Debian Notebook

instructions.md

Install Debian

• Do not install a desktop environment

Minimal XFCE4

• Login as root
• Install sudo apt update;apt install sudo;
• Create a user if required adduser USERNAME
• Add your main user to sudo. usermod -a -G sudo USERNAME
• Logout of root
• Login as user
• sudo apt install xorg
• sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install xfce4
• sudo apt install xfce4-power-manager
• Add the following to the end of ~/.profile

if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] && [ -n "$XDG_VTNR" ] && [ "$XDG_VTNR" -eq 1 ]; then
    exec startx
fi

• Reboot before starting xorg.

Wifi

• sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install xfce4-notifyd wicd

Useful Packages

• xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin
• xfce4-terminal
• chromium
• gnome-system-monitor

LXC Setup

• sudo apt install lxc
• sudo lxc-create -t /usr/share/lxc/templates/lxc-alpine -n mycontainer