* Preparing for installation Using instructions from . ** Get netinst image from ** Get firmware archive from So that the installer can use the wireless network card. Extract all .deb files to a top-level =firmware= folder on a USB key. ** Shrink the MS partition Had to "optimize the disk", otherwise some free space remained unavailable. * Debian installer Everything went smoothly: - if the USB key holding the firmware isn't plugged in, the installer requests it, otherwise it finds the firmware automatically; - Secure Boot supported transparently; - dual-booting too. * OS configuration ** System - CapsLock as Control - sources.list (https repositories, security.debian.org → deb.debian.org, backports) (non-free repositories were automatically added during installation, because of the WiFi firmware I imagine) - copy .profile to .xsessionrc to have ~/.local/bin in $PATH ** Applications - TODO apt install $bunchofstuff - Install latest Firefox, restore profile - Install latest Symbola - Clone dotfiles (create SSH key for Gitlab) - Install Emacs build-deps, clone, compile & install Emacs ** TODO XFCE