My Debian 12 (Bookworm) Setup

This is my nimble computer setup - a very lightweight Debian 12 (Bookworm) installation with Openbox and other cool tweaks.

Busy

Clean

SLiM Login Preview

Window Snapping Demo

Window Snapping Shortcuts

Super Key (Win Key) + Up - Resizes window to 100% width and 100% height

Super Key (Win Key) + Right - Snaps window to the right at 50% width and 100% height

Super Key (Win Key) + Down - Resizes window to 50% width and 50% height

Super Key (Win Key) + Left - Snaps window to the left at 50% width and 100% height

Super Key (Win Key) + Alt + Up - Snaps window to the top at 50% width and 50% height

Super Key (Win Key) + Alt + Right - Snaps window to the right at 50% width and 50% height

Super Key (Win Key) + Alt + Bottom - Snaps window to the bottom at 50% width and 50% height

Super Key (Win Key) + Alt + Left - Snaps window to the left at 50% width and 50% height

Super Key (Win Key) + Alt + 1-8 - Window Tiling at 25% width and 50% height

General Shortcuts

Super Key (Win Key) + R - Launches ROFI with application search

Super Key (Win Key) + C - Launches ROFI with clipboard history

Install Debian Buster

Go to the Debian downloads and grab the latest amd64 NetInstall.

Once downloaded, open up terminal and make a bootable USB:

sudo dd if=debian-12.4.0-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdb# bs=4M; sync

Add Sudo Privileges

Login as root and install sudo. Once sudo is installed, add your user to the sudo group.

sudo adduser YOUR_USERNAME sudo

Exit root login and login as your regular user.

Install Packages

Once you are connected to the internet, upgrade your system and install the packages below:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y && \
sudo apt install aptitude apt-transport-https libnotify-bin xorg \
openbox pulseaudio volumeicon-alsa obconf curl xclip p7zip htop \
rofi nitrogen tint2 xcompmgr zip thunar thunar-archive-plugin \
thunar-media-tags-plugin terminator lxappearance lxappearance-obconf \
git gitk autoconf libgtk-3-dev chromium xscreensaver xscreensaver-gl-extra \
xscreensaver-data-extra simplescreenrecorder simple-scan gnome-disk-utility \
vlc gsimplecal arandr dunst gnome-screenshot arc-theme neofetch \
fonts-noto-color-emoji dnsutils slim connman binutils build-essential \
arc-theme moka-icon-theme connman-gtk ristretto -y
sudo apt remove lxappearance-obconf -y

Once the packages have been installed, reboot the machine.

Clone Repo and Copy Config

Clone the debian-setup repo:

git clone https://github.com/matthewhartman/debian-setup.git --depth=1 && cd debian-setup

Copy the appropriate configuration files below

cp -a .config/* ~/.config

cp .xscreensaver ~/

cp -a .themes ~/.themes

sudo cp -a cuphead /usr/share/slim/themes/

Change the current_theme in slim.conf from debian-lines to cuphead

sudo nano /etc/slim.conf

Fix PcSpkr Issue on Boot (optional)

If you see this error on boot Error: Driver 'pcspkr' is already registered, aborting - You can fix it by adding blacklist pcspkr to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Install Sublime Text 3

Follow the instructions below: https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/3/linux_repositories.html

Once you have downloaded and installed sublime, get up to speed with the following packages / config

• Install Package Control
• Install HyperClick
• Install Dracula Color Theme
• Create JavaScript (Babel).sublime-settings in ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Packages/User and put in the following contents:

{
  "extensions":
  [
    "js"
  ]
}

• Edit User Settings and replace all contents with the following:

{
  "bold_folder_labels": true,
  "color_scheme": "Packages/Dracula Color Scheme/Dracula.tmTheme",
  "draw_minimap_border": true,
  "folder_exclude_patterns":
  [
    ".git",
    "node_modules",
    "build"
  ],
  "font_size": 11,
  "highlight_line": true,
  "highlight_modified_tabs": true,
  "ignored_packages":
  [
    "Vintage"
  ],
  "line_padding_bottom": 1,
  "line_padding_top": 1,
  "save_on_focus_lost": true,
  "tab_size": 2,
  "theme": "Adaptive.sublime-theme",
  "translate_tabs_to_spaces": true,
  "word_wrap": true,
  "scroll_past_end": false
}

Install Node Version Manager

Follow the instructions for installing NVM from Github: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm#install--update-script

Install NodeJS and NPM

nvm install stable

Install Bash Git Prompt

cd ~ && git clone https://github.com/magicmonty/bash-git-prompt.git .bash-git-prompt --depth=1

Add to ~/.bashrc:

GIT_PROMPT_ONLY_IN_REPO=1
source ~/.bash-git-prompt/gitprompt.sh

Enable CTRL + ALT + Backspace

You can restart X by pressing CTRL + ALT + Backpace. To enable this feature, simply run:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

Go through the steps and at the very end, you will be prompted if you would like to enable CTRL + ALT + Backspace to restart X. Say yes and run systemctl reboot

Install Steam

Go to Steam and download installer:

https://store.steampowered.com/

Save Screenshots in Home Directory

gsettings set org.gnome.gnome-screenshot auto-save-directory "file:///home/$USER/"

Install Greenclip

wget https://github.com/erebe/greenclip/releases/download/v4.2/greenclip

Move greenclip to bin folder and make Greenclip executable

chmod +x greenclip && sudo mv greenclip /usr/bin/

Enjoy your new setup

Like a boss :)

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