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2026-09-12T18:20:00Z

Configure Grub [optional]

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	I prefer a clean text base Grub menu and a complete output from the boot process, so I usually edit /etc/default/grub and ensure the follow configs:		I prefer a clean text base Grub menu and a complete output from the boot process, so I usually edit /etc/default/grub and ensure the follow configs:
	<pre>		<pre>
	GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="~~nomodeset~~"		GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""
	GRUB_TERMINAL=console		GRUB_TERMINAL=console
	</pre>		</pre>

2026-09-08T21:25:36Z

Setup a Graphical Environment

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	See [[I3wm]]		See [[I3wm]]

	* Remove Gnome ~~stuff~~ (if installed)		* Remove Gnome stuffs (if installed)
	<pre>		<pre>
	apt-get autoremove --purge gdm3 task-gnome-desktop gnome-core gnome-session* gnome-shell* gnome-terminal* chrome-* cheese* evolution*		apt-get autoremove --purge gdm3 task-gnome-desktop gnome-core gnome-session* gnome-shell* gnome-terminal* chrome-* cheese* evolution*
	</pre>		</pre>

	* ~~TODO [to improve]: remove~~ additional stuffs		* Remove additional stuffs
	<pre>		<pre>
	apt-get autoremove --purge desktop-base+ libreoffice\* gdm\* evolution\* gnome-control-center gnome-settings-daemon gnome-terminal gnome-keyring		apt-get autoremove --purge desktop-base+ gdm\* evolution\* gnome-control-center gnome-settings-daemon gnome-terminal gnome-keyring
	</pre>		</pre>

2026-09-08T21:23:41Z

Suspend (lid close/idle actions)

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	See also https://wiki.debian.org/CpuFrequencyScaling#With_cpupower		See also https://wiki.debian.org/CpuFrequencyScaling#With_cpupower

	=== Suspend (lid close/idle actions) ===		=== Suspend (lid close/idle actions) [optional] ===

	~~TO DEFINE~~, see ~~again~~ [[PowerManager]]'		Again, see [[PowerManager#Power_button_management]]

			Note: if you have problems on resume after suspend (e.g. wifi driver casually broken on resume), try to configure the kernel sleep state to ([https://cdn.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/pm/sleep-states.html suspend-to-ram]). You can add configure it in the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT variable editing the /etc/default/grub file as described previously, for example:

	~~Note: it appears that you need to use polkitd~~
	<pre>		<pre>
	~~apt-get install polkitd~~		GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nomodeset mem_sleep_default=deep"
	</pre>		</pre>

	~~otherwise, you can have~~ the ~~following error:~~		and run the update-grub command again.
	~~<pre>~~
	~~$ systemctl suspend~~
	~~Failed to execute /usr/bin/pkttyagent: No such file or directory~~
	~~Call to Suspend failed: Access denied~~
	~~</pre>~~

	=== Setup a Graphical Environment ===		=== Setup a Graphical Environment ===

2026-09-08T21:14:45Z

Configure Grub [optional]

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	=== Configure Grub [optional] ===		=== Configure Grub [optional] ===

	from from https://wiki.debian.org/GRUB2~~?action=show&redirect=Grub2~~		from from https://wiki.debian.org/GRUB2

	I prefer a clean text base Grub menu and a complete output from the boot process, so I usually edit /etc/default/grub and ensure the follow configs:		I prefer a clean text base Grub menu and a complete output from the boot process, so I usually edit /etc/default/grub and ensure the follow configs:

2026-08-05T06:57:51Z

Configure Grub [optional]

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	I prefer a clean text base Grub menu and a complete output from the boot process, so I usually edit /etc/default/grub and ensure the follow configs:		I prefer a clean text base Grub menu and a complete output from the boot process, so I usually edit /etc/default/grub and ensure the follow configs:
	<pre>		<pre>
	GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""		GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nomodeset"
	GRUB_TERMINAL=console		GRUB_TERMINAL=console
	</pre>		</pre>

2026-08-05T06:46:57Z

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	dpkg-reconfigure tzdata # choose Etc -> UTC		dpkg-reconfigure tzdata # choose Etc -> UTC
	etckeeper commit -m "configure tzdata" # [optional]		etckeeper commit -m "configure tzdata" # [optional]
			</pre>

			* Ntp server
			<pre>
			apt-get install ntpsec
	</pre>		</pre>

2026-03-17T19:33:09Z

Suspend (lid close/idle actions)

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	TO DEFINE, see again [[PowerManager]]'		TO DEFINE, see again [[PowerManager]]'

			Note: it appears that you need to use polkitd
			<pre>
			apt-get install polkitd
			</pre>

			otherwise, you can have the following error:
			<pre>
			$ systemctl suspend
			Failed to execute /usr/bin/pkttyagent: No such file or directory
			Call to Suspend failed: Access denied
			</pre>

	=== Setup a Graphical Environment ===		=== Setup a Graphical Environment ===

2026-01-10T17:24:38Z

Wifi connection

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	ifup wlXXXN		ifup wlXXXN
	</pre>		</pre>

			see also https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse#Using_ifupdown_and_wpasupplicant

	It works well, but you may have some difficult to easily change wifi network if needed. In case you prefer, while having the same internet connection configured during installation, you can install NetworkManage and configure it to manage your wifi interfaces:		It works well, but you may have some difficult to easily change wifi network if needed. In case you prefer, while having the same internet connection configured during installation, you can install NetworkManage and configure it to manage your wifi interfaces:

2026-01-09T23:44:11Z

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	wpa-ssid XXXX		wpa-ssid XXXX
	wpa-psk XXXX		wpa-psk XXXX
			</pre>

			If you have no wifi network at all (e.g. no network working during debian install), you can check existing intefaces with
			<pre>
			ip link
			</pre>

			than verify that you have the packages iproute2 and wpasupplicant installed and you can manually add the previous lines in /etc/network/interfaces and then start the wifi manually with
			<pre>
			ip link set wlXXXN up
			ifup wlXXXN
	</pre>		</pre>

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	* TODO [to improve]: remove additional stuffs		* TODO [to improve]: remove additional stuffs
	<pre>		<pre>
	apt-get autoremove --purge desktop-base+ task-desktop+ gnome-software+ firefox\* libreoffice\* gdm\* evolution\* gnome-control-center gnome-settings-daemon gnome-terminal gnome-keyring		apt-get autoremove --purge desktop-base+ libreoffice\* gdm\* evolution\* gnome-control-center gnome-settings-daemon gnome-terminal gnome-keyring
	</pre>		</pre>

2025-09-29T23:19:03Z

Install useful packages

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	<pre>		<pre>
	apt-get install arandr audacious brightnessctl conky-std eog evince feh ffmpeg file-roller firefox-esr geany gimp imagemagick alsa-utils scrot spacefm claws-mail xine-ui xterm		apt-get install arandr audacious brightnessctl conky-std eog evince feh ffmpeg file-roller firefox-esr geany gimp imagemagick alsa-utils scrot spacefm claws-mail xine-ui xterm
	~~</pre>~~

	* Add a minimal libreoffice packages [optional]
	~~<pre>~~
	~~apt-get install libreoffice-writer libreoffice-calc libreoffice-draw~~
	</pre>		</pre>

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	systemctl --user restart wireplumber pipewire pipewire-pulse		systemctl --user restart wireplumber pipewire pipewire-pulse
	</pre>		</pre>

			* Add a minimal libreoffice packages [optional]

			See [[LibreOffice_(Application)]]

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	[[Category:linux]]		[[Category:linux]]
	[[Category:debian]]		[[Category:debian]]