We encountered many issues with Ubuntu 12.04 not being stable enough and having bugs unfixed, or ubuntu dependencies not being as good as the Debian one.
All of our clients are using Ubuntu 12.04 32 bits and we decided to find an alternative to replace Ubuntu before the LTS expires.
We decided to choose Debian for the following reason:
Our servers run 64 bit version of Debian but we need to see if all software are compatible.
apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get dist-upgrade reboot |
We might need to use backport for the kernel when the hardware is not detected by the default kernel.
For thunderbird install, use the mint deb if necessary: http://packages.linuxmint.com/pool/import/t/
Trying to get Testing installed I realized it would take me hours as it depends on the connection to the mirror.
In order to select the best mirror do the following from a Debian machine (A source list will be copied to your home directory):
su - apt-get install netselect-apt netselect-apt mv /etc/apt/sources.list{,.bak} cp ~/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list apt-get update |
Here is the result from 2014/01/04 in BlueLight:
# Debian packages for stable deb http://debian.mirror.net.in/debian/ stable main contrib # Uncomment the deb-src line if you want 'apt-get source' # to work with most packages. # deb-src http://debian.mirror.net.in/debian/ stable main contrib # Security updates for stable deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib |
IN order to avoid surprises we will use the distribution name instead of stable
# Debian packages for stable deb http://debian.mirror.net.in/debian/ wheezy main contrib # Uncomment the deb-src line if you want 'apt-get source' # to work with most packages. # deb-src http://debian.mirror.net.in/debian/ wheezy main contrib # Security updates for stable deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib |
Use deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy main contrib
for each user
mv ~/.icedove{,-org} mv ~/.thunderbird ~/.icedove |
apt-get install sudo rsync vlc audacious emacs23-nox ssh icedove chromium gnome-tweak-tool flashplugin-nonfree python-software-properties file-roller gedit telepathy-gabble |
apt-get remove imagemagick apt-get autoremove |
Adding the Ubuntu 12.04 icons and cursors
rsync -av root@192.168.10.2:/usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark /usr/share/icons/ rsync -av root@192.168.10.2:/usr/share/icons/DMZ-White /usr/share/icons/ |
edit ~/.config/nautilus/accels, search for the line:
; (gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/DirViewActions/Trash" "<Primary>Delete")
uncomment and change to:
(gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/DirViewActions/Trash" "Delete")
We decided to offer choices to users in order for the choose the most convenient desktop.
http://www.renewablepcs.com/about-linux/kde-gnome-or-xfce
aptitude install e17 e17-modules |
Debian Jessie comes with a Desktop sharing embeded.
To activate it go to Settings > Sharing > Screen Sharing
On the client side use vinagre.
Here you will find apps developed for Gnome that will make it even more comfortable to use: https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/
wesnoth
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:appgrid/stable sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install appgrid