e.g. gnome-core or even more minimal gnome-session package. Beware of the latter though: you'll get no file manager, no text editor, no terminal -- nothing, as minimal as it goes.

[@hrmf32]

Yes

[@marksulloway5669]

Peppermint OS will give you a stripped down Debian 12 install. @@Voodoo_S3

[@RNMSC]

While I do have the root account enabled on my Debian systems, I prefer to use sudo commands for updating and installing things, simply because there are situations where I may step away from my computer while an update is happening, and if the update finishes, or aborts out, the ability to sudo may still be available, but in general I'm not leaving a terminal open with root privileges for any kitty cat to walk across the keyboard and randomly rm -rf the system.

[@a500]

Thank you so much. Having been in windows or Mac since Solaris 7, it was daunting trying to return to linux, this was clear and well paced, giving me a nice desktop in the process.

[@KFRogers263]

I switched to Ubuntu sheesh...over 10yrs ago. Mainly run XFCE. Now I wonder, why I'm not running base Debian. seems like I get more bang for the "buck". Nice reviews on this. Thanks

[@tomaszkonicz]

shodn't it be rather "sudo apt upgrade", when updating software after the "sudo apt update"? Why "sudo apt dist-upgrade"?

[@wayland7150]

One gets the latest for the current version of the OS where the other will actually upgrade the OS to a newer version. That's how I comprehend it. I always use apt upgrade.

[@deus_nsf]

Something very important that should be said: proprietary Nvidia drivers will break Wayland desktop rendering, so if your desktop environment relies on Wayland, you have to chose a non Wayland renderer of that same desktop, or an other desktop alltogether, otherwise you will not be able to log in anymore.

[@YannikaLuvz]

I'm a little concerned now, since I'm fairly new to Linux and I'll be using Nvidia proprietary drivers. I have no idea what Wayland is or how to change renderes, hopefully it all goes well and if it doesn't, guess I'll just have to learn some new stuff. Thanks for the heads-up!

[@deus_nsf]

​@@YannikaLuvz don't be afraid, Linux is a cool experience, it's going to be frustrating and painful though, but what isn't? :) 2 very important tips that aren't given in this video (well they actually are I just double checked but it's not very clear), by default Debian doesn't grant you root access, to use the "sudo" command you have to add yourself to the root admin priviledges list, there's a pretty simple command you can easily find on the internet to do that (completely restart the computer after that, just log out won't be enough). The second tip is that, there will basically be 2 main sources of software, debian repo, and flathub repo, sometimes both work, I recommend the debian repo first for more stability, but if the software doesn't work or only partially work, uninstall it and switch to the flathub repo to have a flatpak version of the software you're looking for. It's a bit dodgy at the moment, probably because the distro basically just came out, but it's not the end of the world and will probably get much better quickly with updates :) Oh and to answer your question, Wayland is a special type of desktop renderer, but don't worry Gnome and Plasma to name those both have non Wayland based fallbacks, it's not ideal to be honest though and Nvidia is being kind of a dick about it, it's really long overdue that they open source their driver stack...

[@sixdroid]

don't use Linux if you have Nvidia. runs good with Intel gpu and amd

[@sixdroid]

@@deus_nsf it's not frustrating just if you have Nvidia gpu

[@smibssmibs]

I have attempted to follow the advice to use the latest Firefox from flatpak, but it broke my integration with KeePassXC so I went back to Firefox ESR, which shall be "good enough" for real usage.

[@julian.morgan]

I like the idea of stability and would always choose it over instability with rolling releases - I had a miserable time with Manjaro for example - but at the same time a distro that releases with applications that even the application's devs recommend updating (Libre Office) seems a bit absurdly over cautious? Or is it more about lack of organsation? If the latter that's perhaps a bit more worrying as I wonder what else they might have missed, at least on the desktop as I'd assume most of the testing and double-checking is aimed at Debian server? Would it be fair to say that Linux Mint is a better balance between being stable and reasomably up to date? Any downsides compared to Debian and just adding what you need as per Jay's tutorial?

[@cmdrnova]

Thanks! I just moved from Windows 11 (crap) to Debian 12 (sweet) and this helped a lot

[@gid3on]

Thanks for pointing out the difference between software from Deb and Flatpak. Now - when removing the deb-versions and installing the Flatpak versions, what will happen to settings? Will they be recognized by the new installs? Ie. will Thunderbird read the mail accounts already in the system?

[@MichaelProcario]

I am a long time Debian user, but the info on changing desktop environments and flatpaks was quite useful. I think flatpaks will be great for getting up to date software without constantly updating the whole system. You use the terminal enough you consider putting on the dock.

[@wayland7150]

It's interesting how some software like Libre Office benefits from being very up to date where as a text editor is probably better if it never changes. It's a shame that so many tweaks are needed to get Debian 12 into shape. I feel that Mint requires none of these. I will be installing this today and trying Plasma Wayland.

[@narwhal4304]

@@wayland7150 While true, Debian is a distro you setup once and then run it for at least 2 years before upgrading, so setting it up isn't a big deal long term IMHO.

[@erickleefeld4883]

The running theme here: Debian 12 is an excellent version that solves so many of their long-running problems with hardware support out of the box, and you can seriously use it as a daily driver - but also, you should absolutely replace as many of the graphical user programs as you can with the Flatpak versions. Let each part be true to itself, Debian as your core OS and Flathub as your applications source.

[@amortalbeing]

isn't the flatpack version much slower?

[@jr2375]

I think that overlooks a great deal of the actual point of Debian stable. If I had $1 for every KZbinr who understood what "stable" means in a software setting, I couldn't get myself a cup of coffee.

[@popobart]

a coffee machine maybe...@@jr2375

[@SukhjinderBajwa]

Thanks Jay for yet another nice tutorial!

[@abdelilah_hmidani]

21:08 I think using ppa beats of Deb package 📦 to update all time

[@HermannKerr]

Thank you. I started with Debian years ago (4 floppy disk install) in a commercial environment and I got into using other distributions, The one I am using now irritates me a bit from their last upgrade. I have to admit I whined a bit about Debian as well because it was so conservative but I loved that it was so rock solid stable. I have to admit I know nothing about Flatpacks, so I have a bit of a learning curve.

[@ferfykins]

Does debian 12 come with pre-configured/installed apparmor and ufw firewall?

[@paultapping9510]

not sure about apparmor but ufw doesn't come pre-installed

[@jamespleger752]

GUFW, the graphical version of ufw, is available in Synaptic Package Manager. You must install it yourself; it is not-preinstalled. This definitely should have been included in his 12 things to do after installing Debian 12; more important than some of the other things he mentioned.

[@VishnuVardhanS]

Hi is it possible to upgrade Debian 12 to Gnome 44?

[@John-wx6wj]

14:20 is there a difference between using apt remove firefox-esr vs. apt purge firefox-esr? What about adding the flag --autoremove?

[@hackerman.1337]

Yes, there is a difference between using apt remove and apt purge commands in Ubuntu or Debian-based systems, and using the --autoremove flag can further impact the outcome. apt remove firefox-esr: This command removes the specified package (firefox-esr in this case) from your system. However, it leaves behind the configuration files and other associated data that may have been created during the package's installation. These files can be useful if you plan to reinstall the package later or if you want to preserve any custom configurations you made. apt purge firefox-esr: This command not only removes the package (firefox-esr) but also removes any associated configuration files and data. It performs a more thorough removal, effectively reverting the system to its pre-installation state. If you plan to reinstall the package, using apt purge ensures that any previously modified configurations are also removed. --autoremove flag: When used in conjunction with apt remove or apt purge, the --autoremove flag automatically removes any additional packages that were installed as dependencies but are no longer needed by other packages on your system. This helps to keep your system clean by removing unnecessary dependencies. It is a good practice to use --autoremove after removing packages, especially if you no longer need the dependencies. In summary, apt remove is a basic package removal command, apt purge performs a more thorough removal by deleting associated configuration files, and --autoremove removes any orphaned dependencies.

[@John-wx6wj]

@@hackerman.1337 thank you 🙏 that was really helpful!

[@nickdaves3467]

​@@hackerman.1337this is plain copy-paste of chatgpt answer...

[@hackerman.1337]

@@nickdaves3467 how did you know?

[@hrmf32]

man apt

[@johnfratacci6468]

new, learning on Linux, just have a question wen you add a bookworm how you saved like seed on video

[@ManuelJordan317]

Why at 03:55 was possible use the sudo command? When was added your main user to the /etc/sudoers file?

[@westcijosh]

very good work you are doing bro

[@igrewold]

Great idea J to talk about after installation tweaks

[@1monki]

Can tasksel save a log of what it installed when adding a desktop environment?

[@hrmf32]

Yes, tasksel can save a log of what it installed when adding a desktop environment. To do this, you need to specify the -l or --log option when running the tasksel.

[@1monki]

@@hrmf32 Cool, thanks 👍

[@davidanderson2436]

Kinda sad there is no Debian sticker on that laptop🙄- great video - thanks for all you do! I always install just XFCE4 desktop and always have to add my user to the sudo list as one of my first things - really surprised the Gnome or Desktop does it automatically? have to agree 100% this is by far the best Debian XFCE4 i've experienced this far, very clean, simple install and everything just worked. Thanks again

[@JarppaGuru]

33:47 and they work so long as nothing is updated and drivers stop working and drivers go back to default. bcoz nvidia not yet make drivers for 0.0.1 version you wanted update

[@spielp]

This was an awesome video. Much appreciated.

[@calholli]

Why would anyone use other distros other than this one? It looks great and it works. What is the benefit of using something like cachy or nobara vs this? They all blurr together and look the same (if you use KDE on all of them). So what is the real distinction?

[@NeftisIsHere]

you got the reason wrong, your voice relaxes me and help me sleep hahahah

[@GManWrites]

39.45 you said save the file? How did you save the file, what did you do to save it?

[@jsnovais1000]

Excellent work!

[@s.b.asokadissanayake4276]

VLC is and was my favorite multimedia application for decades. If came as a default application. It can be installed from Synaptic package manager.

[@MyReviews_karkan]

Is there an upgrade tool on Debian to upgrade between major versions? Or do you have to reinstall every time?

[@ronheetman564]

I checked out the blog post for copying the commands for removing the libreoffice suite leftovers, but could not find it there. Could you please put them there or below this video?

[@bintangazharr]

sudo apt remove libreoffic*

[@lewchishelltaya5745]

Great job on this. I'd love to see a video on how to get Guacamole working on Linux and Windows. Trying to get setup for my parents sake because they always need help. Every video I've seen about it is very convoluted and you need to learn 3 other programs or sign up for something elsewhere.

[@jeffsmith6659]

Debian newbie here ... Is there a technical reason why you chose x11 for Plasma over Wayland. I've found tons of opinions on the subject, but no clean kill from a technical aspect. Thank you!

[@TheJason13]

For me, Fedora with Wayland doesn't have any screen tearing when there's a lot of action going on. X11 had a lot of it. I was used to it, but never knew why, til I found out about Wayland. X11 is way better for remoting into a Linux machine vs Wayland. RustDesk, for example, doens't have full support for Wayland, but X11 works just fine. Hope that answers some or all of your question(s).

[@jeffsmith6659]

@@TheJason13 awesome, thank you!

I like this channel, reminds me of Wizard car mechanic. Such a peaceful way to talk :)

[@s.b.asokadissanayake4276]

DVD 1 has all the desktop types installed in one go. At log in time one can choose one of the 8 desktops.

[@HarmonicClockwork]

This is so helpful, and makes a lot of things clear

[@ViikramSiingh777]

awesome video thanks for sharing

[@4thWardTechnology]

really great, I am enjoying debian 12. feels way more smooth that my last distro lmde

[@PhinAI]

Very cool. Thank you!

[@MYNAME_ABC]

All you do is replace debian packages by flathub ones, thus running into the issue of external drives not being unmountable after flathub apps closing. This is not the app's fault, but a flatpak container concept issue. A nasty one.

[@johnphamlore8073]

You taught this old dog a few tricks. Well done.