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I've been using Debian for probably a decade and set up a couple new installs of bookworm this week. In no particular order, here are a few things you might want to know:
aptitude
a lot easier to wrangle than stockapt
or the GUI package managers (they're all front-ends to the same thing). It's got interactive queries.stable
andtesting
in/etc/apt/sources.list
. Note that by default this will cause you to just pull everything in fromtesting
; this post details how to prevent this if desired.os-prober
by default. This means that if you're dual-booting Windows you'll need to edit/etc/default/grub
(the comments explain what to do) and runupdate-grub
as root. I also usually end up fiddling with the graphics options to make sure the virtual TTYs (the consoles you access withCtrl-Alt-F<n>
) have the appropriate resolution./etc/apt/sources.list
fornon-free-firmware
and make sure you have the appropriate package installed (search~snon-free-firmware
in aptitude).dpkg-reconfigure $package
. I most often use this withconsole-setup
andkeyboard-configuration
, the former for TTY font size and the latter for swapping Caps Lock with Ctrl/Esc.Lastly, the Arch wiki is a great resource even though Arch and Debian aren't directly related.