Beginner’s Guide for Navigating the Debian 12 "Bookworm" Live Installer

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I installed debian 12 using kde live iso, i had a problem with some raspberry files while updating maybe some kind of problem in the iso, i reinstall the system (with some work) to fix the problem, and it's working alongside windows so great, and if i'm not using macos, i use debian

I just did a live install today (late October) and it was COMPLETELY different than what your video shows. I chose the Cinnamon live install (debian-live-12.2.0-amd64-cinnamon.iso), and it never asked me to enter a password like "live". It was just a very simplified version of the Calamares installer, just asked very few questions, mainly about language, location, and keyboard, and the rest was all automated.
Maybe, they made it different, depending on the DE you choose? Your example was with Gnome; try it with Cinnamon and you will see what I mean. They really "dumbed down" the Cinnamon install; I don't think even LMDE would be any easier.

Thank you man now I can install debian😅

Uggghhhh.

Installed it. Wiped it out 5 minutes later because I could already see this is command line for many things built into Ubuntu MATE, or a lot of time with me figuring out the GUI tools I need to add to it, and if I have to do that might as well keep Ubuntu MATE which MOSTLY comes ready for me to use and I only have to do about 15 things to it, not 30 things. Ubuntu MATE is almost completely GUI.

I guess I didn't realize just how handy Ubuntu MATE is for a Windows user?

Content like this is what's already saving people from Windows and that's only gonna get increasingly so going forward. Microsoft wants to fully control our software experience through Windows, they're hellbent on it and they're not gonna give up anytime soon, so with more and more control they take away from users and the more they try dictating how and what for we should even be using our devices, more people will be pressed to move away from Windows to Linux. Content like this is a treasure and we don't yet even fully realize just how important it is, so thank you for doing what you do to teach people what Linux even is and how to use it. Not gonna go into just how bad Windows has gotten, everyone already knows the story, but to give a simple example, the fact that I can no longer have Windows running on a PC, which ONLY serves as a storage hub on my home network that DOESN'T NEED to do literally anything else but sit there running without something going wrong due to Windows messing up with things on it's own truly speaks a lot. And with Windows, you can't make it "static" through normal means, you have to really mess it up for it not to keep messing up with things and even so, things end up breaking somehow. With Linux, there's none of that headache to be had, it's just such an amazing thing to experience after years of abuse by Microsoft through Windows.

Thank you for your video

Thank you for your video

Does trim work without any setup ?

When will we get nala, the latest front-end for apt?

I love it! I've just finished to setup my server with it and nextcloud aio! It runs very good. Now I've added a script to update automatically my ip on a cloudflare dns A record. Would be nice to see a tutorial on it.👍

You could have downloaded it using the torrent option. It helps saving bandwidth to debian servers, plus it's very fast.

and end of installation it ask what enviroment and what distro(theme). thats what linux need one installation media.
it never win window unless windows ruin it with ads and monthjly fee or cloud

To LVM or not to LVM.
That is the question.

👍👍!

As curious I am for what you say about your longterm use of Debian stable, this trial is also kind of "boring", in the sense, that right now, Debian stable and all its packages are very new compared to any distro based on Ubuntu LTS. It would become more interesting at the end of a Debian versions end of life time.
Also I would be even more curious about a longterm Debian Testing trial and a video about that, since it seems actually a really good option as a desktop OS. After all, you will never again have to deal with installing a new version, just like any rolling release distro, while still having the APT package manager and all the Debian base, and it is probably more stable as Arch while being as up to date as Fedora. But that is just what I can say about it... I would be curious what a Linux expert thinks about Debian Testing.

wish youu were talking about persistent storage with debian live USB...

Thank you so very much for explaining so simply.

Suggestion for a future video: I have heard multiple opinions about the "right" way to install Linux, specifically using different partitions. For example, one school of thought is to use separate partitions for the OS, swap space, home folder, etc. I'd love to hear your take on it!

This video is very timely. I want to ditch windows and switch to Linux and would like to start with Debian. I'm looking to get a new laptop to install Debian 12.... Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 5 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U. Can anyone tell me if this machine/processor should work (or if there's any way for me to find out before I purchase this machine)?

What is the Standard iso? I see that on the page.

I've always wanted to know what that "replace a partitions" option does.

That's very clear, thank you. Just one suggestion: the Debian website is not designed to be easy to navigate, and it might be helpful to provide a guide to it--the sort of nice, calm, clear guidance you do so well.

i like video

You are a genious in keeping things simple and secure. Great and easy to follow instructions.

Can't choose between Fedora, PopOs and Debian for a 10years old laptop (with Dual gpu) for productivity!!! We use it for Cloud db management, large text files and calendars. Send Help 😢

Hi I installed Devuan on an old laptop, I did some tests to have a minimal system, I used many times the command --no-install-recommends to not install dbus and elogind. I use jwn and xfe file manager.

Please update us with your experiment (Snap free Ubuntu 22.04) project.

I have installed Debian 12 since your last video on net install version and is using now. It is supreme and is my only daily OS.

Sir Do you have CentOS Guide or it is similar to Bebian so I can use same guide

How about taking yourself out of zone of comfort and review NixOs?))

Easy peasy

Always love more Debian content :D