Debian 11.3 Bullseye Minimal Install

Here I am installing Debian 11 with 2 partitions and zram swap.
The goal is to install Debian with a minimal install. No desktop environment.
The minimal install is so I can use the scripts written to tiling windows managers mostly, but maybe custom desktop or two in the future.

Software:
Distro: Debian Stable Linux

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With great appreciation for helping me learn linux:

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[AM-turc]

Thank you for this fantastic tutorial! I recently have struggled with Ubuntu/Mint/etc. running too slow in my VM, and a Minimal Debian installation is exactly what I needed. Your set of videos are super helpful to me, and I hope to become a hardcore Debian user going forward! Hope you continue to add to this great series.

[markjones]

I just found your channel and I love that you focus a lot on Debian. I've been a linux user for 15 years and have only used Debian as a desktop distro on and off over the years. I'm trying to stop using Mint and use Debian instead but I find that for some reason I'm having issues with trying to get Nvidia drivers and slick-greeter and plymouth to work well together. It's so easy to give up and just go back to a ready made distro. I'm gonna keep trying though.

[Chris-ipuv]

Drew - great vid. I never went down the "expert" mode but reviewing what you have done (to me) seems not much different than going through the normal install. Obviously not installing anything X related. I too put a few vids out. albeit a good bit of time elapsed. Like you, Deb is my daily driver but with Sid. Have been doing that for many years and also did a 2 year stint with Arch. Anyways, nice work and its nice to see a Debian-centric channel

[throwaways]

Excellent tutorial. Lots of depth. Are you focusing on desktop setups or will you be covering server application setups too?

[gimcrack]

I love Debian Stable. But if you want newer applications, you could go with Debian Testing. But I'm just fine with the behind versions. If anything I need updated for a good reason. I would just build from source to get the newest one that way. I rarely have to do that, but that is a option to take.

[human__________]

didn't know the zram trick. think i'll try it out next time i hop distros

[puppy_BYTE]

Finally, somone doing actual hardware install of Debian!!, thanks. I only have 2 nonUEFI PCs, but like u with ethernet connection. WIll subscribe. Can I use gpt file system?

[logc]

I have installed debian (minimal) on my laptop, there seems to no internet connection, nor is network manager available. I tried the WPA supplicant WPA/WPA2 section from debian documentation but the DHCP client was not installed and attempting to connect to the internet threw an error stating that my wlan is soft blocked.

[mrwsalmeida]

What tool did you use to record in full screen?

[toddpark]

Thank you. What is the difference between a minimal install and installing from a live ISO?

[Harb]

Can you also use the graphical method?

[jo-vrn]

I built a new PC to play Steam games thanks to Proton on Debian. During installation I do not create the root account but an administrator account "sudo". At the end of the terminal installation I create a standard user account that I use to start Steam and play games. I need to buy a new nvme SSD with more space for games and I would like to format and partition it the right way "separate partitions" to optimize the system best for games. How do you recommend me to partition a 1tb nvme SSD?

[africantwin]

Is there a Debian distro image that is headless. Something like Raspbian OS Lite. I find the Debian website very confusing, and not user friendly. I have a old Intel nuc and want to run docker and open media vault. It seems that Ubuntu is not debian, and OMV does not like that.

[piotrrostow]

Do you need to prepare usb stick somehow or just download iso on it. I did just that and the computer did not recognise to boot from the stick

[liquidmobius]

Is it possible to do a minimum install of Debian 11 Bullseye for ARM64 (Raspberry Pi 4)? I already have it running, but it has so much software I don't need or want. Thanks! New sub btw!

[davidwayne]

I'm doing it EASIER--- Im going XEBIAN---- vanilla Debian with XFCE and that's it... .then can do whatever I like. BUT- I also now have SPARKY linux-- which is basicaly just debian- with my KDE on it..

[funnynews]

how can you have sudo when first install debian?. I have to install and add user to sudo.

[LEBR]

If that is "expert install" whats da f%&/$ is arch and gentoo install?

[genkiferal]

I'm gonna try this and add Fluxbox, but is there a really, really stable distro with just the minimal or net install than is without systemd? The closest I found is antiX, but i cannot seem to get it installed in a partition, but have put it on flashdrives and VMs several times - hoping to learn so that I can get it on "bare metal".
Is there minimum systemd-free distro? I am trying Devuan and even its closest kin Fluxuan, but they aren't as stable or error-free as antiX.

[jorgegarza]

back to tNice tutorials or other tutorial videos anyti. Don't push yourself too hard.