Debian 8 installation

Prepare boot media(USB stick)

  1. Download unetbootin in linux
  2. Make the boot usb stick under linux.
  3. copy the below files from /usr/lib/syslinux/bios/ to the root of USB drive, then reboot:
    • libcom32.c32 - menu.c32 - libutil.c32

Tips during Debian 8 installation

  1. disk partion: (1)disk format: xfs (2)bootable: on
  2. install gnome-desktop need net mirrors (use only 1 CD)

Common softwares installation

中文输入法 fcitx-googlepinyin|rime

  1. sudo apt-get install fcitx-googlepinyin
  2. fcitx-config (+googlepinyin,maybe need restart to show)
  3. default shortcut: ctrl+space

gnome-software

  1. /etc/apt/sourcelist: add unstable and testing sources. See Debian apt handbook
su
apt-get update
apt-cache search gnome-software
apt-get install gnome-software-common
apt-get install gnome-software
su - username

Shadowsocks

References

  1. How can I run Debian stable but install some packages from testing?
  2. 10分钟掌握Linux vi编辑器常见命令的使用,最简单的vi编辑器教程