DebianEtch + xfce4 desktop hard drive installation process

DebianEtch + xfce4 desktop hard disk installation process-Linux Release Technology-Debian information, the following is a detailed description. 1. Prepare sufficient hard disk space
Same as u, omitted

Ii. Download the CD image
First, download the iso (163 M) of netinst. The following is from the cn99 source, which is usually faster in China. Http://debian.cn99.com/debian-cd... r1-i386-netinst.iso

3. Download and prepare the boot file
Files required for hard disk installation:
Http://debian.cn99.com/debian/di.../hd-media/initrd.gz
Http://debian.cn99.com/debian/di... es/hd-media/vmlinuz

4. Install the basic Debian system
Because xfce needs to be installed on the network in the future, it is best to configure the network when installing the basic, otherwise you can manually add after installing the basic system:
Modify/etc/network/interface, for example:
# The primary network interface
Allow-hotplug eth0
Iface eth0 inet static
Address 192.168.0.1
Netmask 255.255.255.0
Network 192.168.0.0
Broadcast 192.168.255.255
Gateway 192.168.0.10
Modify/etc/resolv. conf as follows:
Nameserver 188.188.188.188

5. modify source
Add to system as root
Modify/etc/apt/sources. list. For details, refer to my:
Deb http://debian.cn99.com/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
Deb http://debian.cn99.com/debian/ etch-proposed-updates main contrib non-free
Deb http://debian.cn99.com/debian-security/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
If you plan to use the updated software, you can add testing. If you are interested in being a Tom, you can add unstable, experimental, and other sources.
However, considering stability and hardware drivers, it is best to use only the stable source and use another source after installation.
After that, don't forget apt-get update.

6. Install xfce4 (similar to Gnome for other desktops)
① Install the hardware detection system apt-get install discover mdetect read-edid
② Install x.org to avoid being installed with a lot of useless graphics card drivers, I installed it like this (nvidia graphics card ):
Apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-nv xfonts-base
Apt-get install x-window-system-core
3. Install the Chinese text and theme of hicolor when running the agent.
Apt-get install TPD ttf-arphic-uming ttf-arphic-ukai hicolor-icon-theme
④ Install xfce4
Apt-get install xfce4
⑤ Get bored and install the sound card driver with a bunch of other things
Apt-get install alsa-base alsa-utils menu plugin dbus-1-utils hal pmount xfce4-terminal xfmedia eject synaptic iceweasel xarchiver gtk2-engines tango-icon-theme

VII. Configure the video card and sound card
Hey, install the driver --
Apt-get install nvidia-glx
Then,
Dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
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8. Other configurations
① To enable normal users to shut down on the graphic interface, edit/etc/sudouser
Add % users ALL = NOPASSWD:/usr/sbin/xfsm-shutdown-helper
Here, % users can be changed to "% user group" or user name
② To automatically mount the Windows partition, edit/etc/fstab and add
/Dev/hda8/media/hda8 vfat defaults, utf8, umask = 007, gid = 46 0 0
Or (ntfs partition)
/Dev/hda9/media/hda11 ntfs ults, nls = utf8, umask = 007, gid = 46 0 0
③ Use dpkg-reconfigure locales to generate locale and select the default locale
Other configurations, such as input methods, will not be discussed.

All in all, I feel that Debian is more free than ubuntu. If you are a beginner of ubuntu, try it. If you want to install the desktop once, you can download gnome (cd1, equivalent to ubuntu), kde (equivalent to Kubuntu), and xfce (equivalent to xubuntu) on the official server).