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 * [http://www.debianadmin.com Debian Admin] Debian Linux Tutorials and Articles.
 * [http://www.debianhelp.co.uk Debian Help] Debian Help for Debian Users Community.

Here are brief descriptions and links on the parts of the the Debian system. ?Anchor(thedesktopandworkstation)

The Desktop and Workstation

Have you been told that Debian and Linux are just about a black screen with white letters? Nothing is further from the truth. Debian is fully-packed with multimedia applications, desktop environments and productivity/Internet applications.

  • ["X-Window-System"] - The network-transparent window system for Debian
  • ["?DesktopEnvironments"] - Desktop Systems for X Window System:

    • ["DebianGnome"]

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

  • ["Webmin"] - System administration and configuration for all the desktops and environments.
  • ["RecommendedXApplications"]

See also ["ConfigureX"] - How to configure the X-Window-System ?Anchor(thecommandline)

The Command Line

Whether you're new or experienced user, you'll find that the command line (that black screen with white letters) is a great tool for doing mass administration jobs and lots of other applications in Debian. You can even work on images while you're in a command line!

  • ["?ShellIntroduction"]

  • ["ShellConfiguration"] - Customize your shell

  • ["coreutils"] - The basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities
  • ["?BashCommands"]

  • ["Common_Linux"] - ["Bash"] (shell commands)
  • ["?HistoryOfShells"]

  • ["?FurtherResources"]

  • ["ShellToolTricks"]

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System Administration

Debian has been qualified as a OMG operating system for administrators, primarily because of its ease of use, security and straight-forward common sense usage.

  • ["FilesystemHierarchyStandard"] (FHS) - How the directories and files on Debian are organized.

  • ["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"]
  • ["NetworkConfiguration"] - Defining your system's IP address and DNS addresses.

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

  • ["Sarge2EtchUpgrade"] - Upgrading from Sarge (Debian 3.1) to Etch (Debian 4.0)

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

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

  • ["?DebCustom"] - Customized Configurations

Network Servers

  • ["Syslog Server"] - Configuring Centralized Syslog Server.
  • ["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"]

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

  • ["FTPServers"]
  • ["Network Monitoring"] - How to monitor your Network and Servers
  • ["LDAP"] - Anything and everything to do with LDAP.
  • ["?AppleTalkServer"]

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

Configuring Hardware and Drivers

  • ["Hardware"] - Hardware and drivers in Debian Linux.
  • ["?DebianSound"] - Getting sound working in Debian.

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

External Links

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Getting Software into the System

Debian GNU/Linux provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over 15490 packages -- precompiled, ready-to-run software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine. The packages are stored in the ["?DebianArchive"].

Packages contain all the files neccessary to install and run the software on your computer. The system that Debian uses to organize and manage the packages is called ["APT"] (Advanced Package Tool). This is a set of tools used to download, install, track, configure, update, and build packages. The programs in most packages depend on other software to be on your system in order to run properly. One of the great features of APT is the ability to handle these dependencies.

Because the package management tools were developed over time, the earlier tools are lower-level command-line tools and are more suitable for experienced users; the more recent tools are higher-level interactive tools and more suitable for new users. Here are the tools, in hierarchical order:

  • Interactive Tools which Automatically Handle Dependencies

    • ["Aptitude"] - The Debian package manager for users without a GUI
    • ["Synaptic"] - Synaptic - the Graphical/["GUI"] (Graphical User Interface) Package Manager for Debian.
  • Debian Traditional Interactive Tools

    • ["DSelect"] - The Debian Package Selection Tool
  • Command Line Tools

    • ["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.

Additional Information on Packages

  • ["?PkgHelp"] - Working with packages

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

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

  • ["Introduction to Apt and Dpkg"] - An introduction to Apt and Dpkg, the ["package"] tools on Debian.
  • ["RollbackUpdate"] - How to go back to a previous version of a package that was changed by a security update

  • ["PkgDB"] Working with the package database

Working with Repositories