Re: recent, stable (debian-based) desktop solution without blobs?
On 17/10/14 21:45, berenger.morel@neutralite.org wrote:
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> Le 16.10.2014 11:05, Wim Bertels a écrit :
>> Hallo,
>>
>> which distro would u recommend given the following wishes:
>> - debian/debian based
>> - stable
>> - recent (ie debian stable being to old for the desktop in my opinion)
>> - no blobs (ie closed firmware for example) in the kernel or default
>> installation
>> - having the option to choose non free software
>
Distro... you can closely approximate most Debian "derivatives" by just
by selecting the desktop at install time. That can be done using the
intall-gui and selected the advanced(not sure if thats what it's
called?) options, or from the cli "expert desktop=" and choose the
desktop of your preference e.g.
for Kubuntu/Mint desktop=kde (theme to suit your taste)
etc. (there are a number of desktop choices available at the start of
the installation - or don't select desktop (or server) during the
installation, and after the reboot pick from a much larger range of
desktop environments (or make you own by choosing the components).
> Debian testing?
Which 'will' get you the latest software and hardware support, and
stability - depending on your definition of stability (frequent updates
- but very rarely will you see a critical crash)
Alternatively try Debian stable with backports enabled (can be a little
trickier to manage than testing if you are not careful about which
backports you apply)
1. enable the nonfree repository in /etc/apt/sources.list
2. enable the backports repository in /etc/apt/sources.list (or add an
entry in /etc/apt/sources.list.d e.g. backports.list
The required line for backports is:-
deb http://debian.asis.io/debian/ wheezy-backports main non-free contrib
NOTE: that is probably not the fastest local repository for your
location, feel free to change.
3. (optional) add the iceweasel repository to enable the current version
of iceweasel e.g.:-
cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/iceweasel.list
deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ wheezy-backports iceweasel-release
4. (optional) add the deb-multimedia repository e.g.:-
cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/multimedia.list
# add the keys:- apt-get install deb-multimedia-keyring
deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org wheezy main non-free
5. (recommended if doing 4.) pin the deb-multimedia repository to
prevent breaking vlc and other packages e.g.:-
cat /etc/apt/preferences.d/multimedia.pref
multimedia.pref
Package: *
Pin: origin *.deb-multimedia.org
Pin-Priority: 200
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Blobs? Your choice with Debian (and at least some derivatives) providing
*you* don't choose hardware that requires it. Debian does provide some
nonfree kernel blobs.
Kind regards
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