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Debian 12 post-install configuration
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Please remember these are my own preferences so you should accept or refuse based on your own needs.
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First boot
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Select your user account and login. I know this seems obvious, but I've met so many people who have only ever used Windows with autologin set.
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Once logged in the first thing you should see is the Debian ``Welcome`` app. I recommend skipping each screen of this as I've found that changing things at this point can leave the System unstable. Anything that matters will be covered in the next section.
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Settings
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There are four ways to open the settings app that I'm aware of:
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- press the ``Super`` key (most likely the ``Windows Start`` key) and start typing "settings". After just a keystroke or two you should see it in the list.
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- press the ``Super`` key and on the bottom taskbar that appears, click the icon with 9 dots (3 rows of 3). This will show the installed applications and you should be able to spot and launch the settings app from here.
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- right click on the desktop and select ``Settings`` from the popup menu.
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- click the top right of the screen, where the network and volume icons should be, and on the drop down menu click the little cog wheel icon.
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In order to keep this part succint I will use the following format to indicate which tab, sub-tab, option and setting to apply. The number of items in the chain will therefore vary depending on the structure of the options available:
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tab -> sub-tab -> option -> setting
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Appearance -> Dark
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Tweaks
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This option is necessary if you use a laptop with an external monitor. On the ``General`` tab toggle ``Suspend when laptop lid is closed`` to ``Off``.
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On the ``Appearance`` tab set ``Legacy Applications`` to ``Adwaita-dark``.
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On the ``Top Bar`` tab toggle ``Weekday`` to On.
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Close the Tweaks app.
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Extensions
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There are a couple of extensions I like to setup on every system. The first is a weather app that uses the
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`OpenWeather service <https://openweathermap.org/>`_ while the second displays a variety of information on my
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system's performance which I find hady to have available at all times.
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Sources
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Open the app ``Software & Updates`` and on the first tab ensure the contrib and non-free repositories are checked.
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This should probably see all the options checked. You will likely be asked to enter your password when you click
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the first checkbox. Close the app and confirm you want to reload.
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