• github.com/microsoft/WSL
• github.com/apple/container
• github.com/pbatard/rufus

Debian 13 //debian.org

I use the Debian operating system almost everywhere, with and without a graphical interface,

• on Windows
• container, VPS, dedicated host
• x86-64 Laptop and Desktop

Hello World

With an $EDITOR like VS Code you can manually configure ~/.

ls -a ~/
code ~/

cd /tmp
echo "Hello, World!" >> hello.md
cat hello.md
rm hello.md

# In `wsl.exe` you can run Windows programs on Linux files!
explorer.exe .

ping google.com
# CTRL+C

getent hosts deb.debian.org # fastlydns.net (CDN hosting the packages)
uname --machine # x86_64 or aarch64 (CPU architecture)

Installation

1. On Windows 10 or 11 you can wsl.exe --install debian.

2. When buying or managing a host, server, container in the public cloud, just select "Debian 13" in the dropdown during setup.

3. Hardware installations are difficult, for PC hardware i recommend github.com/pbatard/rufus.

uname # Linux
hostnamectl | grep trixie # Debian GNU/Linux 13

Download

Download the .zip repository manually; or with wget, curl, git clone; or apt itself, if nothing else is installed.

WHO="junaga"
WHAT="debian"
WHEN="main"
LINK="https://codeload.github.com/$WHO/$WHAT/tar.gz/refs/heads/$WHEN"
cd ~/

/usr/lib/apt/apt-helper download-file $LINK tar.gz
tar -xz -f tar.gz
rm tar.gz

mv $WHAT-$WHEN/ src/

Configuration

Install packages

sudo bash src/script/upgrade.bash

Copy dotfiles

ls
rm .bash_logout
cp -r src/home/. .
edit .env # code, cursor, vim, micro

exit # and enter

(Optional) Git sex GitHub

bash src/script/git6hub.bash

(Optional) Move user home

cp -r $HOME/. /usr/local/.
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /usr/local/
sudo sed -i "s|$HOME|/usr/local|" /etc/passwd

exit # and enter

(Optional) Clean filesystem

sudo rm -r /home/
sudo rm -r /root/
sudo bash src/script/purge.bash

# only in virtual machines
sudo rm -r /media/
sudo rm -r /mnt/

# only in containers
sudo rm -r /boot/