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This page describes and links to descriptions of all sorts of parts of the Debian system. The contents of this page have been moved here from the FrontPage to reduce that page to a manageable page that is more usable for the various groups of people who use this wiki.

Updates, Applications and Packages

Apt (and Dpkg) is one of the core tool sets in Debian. These tools allow you to install applications, remove applications, and keep Debian up to date!

  • ["Dselect"] - The Debian Package Selection Tool
  • ["Introduction to Apt and Dpkg"] - An introduction to Apt and Dpkg, the ["package"] tools on Debian.
  • ["AptCLI"] - How to use the command line Apt-tools to install packages, remove packages, and update your system.
  • ["AptTools"] - Many other useful tools relating to package management.

  • ["aptitude"] - Curses based terminal-based apt frontend. Also usable from the command line.
  • ["Synaptic"] - Synaptic - the Graphical/["GUI"] Package Manager for Debian.

The Desktop and Workstation

  • ["X-Window-System"] - The X Window System.
  • ["?DesktopEnvironments"] - Desktop Systems for X:

    • ["DebianGnome"]

    • ["DebianXFCE"]
    • ["DebianKDE"]
    • ["DebianGNUstep"]
  • ["?WindowManagers"] - Window Managers for X:

  • ["display mannager"]
  • Recommended Applications:
    • ["WebBrowsers"] and ["EmailClients"]

    • ["RemoteFiles"] - FTP, SFTP, etc.

    • ["Peer2Peer"] - Peer to Peer Clients.

    • ["InstantMessaging"]

    • ["?MediaPlayers"] - Audio+Video

    • ["Java"]
      • ["Eclipse"]
    • ["PDFViewers"]
    • ["CDDVD"] - CD and DVD Applications.
    • ["Compression"] - Dealing with compressed files.
    • ["EditorsIDEs"] - Editors and Integrated Development Environments.
    • ["?OfficeAuthoring"] - Office and Authoring Applications.

    • ["RSS"]- News feeder.
    • ["?SystemConfig"] - ["GUI"] tools for Configuring your Debian System.

    • ["Misc"] - Lots of other misc applications that you might want!

Network Services

  • ["RemoteDesktop"] - How to set up remote desktop servers.

  • ["?WindowsFileServer"] - How to configure and setup a Windows file server.

  • ["SSHServer"] - How to setup and run an SSH Server (which also acts as a fileserver).
  • ["DHCPServer"]
  • ["DatabaseServers"]

  • ["WebServers"]

  • ["FTPServers"]
  • ["LDAP"] - Anything and everything to do with LDAP.
  • ["?AppleTalkServer"]

The Command Line

System Administration

  • ["BootProcess"] - How your system boots, and how to configure booting.

  • ["LinuxKernel"] - Lots of resources for the Linux Kernel.

  • ["?FileSystemDisks"] - A guide to filesystems and disks in Debian.

  • ["ConfigureX"] - How to configure the X-Window-System:
    • ["Video3d"] - Information about 3D Video Cards
  • ["Printing"]
  • ["?DebianSound"] - Getting sound working in Debian.

  • ["NetworkConfiguration"]

  • ["USB"] - USB devices and boot Debian from a USB pendrive ["BootUsb"].

  • ["Security"] - Securing your System.
  • ["BackupAndRecovery"]

  • ["WhereIsIt"] - A guide to finding almost anything in Debian.

  • ["?ServerHardware"] - Known server hardware that works excellently with Debian.

  • ["HostingControlPanels"] - Interfaces for customers of hosting companies using Debian.

  • ["TimeZoneChanges"] - What to do if your government changes the clocks.

Packages

  • ["DebianPackage"] - Debian packages, including pointers on how to build them.

  • ["ReverseDepends"] - How to find full reverse dependencies on a package.