Debian Lenny Installing a recent version of deluge 1. You have been warned. Done Building dependency tree Reading state information Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states Can you imagine, that the default behaviour of Debian Lenny is that every user can read everybody else's files?
It's incredible but true, it goes against everything you'd expect from such a quality- and security-conscious distro. Everybody's files in their home directory are readable by everyone, really?
On Mandriva all the home directories are private by default. Finally, a real annoyance with USB sticks. Imagine the picture: a user is logged in to the computer but the screensaver has locked the screen.
Another user comes to the computer and logs in as themselves using the command "Switch User". The user then plugs in a USB stick.
Guess what? Debian says they shouldn't now be allowed to write to their own stick because someone else was logged in to this machine first. How crazy is that? How much sense does that really make? If our frustrated user happens to know the root password, that's ok because they can then copy files over after using the su command. But what if they don't? Then they have to forcibly reboot the machine so that they're the only user logged in.
We'll just have to cross our fingers that the first user didn't have any important unsaved files open It's now and Debian Squeeze is now officially called 'stable'. Some of these installation images may no longer be available, or may no longer work, and you are recommended to install squeeze instead. If any of the hardware in your system requires firmware to be loaded with the device driver, you can use one of the tarballs of common firmware packages. Instructions how to use the tarballs and general information about loading firmware during an installation can be found in the Installation Guide see Documentation below.
If you read only one document before installing, read our Installation Howto , a quick walkthrough of the installation process. The installer will then automatically detect your hardware and your network. After completing those tasks, the installer will ask you for the hostname of your computer and your domain name. If you're installing Debian on a home computer, you can make something up. Partitioning After asking which time zone you live in, the installer will detect your hard disks and start the partitioner.
This is the most important part of the installation, so be careful. The installer will present you with a set of guided partitioning options that use the entire hard disk and the "Manual" partitioning option.
It's important to use the "Manual" option because the guided partitioning options will use the entire hard disk and wipe out your MS Windows installation. You'll then see a partition table like the one below: V IDE1 master hda - In their view, new users should create a separate partition for their "home" directory. Your home directory is the location where you will store all of your work and where your personal configuration files e.
So if you create a separate home partition, your work and your system files will be on separate partitions. On the other hand, some new users go too far. They do foolish things and need to reinstall the operating system. If they were foresighted enough to create a separate partition for their home directory, reinstallation is relatively painless.
They simply install the operating system around the partition that contains their home directory leaving the files in place. After the reinstallation, all of their work is in place and their configuration is restored. If you choose "No," you'll be returned to the partition table screen. If you choose "Yes," the changes will be written to disk and installation of the base system will begin. If you don't like the partition sizes that the installer selected, turn to Appendix A for an explanation of how to manually choose the partition sizes.
After writing the new partition table to disk, the Debian Installer will install the base system. Setting Up User Accounts The next four screens will help you set up a "root" account and a "user" account. The root account is used to perform administrative tasks, such as installing software, while the user account is used for everyday tasks, such as writing letters, etc. Normal users may not install software because they do not have permission to make changes to the directories i.
This prevents malicious software that you may encounter while browsing the internet from installing itself and damaging your system. So at these four screens, pick a good password for your root account, then enter your name for your user account, pick a username for your user account and pick a password for your user account.
Beyond the Base System The installer will then configure the package manager and ask if you want to use a network mirror to supplement the software that is on the installation CD. If you're using winloader, you will have to select "Yes" at this screen. If you're using a CD and if you have a slow internet connection, then you may want to select "No" at this screen. If you select "Yes," the installer will help you select a network mirror e. After configuring the package manager and installing some software, the installer will ask you if you would like to participate in the "popularity contest" by anonymously submitting your usage statistics to Debian.
After installing a few more items, the installer will ask you which predefined collections of software you would like to install. If you are setting up a desktop computer as opposed to a server , then you should select "Standard system. If you're using a CD, then the desktop that comes with that CD will be installed i. If you're willing to login to a command prompt and manually install your desktop, then do not select "Desktop environment," finish the installation and then turn to Appendix C for help in installing the desktop of your choice.
The installer will now begin installing a lot of software. Feel free to get up and go to the kitchen. This step will take some time. In the next step, the installer will install GRUB, the boot loader which allows you to select an operating system when you turn on your computer.
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