A German low profile distro derived from sid, the unstable branch of debian. I like it !!!
Main site: http://siduction.org/index.php?lang=en
Edition's name: 'One Step Beyond'
It exists in three flavours: kde, xfce4 and lxde, which i use to my pc.
01: Get the iso:
Europe:
http://ftp.spline.de/mirrors/siduction/iso/onestepbeyond/
North America:
http://mirror.lug.udel.edu/pub/siduction/iso/onestepbeyond/
http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/siduction/iso/onestepbeyond/
South America:
http://www.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/siduction/iso/onestepbeyond/
02: Burn it with k3b, brasero or xfburn in linux, or nero in windows.
03: Installation:
-): Siduction uses a different installer compared to other linux distributions. This is midori, (yes the internet browser). A little bit of attention here and that's it.
-): It's a good idea to use here gparted as a partitioning tool. Note however the name of the partitions somewhere, as it is difficult to find what is what later.
04: Reboot:
-): After rebooting into the new system, i have to do some changes to the repositories. I can find them at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/siduction.list, so that's what i do using the console:
# leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
or:
$ sudo leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
or:
# nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
or:
$ sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
and change to:
# unstable:
deb http://ftp2.fr.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp2.fr.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
# multimedia:
# apt-get update && apt-get install debian-multimedia-keyring && apt-get update
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main non-free
#deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main non-free
-): the unstable repos (debian sid) depends always from the country we are.
-): the sid repos are 100% compatible with siduction.
Also:
# leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list.d/siduction.list
or:
$ sudo leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list.d/siduction.list
or:
# nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/siduction.list
or:
$ sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/siduction.list
and change to:
# siduction:
deb http://packages.siduction.org/siduction unstable main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://packages.siduction.org/siduction unstable main contrib non-free
# fixes:
deb http://packages.siduction.org/fixes unstable main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://packages.siduction.org/fixes unstable main contrib non-free
# community:
deb http://packages.siduction.org/community unstable main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://packages.siduction.org/community unstable main contrib non-free
# user:
deb http://packages.siduction.org/user unstable main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://packages.siduction.org/user unstable main contrib non-free
# experimental:
#deb http://packages.siduction.org/experimental unstable main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://packages.siduction.org/experimental unstable main contrib non-free
# skype:
deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free
# Moonlight-Plugin-Mozilla (for iceweasel)
deb http://debian.meebey.net/pkg-mono/moon/ ./
# deb-src http://debian.meebey.net/pkg-mono/moon/ ./
05: Dist-upgrade: the Siduction way.
As root:
# init 3
-): This command will give us a black screen, so we are in console mode.
# apt-get update
# apt-get dist-upgrade
-): This will update the entire system to the latest editions of the packages we use on our system. And finally:
# apt-get clean && apt-get autoclean && apt-get autoremove && reboot
or:
# apt-get clean && apt-get autoclean && apt-get autoremove && exit
-): the first command reboot the system, while the second one brings us back into the gui.
06: Applications i like to use:
Internet:
# aptitude install -R iceweasel iceweasel-l10n-el myspell-el-gr
# aptitude install -R flashplugin-nonfree
# aptitude install -R transmission amsn skype
# aptitude install tucan
# aptitude install moonlight-plugin-mozilla
Sound & Video:
# aptitude install install gnome-alsamixer
or:
# aptitude install aumix-gtk
or:
# aptitude install alsamixergui
# aptitude install -R vlc totem brasero audacious
# aptitude install soundconverter sound-juicer
# aptitude install guvcview
Plugins & Libs:
# aptitude install lame ntfs-3g ntfsprogs
# aptitude install libdvdcss2 libdvdnav4 libdvdread4
# aptitude install gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3
# aptitude install gstreamer0.10-lame cdparanoia
# aptitude install libasound2 libasound2-doc mpg321
# aptitude install gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad w32codecs
# aptitude install mozilla-plugin-vlc gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
Photos & Images e.x jpg:
# aptitude install gpicview geeqie
# aptitude install -R shotwell
Office:
# aptitude install -R libreoffice-writer
# aptitude install -R libreoffice-calc
# aptitude install -R libreoffice-impress
# aptitude install recoll
Pdf & etc:
# aptitude install xarchiver unrar fbreader p7zip zip bzip2
# aptitude install -R epdfview chmsee
07: And some tips:
Time config:
# dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
Keymap:
# leafpad /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart
@setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll fr,gr
@gkrellm
> logout & login
Clock:
http://linux.die.net/man/3/strftime
%a %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S
Localpurge:
# aptitude install localepurge
# localepurge
Keyboard-configuration:
# dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
Configure Keyboard:
# aptitude install console-data console-tools debconf (kbd goes out)
# dpkg-reconfigure console-data
# reboot
Change the default language with:
# dpkg-reconfigure locales
Change the default keyboard layout:
# dpkg-reconfigure console-data
# dpkg-reconfigure console-setup
Update-flashplugin-nonfree:
# update-flashplugin-nonfree -iv
or:
# update-flashplugin-nonfree --install
http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
System:
$ inxi -v2