how is your debian setup

[cmay]

i have been using debian for a long time. i got the debian sarge dvd from linux magazine and i installed it. about two month later etch came out and i upgraded. now i run debian lenny the xfce + lxde cd image. i always use debian as office as i have a printer and older computer that debian simply fits nice into. last time i installed debian on anohter computer i did a base install of etch and installed jwm instead of gnome. sometimes i do very littel to my setup other than gettting the printer working. the current debian lenny i use as office can print and uses open office , it has a non priviliged user automatic login and have open box as desktop enviroment and only 3 meny items. skype and firefox and terminal. then if i login as my user account as admin i use lxde as desktop enviroment and i have sudo enabled on that account. i also installed a firewall and configured it this time. i also made the web cam work and i have for the fun of it installed xine and the restricted codecs which i almost never do on debian setups. sometimes i do nothing more than just install my printer driver and use it as is. if it is the cd1 image with gnome as desktop enviroment i use. sometimes i use my linux magazine dvd of etcvh and sometimes i use the buisness image cd i burned. now i found thanks to anohter user a link to a debian lenny xfce + lxde cd image so i starting to use this instead i think. so i started thinking about how you do your set ups and how it is. i do both ways from base up using the smallest image i can get and i do full dvd installs wiht out chaning even the default wall paper when done and just use as is. i actually like the default debian look very much.
hope you can spare a minutte to answer this question as i maybe get some new ideas reading your answers. maybe other users trying out debian first time can get some inspiration too.
thanks for your input.

[Bachstelze]

Only Debian system I currently have running is a ded. server running Sid (system infos here (http://iori.fkraiem.org/system.php)). Basic stuff (Apache/PHP/MySQL, Sendmail, BIND, ntp, etc.), plus an X server (Fluxbox as wm), VNC and WINE to run a couple p2p apps. So yeah, it was built "from the groud up". :p

[kerry_s]

i always use the net installer, currently i only have the etch 1, but with that i can install lenny using the expert mode. i tend to always build from the base up, as i get a cleaner system.

i have dumped debian on to computers in favor of arch, cause debian keeps removing firmware needed on those computers, so i just refuse to use something that use to work out of the box, but now no longer works.

i understand about not changing much, i mostly use the stock setup as well and i to keep my menus simple and small.

[cmay]

this is is my etch and jwm setup i posted image of. it has some more menu items since i did learn how to make menus in jwm so i found out how to make a edit xorg ,/etc/apt/source.list and edit jwmrc menu and i have other programs under admin account such as gparted. on the picture nano is open and i have on my table my debian cup and my slidetube and my guitar picks and i was just playing around with this all night drinking coffe and learning jwmrc menu editing after i read the last post in my tread about how to configure a jwm desktop setup . there is one other account which is autologged iin that has only firefox and exit as menu items. anyone who comes to my house can use this for a quick googling. but no admin rights. :)

[RedSquirrel]

For Debian, I use the business-card ISO in expert mode. I prefer to install sid since that's where all the action is. :P

I don't install the "Desktop system" option at the software selection step in the installer.

After installing the base system, I install xorg and usually fluxbox and firefox to start with. Later, I install some other window managers and a few programs, stuff for my printer, etc.

I don't usually bother with making things look pretty. No wallpaper, just solid grey40. I eschew menus -- key bindings for everything!

These days, I mostly use Gentoo. I change window managers all the time, but I'm currently using fvwm. We'll see how long that lasts... :roll:

[jay576]

I am currently running a built up base install of Debian Lenny on my desktop and my main laptop. I haven't run into a single problem yet with Lenny yet but I still have yet to finish setting up everything on either system but they both include everything needed in my day to day life. The few major issues is I haven't installed flash, I haven't looked into a close lid problem on my laptop, and I haven't customized the Xfce desktop the way I like yet. The only actual issue there is the close lid problem and its just been put off because of lazyness

[doorknob60]

I had an Etch install, installed from the Xfce CD, then I upgraded to Lenny, then later removed Xfce and installed LXDE. Still very stable, even after messing around with it so much, and especially on the old hardware (400 Mhz K6 CPU, 192 MB RAM, 4.5 GB HD, 2.5 GB Partition for Debian, rest for 98 lol. And broken CD drive.). That's currently my only computer running Debian, but I'm very satisfied with it, and don't plan to change for two reasons.

1. Broken CD drive, duh :-P
2. Arch won't work on the K6 since it's compiled for i686

[lex1]

I have set up lenny for a while now just a basic mail server
with postfix tls mutt mail client and apache web server.
runs inside vmware workstation.

lex1:popcorn:

[em4r1z]

Custom Debian Testing AMD64 installation using the latest Lenny net-installer in expert mode, in a 5 Gb JFS partition running on a new laptop.
I started with xorg, gnome-core and gdm, then Iceweasel, Gimp, Rhythmbox, Totem, Brasero and a couple of administrative packages. My whole system uses 1.6 Gb (735 packages) and I have yet to see it use more than 375 Mb of RAM (with Compiz and all my everyday applications running.)
This is the beauty of Debian.

[tturrisi]

This is my debian laptop, I documented it shortly after I set it up"
http://members.cox.net/tonyt/d830

[cmay]

This is my debian laptop, I documented it shortly after I set it up"
http://members.cox.net/tonyt/d830

this is great. thanks. this makes good reading. what i like about debian is that once you start to build yourself almost anything depending on skill level and motivation can be done.