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Finish debian sid Xfce Install
Fix broken //vte// support
sudo ln -s /etc/profile.d/vte-2.91.sh /etc/profile.d/vte.sh
Install my favorites
sudo apt install firmware-linux-nonfree tilix bash-completion mpv stacer recoll libimage-exiftool-perl poppler-utils cifs-utils transmission xfce4-goodies gvfs-backends python3-psutil socat git vim accountsservice lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings kgames aisleriot
Change editor to vim
sudo update-alternatives --config editor
Install Oracle VirtualBox
sudo apt install virtualbox virtualbox-ext-pack virtualbox-guest-additions-iso sudo usermod -aG vboxusers $(id -un)
Set up flatpak
sudo apt install flatpak gnome-software-plugin-flatpak flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
Set Timezone
sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
Configure Network
I prefer to use a linux bridge for my virtual machines.
sudo apt install bridge-utils
/etc/network/interfaces
source /etc/network/interfaces.d/* # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback
/etc/network/interfaces.d/enp5s0
iface enp5s0 inet manual
/etc/network/interfaces.d/br0
auto br0 iface br0 inet dhcp hwaddress 04:42:1a:e8:0e:9d bridge_ports enp5s0 bridge_stp off
Install Steam
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 sudo apt update sudo apt install libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 sudo apt install Downloads/steam_latest.deb
Fix fwupd-refresh.service
I'm not sure why but after a recent install of Debian sid, the fwupd-refresh.service was failing to run with an error. Further investigation shows the service is configured to run as the fwupd-refresh user which was not found. This user should have been created when the package was installed per this [[bug commit]https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/commit/e90b04d7319874db36c06245ab07858589ce8bc8]. Once this user was added, the service now runs without issue:
adduser --quiet --system --group --no-create-home --home /run/systemd --gecos "fwupd-refresh user" fwupd-refresh
