Debian 12 Minimal with KDE Minimal Install with Timeshift. Adding Flatpak support.
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2024
- Installing and using KDE and Timeshift. Enabling Flatpak.
Software:
Distro: Debian 12 Bookworm (Stable)
www.debian.org/download
=== Contents of this Video ===
0:00 - Intro
0:31 - Installing kde-plasma-desktop (minimal)
3:45 - Timeshift
6:04 - Enabling flakpak support
7:43 - Installing Firefox via flathub
10:08 - Potential flatpak software
13:14 - Outtro
Github:
github.com/drewgrif/
Twitter:
/ justaguylinux 
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Just wanted to drop a comment of appreciation. You single-handedly made me fully transition to Debian from Arch. Your tutorials and teaching ways are incredible. Thank you!
Thanks for the comment. Made me smile!
It allowed me to dual boot debian+xerolinux (arch) but I had to clean the drive.
Love clean installs.
Right on
I think I'm leaning towards moving from Mint to Debian, I use LMDE anyway, so it's the next step for me, but your videos and the release of Bookworm have given me a big nudge, so thanks.
Debian is the logical step.
Years ago I did the same but from Ubuntu to Debian after I first did a Linux From Scratch (LFS) install. About 15 years ago.
Used Debian for about 3 years and have barely touched Linux since.
Fond memories with Debian.
@@UlrichHoltzhausen hows gaming with Debain these days? when I first dipped my toes it was either you got Arch for bleeding edge updates or Ubuntu for majority support and everything said avoid Mint and Debian if you're a gamer.
@@David_Quinn_Photography Steam works and so does RetroArch. I'm not a big gamer even on Windows. I usually play two games, CSGO or Civ 5 and that's maybe twice a year for a bit.
Both are working fine on Debian.
Great vid. It is my preferred KDE install on Debian, but usually with Testing. And flatpaks are an easy way to get the latest software and/or proprietary codecs installed on your system. Thnx Drew!
Hi Drew! Yet another great video! Thanks!
Hey, thanks!
Debian 12.1 with KDE is a terrific PC experience. Sid 2023.1 with KDE is too. These are on my four PC network. Hassle free. Timeshift security blanket...
This helped especially the minimal installation tip. Hope you can do one for gnome minimal install
Debian w/KDE + flatpack (+ podman) is probably the most sane setup in these trying times.
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Big thanks for the tutorial featuring a barebone install with KDE (not a fan of the kde bloat either).
This is the kind of combo I was looking for to setup my workstation.
In dual boot with a Arch install this should keep me covered for all use cases.
You are welcome!
@@JustAGuyLinux I did the bare bone install of debian-KDE (using swap +ext4 to simplify my first test) but for some reason the arch boot was broken so bad that I could not fix it as usual. Re-probing the partitions and reinstalling grub complete without error notice but when I select Arch for booting It freeze at the start.
YES_ sounds like the PERFECT setup to me... and in fact I use that very one--- along with a couple others . I have a drive that is DOUBLE Debian dual boot- and one that is dual ARCH boot.. just for fun and mixup every so often-- but the Debian one like described here-- isTHE BEST and definitley most stable!!! (and flexible-- do anything with it)..
Great video. Thank you for sharing. I am using Kubuntu since 10 years. I dislike snaps and I have reinstalled the snap presets in form of deb files. So long that remains possible I will stick with Kubuntu. Otherwise I will follow your example here and switch to Debian with the KDE desktop. I had my first encounter with Debian when version 3 was released :-)
I have a lot of trust in the Debian community and Debian is probably the safest way into the future. One day someone will acquire Canonical (probably Microsoft) and then (for sure) the time has come to stick with Debian. Arch is also a great distro but it requires me to relearn many things - for what I have no time/energy.
thanks for sharing your thoughts and story. good luck. never used kubuntu but I have no patience for snaps.
I gotta say KDE is really nice to use i was using it in mint.. thought my wife might like it but she insists on sticking with cinnamon. i use WM's mainly.
This is what i was searching in RUclips and all where doing graphical install. Thank you and your channel for this great peace of work Sir. To be sincere i am a newby to all this and still learning about all basic CMD on Linux and i see how clean and simple this is. Where MS windows trying to nail it's fingers deep into our hardware and makeup forcibly buy new hardware to run there OS is kind of "You use my software, Then your hardware & data is mine, Not yours". I am kind of 😡Off on MS for there radical behaviour since Win11. I honestly still use it but had to go through tons of tweaks before doing anything on it. But Linux is like setup as you want and you are good to go. My concern is about what hardware should i choose to run Linux and i heard the most people say AMD is best by default. So if i buy a high end motherboard by Asus and it has RGB in it and Ram, GPU, CPU Cooler, Case Fans has LED light too then how could i control it.
1. The motherboard manufacturers which gives a Pendrive/CD/DVD for all software package for the board . What use will it be if i am deciding to install Linux in my brand new system ?
2. How would i control the speed of my CPU cooler/Water Cooler Radiator fan for temp control in Linux. Where in windows we get the option to keep the CPU heat under control by manufacturer software.
3. Motherboard and parts that have RGB light how do i control those things in Linux ?
4. If i purchase non rgb (AMD) PC parts to build my PC then where should i start from for latest Debian 12 + kde plasma ?
Great, thank you! :)
You're welcome!
Great video. Could you do a talk about a minimal Cinnamon environment.
When are you releasing more videos like this with other Desktop Environments? I do appreciate the minimal approach you are attempting to do here.
Thanks and thanks for giving me ideas.
Great video. Could you also do one with Gnome? Thank you.
with software, I don't care what version it is as long as its stable and not a security risk it can be 1.0 for my use just don't crash on me while I am using it the only thing I care about being newer is security and video drivers for gaming.
Hello, if you upgrade to Debian 13 in the future, will only the installed programs be updated or will the Debian 13 programs be added? Thanks
Thank you. I wondered why timeshift wouldn't launch on KDE. So I reinstalled eith Gnome. Worked.
Been out of the Linux world too long.
I have a bare-basic logitech KB+M and the mouse won't scroll. I have tried on two different metal installs and with KDE and Gnome now.
Another issue is the laptop I am testing on has a 15.4" screen at 48Hz and 4k. I can't set it to 1920x1080 because Debian is trying to force it to 60hz.
Nvidia drivers are installed.
If I can get those two issues sorted I can set up the laptop as a retro NES game station via emulator which was the idea with Windows but ehy not Debian.
KDE has its own backup tool.
could you make a video about minimal gnome? ty in advance
After installing the kde-plasma-desktop package, my Wi-Fi started having issues. The interface is up, but it cannot find any nearby connections. Therefore, I have to use the wired connection.
I installed the operating system from your minimum installation with btrfs using Wi-Fi, but now it does not work. I have tried everything I know, such as reinstalling the firmware and network driver, but nothing has worked.
my laptop uses iwlwifi for wif. i'll keep search for a solution.
EDIT:
Problem Solved.
Steps to fix the problem:
Open the /etc/network/interfaces file in a text editor.
Find the lines that contain your Wi-Fi adapter and credentials.
Delete those lines.
Save the file.
Restart your computer.
Troubleshooting tips:
If you're not sure which lines to delete, you can try commenting them out first. To do this, add a # symbol to the beginning of each line.
If you're still having trouble connecting to your Wi-Fi network after deleting the lines, you can try restarting your router.
I copy the Firefox recent version folder to opt folder and then change all permissions and owner to root.
Kde is nice but I always had weird issues with it. I prefer gnome or cinnamon.
Did you manually changed the grub theme or did it come with the installed package?
What's the point of making a separate home subvolume? Is it by this excluded in the backup?
Request: make vid of minimal gnome but fully working, sound, networkmanager, bluetooth, theming, like gnome-core but without the apps like totem,... Thanks for the great videos
i second that...but this was how i did mine
sudo apt --no-install-recommends gnome-session
sudo apt install gdm3 gnome-control-center gnome-tweaks gnome-shell-extension-manager gnome-software gnome-software-common network-manager-gnome power-profiles-daemon nano
Note: i left out nautilus and gnome-terminal ..you can those 2 or choose your own ...my personal choice would be kitty and thunar
1. Enable login screen via " systemctl enable gdm3.service"
2. sudo nano /etc/interfaces ....place "#" in front of every entry to comment it out (or just remove the file altogether..lol)
enable networkmanger to appear in menu by editing /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf and changing bottom entry from "false" to "true"...save and reboot
I like this install, but how do you start in the terminal in the first place? Do I need to download KDE flavor and boot from it, and then proceed to this custom install?
Video starts right after the Debian Minimal Install. ruclips.net/video/MoWApyUb5w8/видео.html
@@JustAGuyLinux Thanks my friend I have learned allot from these videos, excellent work here :)
I like KDE and have been using it a lot recently (and before that when plasma first came out years ago). But when reinstalling my work laptop I went with Gnome because I knew I needed some software that was only tested on Gnome/GTK. I'm not confident enough that also installing KDE wouldn't mess with my system, but maybe that's nothing to worry about?
I don't think it would be anything harmful
Hey! Thx for the video. Using timeahift, how to get snapshots restore point at boot?
check newest video ruclips.net/video/9htEaXAXfdg/видео.html&t
Hi, thank you for both videos about Debian 12 installation.
I followed your instructions and I miss the part when you do a command line snapshot, just after you installed the minimal base system.
Now after I installed KDE, I ran the manual command "sudo timeshift --create --btrfs" in Konsole, which created a new snapshot, so far so good. Now, when I check graphically, I can see both snapshots, but when I hover the mouse over the new one, it says 2 sub volumes, and I can see @ and @home, even if I did not specify anything in particular to include @home, which is fine.
But on the snapshot we made graphically, I do not have the same popup when I hover over the snapshot we created with the GUI.
So how can we be sure that we have the 2 volumes in both snapshots ? (even if I checked the @home option during GUI snapshot creation)
Thank you
PS: When I try the button to parse the snapshot it wont start Dolphin because I started the timeshift tool with sudo rights and Dolphin refuse to start in root mode :( If someone has a solution for this it would be nice.
Nevermind, I found the solution to get timeshift working from the system menu, and also browsing the snapshot is also working then.
You simply need to install a package "pkexec" with the usual command "sudo apt install pkexec" :)
PS: After parsing the files I can now see both volumes in both snapshots ... but still only one popup is showing up on the second snapshot, strange.
what do you think of the clamaris live install version for kde
is there much of a difference?
Actually, quite a bit difference because the number of additional packages is significant. Not bad idea. Just more than I want. I prefer to choose individually.
@@JustAGuyLinux I like downloading kde plasma. And more packages means I get more support out of the box right?
Can you come up with a tutorial for bcachefs?
Another nice video.
Any reason for installing the flatpaks with sudo or is that just habit?
Total habit. System-wide v. User-wide.
Will it be possible to install mer kde versions on debian 12; like the upcoming plasma 6? Or must we wait for debian 13?
You must wait. Debian is stable = it does not introduce big changes. This is what makes it a good production environment.
Are the partition step similar for peoples using nvme drives?
I wish to replicate this install on my Legion5 but it doesn't have ssd.
Setting up swap less install with btrfs seems quite tedious.
Yes. The only difference is that instead of sda/sdb/sdc/etc they are labelled nvme[controller number]n[device number]p[partition number]. So using Drew's example, it would be nvme0n1p1 for the EFI partition and nvme0n1p2 for the btrfs partition.
0:45 which font on terminal?
also with btrfs + snapper + subvolumes + grub-btrfs tuto would be nice.
terminus
The issues I'm facing when trying to update my Manjaro and the time taken compiling are boring me. I'm considering return to Debian, as I only use my PC for development.
Good luck 🤞
i notice debian-12.1.0-amd64-netinst is less bloat when installed by default kde than debian-live-12.1.0-amd64-kde from the site when installed..
then again this tutorial is even less bloat
No neofetch why dude i wanted to see rame and cpu usage
For Desktop use: Productivity and gaming. Would you recommend stable, testing or Sid? I installed sod today. Not very happy with the performance. Additionally Wayland just refused to work with my nvidia GPU and I got like 0.5 fps.
Nvidia and Wayland just don't play well together. I'm partial to xfce.
@@JustAGuyLinux yeah it runs well on X11, but hella confusing, epecially since it was hard to find a straight answer on google.
But what is your opinion on Sid as Desktop?
@@Aetohatir I tried to use sid for a while as my production machine. If I was a gamer, I would probably opt for sid but I'm not. So, I use stable and don't foresee changing anytime soon.
Sir last time when we install together by following you i i nstall the Debian default which is gnome ui, honestly i didn't miss the step but i didn't know how to make unselected the default selected one. So which key is that?? Thanks
space bar on keyboard bro to select/unselect...tab button changes options..etc etc
Titan Linux works
just wondering is the minimal install more or less secure?
Generally, the less you install the better. You can get an overview over services listening for connections by issuing this command (as root or sudo) ss -tuln | grep LISTEN
7:50 that's the funniest thing right there...
Minimal install still came with konqueror? 😂
for some reason Konqueror is a dependency for kde-plasma-desktop package, i wonder why because i don't know anyone who would use it as their daily driver
So true
awesome video i did my minimal install of debian but then upgrade to unstable then did the kde minimal as well but i did not know about timeshift i installed it and tried to do the btrfs option but i keep getting this error "Selected snapshot device is not a system disk. Select BTRFS system disk with root subvolume " what does it mean i m new to this snapshot feature of linux any help is greatly appreciated
Could be a naming issue with subvolumes. Could be testing but I have been using the ruclips.net/video/MoWApyUb5w8/видео.html procedure with name @ and @home and it hasn't given me errors.
@@JustAGuyLinux i was checking out that same video so i got to go to konsole and run those commands i was wondering since my system is already set up if doing this will make any sense ...also i tested out rsync option of timeshift with my 128gb flashdrive and it worked ...should i be satisfied with that instead of trying to use the btrfs option ...and lastly i was looking up an alternative and found snapper is that any good?
@@MichaelKnights I haven't used snapper but I have seen others use it efficiently. Unless you are willing to start over, I think your solution is a good one.
I'm using Fedora and for some reason your videos do not play for me at first . I think I need some codecs?
Just my videos? Not sure why that would be.
Yes, not sure either but I just installed some non-free drivers apparently that was the reason. Thank you those great tutorials
found this looking for a way to install KDE without konqueror is this even possible?
Not a kde expert but I would doubt it.
@@JustAGuyLinux thanks that’s what I thought too
Just leave it.
root@debian:~# apt-get remove -s konqueror
Les pakkelister ... Ferdig
Byggjer kravtre ... Ferdig
Leser tilstandsinformasjon ... Ferdig
Følgende pakker ble automatisk installert og er ikke lenger påkrevet:
imagemagick imagemagick-6.q16 libkf5konq6
Brug »apt autoremove« til at fjerne dem.
Dei følgjande pakkane vil verta FJERNA:
kde-baseapps kde-plasma-desktop kde-standard konq-plugins konqueror task-kde-desktop
0 oppgraderte, 0 nyleg installerte, 6 skal fjernast og 0 skal ikkje oppgraderast.
Remv task-kde-desktop [3.73]
Remv kde-standard [5:142]
Remv kde-plasma-desktop [5:142]
Remv kde-baseapps [4:22.12.3+5.142]
Remv konq-plugins [4:22.12.3-1]
Remv konqueror [4:22.12.3-1]
1:11 now it ask deesktop enviroment. next is should ask theme. wana ubuntu wallpaper or... thats how linux OS should be. one that give you all, but it is still 3%. linux never win windows. too many distros
KDE is the BEST--- PERIOD... the rest are GARBAGE and useless rocks.. basically. You're doing what I did the day it came out.. and I LOVE IT-- it's PERFECT-- you can make it AnYTHING you want extremely easily and it just WORKS-- it's ROCK SOLID-- VERY VERY FAST and just works. Unlike the stupid "G-nome" crap that gets in the way and complicates what should be smoothe and easy..
Tell me what you really think.... LOL