My Thinkpad T500 - Debian - lenniedevo
Common commands
alsamixergui gvim iceweasel mocp thunar weechat wicd-gtk
Second Install on SSD
Used Debian Jessie netinst CD
Use wired ethernet. Wireless firmware will be installed later.
At install menu
- print server
- ssh server
hostname: lenniedevo
Add contrib,non-free to /etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
reboot
apt-get autoclean
apt-get autoremove
apt-get install firmware-linux-nonfree
reboot
apt-get install firmware-iwlwifi
reboot
install sudo and friends
apt-get install vim tmux git sudo
adduser craig sudo
apt-git install lightdm
apt-get install i3
apt-get install weechat moc
apt-get install alsamixergui
apt-get install vim-gtk
apt-get install thunar iceweasel icedove gedit
apt-get install alsa-utils
apt-get install rxvt-unicode-256color terminator
apt-get install gparted gnome-disk-utility
apt-get install wicd wicd-curses wicd-gtk
adduser yourusername netdev
Research
Wireless
wicd at launchpad
A network connection manager that aims to simplify wired and wireless networking in Linux.
Development for Wicd happens on #wicd on Freenode
Debian - How to use a WiFi interface
wicd (Wireless Interface Connection Daemon) is a lightweight alternative to NetworkManager. It is environment-independent, making it suitable for all desktop environments, including GNOME, Xfce, LXDE, and Fluxbox. Like NetworkManager, wicd is configured via a graphical interface.