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- Acronyms
- Martin 'joey' Schulze's list of acronyms common in Debian
discussion
- Administration -
Steve Kemp's 'Debian System Administrator Resources'
site
- All in
the Packaging - Nathan Myers's article It's All in the
Packaging, clarifying that the secret of Debian lies in
systematic application of distribution policy
- ALSA - Using
ALSA sound drivers on Debian
-
AMD64 HOWTO - All about Debian's x86_64 releases,
including how to run legacy i386/IA32 software on them
- Apache2 -
Installing and using Apache httpd 2.x on Debian
- apt-move
- Constructing a apt-gettable package collection from .deb
files, using apt-move
- apt-proxy
- Operating a local package mirror using apt-proxy
-
Aptitude - Nine reasons to use aptitude instead of
apt-get or dselect, by Joey Hess
- AWStats
Setup - How to set up AWStats on Debian in the relatively
safe optional static-HTML mode, rather than CGI mode
- Blacklisting
Drivers - How to blacklist undesired kernel drivers
(prevent them from being loaded) in Debian and Ubuntu
- Chroot
Installation - Converting a live system to Debian using a
chroot environment
- Chroot
Installation - Erik Jacobson's HOWTO: Install Debian onto
a Remote Linux System
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Chroot Installation - Converting a live system to Debian
using a chroot environment - Karsten Self's maintained
version
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Chroot 32-bit - Creating a x86 chroot environment on
Debian/Ubuntu's x86_64 releases, to run 32-bit applications
such as Macromedia Flash, proprietary AV plugins, etc.
- Config
Files - Mark Ferlatte's collection of prototype
configuration files for Debian
- Courier
/ Exim / MySQL - Using Courier-IMAPd with the Exim MTA
and MySQL-based user authentication on Debian
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Courier / Exim / Maildirs - HOWTO on configuring Exim4
and Courier-IMAPd to cooperate and use Maildir folders, with
extensive tips on mail-filtering and MUA setup, by Jason
Boxman
- CPAN -
Installing Debianised packages from CPAN.
- Debianhelp -
Site aimed at providing simple and easy help, tips and tricks
and support articles to the Debian user community.
- Debian
Releases - List of all Official Debian releases including
point releases
- Developer
Machine Status - List of all debian.org developer
machines, and their current condition
-
DocBook - Configuring Debian for DocBook SGML or XML
document creation
- Downgrading
- How do I downgrade from a later Debian branch to
stable?
- General
Resolutions - Complete history of all Debian General
Resolution votes, text of the proposals, etc.
- GnuPG
mini-HOWTO - How to fully use GnuPG in Debian, by Martin
'joey' Schulze
- Gradual
Upgrade - Fault-resistant apt-get upgrading between
branches
- Hardware
Detection - Debian optional packages to enhance hardware
detection
- Information
- Primary Debian information, news and discussion
resources
- Installers
- List of all known installer images for Debian systems, by
category
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Java, Proprietary - Detailed instructions for installing
Sun, IBM, or Blackdown's proprietary JREs on Debian,
including Mozilla/Firefox 'OJI' plug-in support
- Java,
Sun - Detailed instructions for installing Sun's
proprietary JRE on Debian, including Mozilla/Firefox 'OJI'
plug-in support
- Kickstart
- Debian installation regimes similar to Kickstart
- Knoppix
- Karsten M. Self's Knoppix FAQ
- Knoppix
HOWTO - Colin Charles's Installing Knoppix to a Hard Disk
HOWTO
- Knoppix
FAQ - Rick Moen's Knoppix FAQ (somewhat obsolete)
- Knoppix
Remastering - Detailed instructions for remastering
Knoppix
- Knoppix
Upgrading - Tricks and traps for maintaining Knoppix
after installing to one's HD, along with reasons why there
are better Debian-based distros for that role
- Knoppix
Remastering - Article by Sunil Thomas Thonikuzhiyil on
how to build a custom Knoppix disk
- Libranet
Licensing - Libranet founders clarify that Libranet ISOs
are lawfully redistributable
- Libranet
to Debian - Steps to converge a Libranet installation
back to standard Debian
- L0T3K
Debian docs - Good colletion of Debian documentation at
L0T3K.org
- Maintenance
HOWTO - Martin 'joey' Schulze's rundown on some of the
things to do after installation
- make-kpkg
- Compiling and installing Linux kernels the Debian way
- mkext2initrd
- Making your own initial RAMdisk image
- Mirror
Setup - How to establish a Debian package mirror
- mod_security
- Article explaining function and installation/configuration
of the Apache mod_security module in Debian
- Modules -
Debian infrastructure for handling Linux kernel modules
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Module Preloading - How to load essential drivers into
the Debian installer from floppy
-
OpenOffice.org w/MySQL on Debian - Addenda on
Debian-specific steps for using OpenOffice.org (predecessor
of LibreOffice) with MySQL datasources.
- OpenRC Conversion -
Debian 8 "Jessie" OpenRC Conversion, Expunging systemd
- Oracle10g on
Debian - Tips and tricks helpful during installation of
Oracle 10g database on Debian GNU/Linux
- Package
Count - How many packages does Debian offer?
- Package
Errors - How to debug and fix broken packages that cannot
be upgraded, removed, or installed (most common when tracking
sid=unstable)
- Package
Format Comparison - Developer and deb/rpm package
maintainer Joey Hess compares/contrasts rpm, deb, slp, and
tgz package formats
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Package Database Repair - How do I recover from a
damaged/missing package database?
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Package Script Repair - What do I do if apt bombs on a
defective package?
- Package
Searching - Debian tools for finding packages
- Package
Signing - Overview of Debian package security and
cryptographic signing
- Pinning -
Apt-Pinning for Beginners, by John H. Robinson, IV (note:
advocates adding testing/unstable to a stable system, which
is a bad idea; otherwise article is fine)
- Pinning
- Using APT with more than two sources, by Roderick Schertler
(note: advocates adding testing/unstable to a stable system,
which is a bad idea; otherwise article is fine)
- Policy -
What's special about Debian isn't apt-get; it's Debian
Policy
- Printing
Setup - Setup of Debian printing using Berkeley lpr and
using CUPS
- rc.local
- How can I implement rc.local on Debian?
- Releases
Unimportant - Why people who complain about the
infrequency of Debian releases are missing the point.
- Rootstrap
- Rootstrap tool for auto-building custom Debian system
images
- Securing
Debian HOWTO - A Debian security manual (master
copy)
-
Securing Debian HOWTO - A Debian security manual (local
mirror)
- Sid
FAQ - Greg Wooledge's 'Debian Sid FAQ', explaining all
about both the dangers and benefits of Debian's 'unstable'
development branch
- sources.list
syntax - The semantics of Debian/Ubuntu/etc.'s
/etc/apt/sources.list file explained
- Testing
FAQ - Jules Bean's FAQ about the Debian 'testing'
development branch
- Testing
Problems - Auto-generated list of currently uninstallable
packages in the Testing branch, and packages still having
release-critical bugs
- Testing
Security - System security measures for those on Debian's
Testing development branch
- Thin
Client - Instructions for building a thin client from a
minimal Debian installation
- Tracks -
Explanation of Debian's development tracks, for new
admins
- Ubuntu
Releases - List of all Ubuntu releases
-
Unofficial Apt Repositories - How / Where / Why to find
unofficial Debian package collections
- USB Memory Stick
Install - Installing Debian from a USB memory stick
- User's
Guide - 2nd edition of Dale Scheetz's book The Debian
User's Guide, in HTML format
- Users
and Groups - What Debian's various role-account users and
groups are for
- Why? -
Reasons for using (or not using) Debian
- Woody
Non-vulnerabilities - Page listing security
vulnerabilities fixed in Debian-stable via backporting. Helps
combat the common fallacy of assuming old version numbers
indicate security problems.
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