Introduction: This project is a light-weight Linux built on a layered filesystem with a frugal install, loadable modules and access to a mainstream repo. It follows the same principles as Puppy Linux, but uses the Debian Stretch code base. The hardware support for audio/video/network/print/scan is comprehensive. It runs equally well on ancient Pentium 4's and bleeding-edge cloudbooks.
1. Download
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602669cd30f8b195a43b2609e00b7d8b DebLive_Stretch-4.19.0-6-amd64.iso
2. Go here and get the stretch-live-frugal-install tool. It can do frugal installs of the ISO onto hard drives or USB devices. This system is designed to use save folders, NOT save files. Your install must be on an ext partition.
3. Open the System Tools menu. Make desktop shortcuts for the Sakura terminal and the PCManFM file manager.
4. You will need a web browser. Here are two choices to get you started:
a. Get the Palemoon squashfs module here. For older hardware, read here.
Go into your frugal install and locate the "live" folder. Copy the module here. It will automatically load at bootup and appear in the Internet menu.
b. Get the latest Firefox.
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wget --no-check-cert https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/73.0.1/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-73.0.1.tar.bz2
Extract the file to /opt
Run Firefox-apulse from the Internet menu.
Recent Firefoxes should play most Youtube content without any modifications. But read here for more info about streaming content.
5a. Chromium users can build their own squashfs module. See below.
5b. For the Google Chrome browser, read here.
5c. For Opera/Slimjet/Iron browsers , read here.
5d. To update the Palemoon squashfs module, read here.
6. For an office suite, read here.
7. For a basic media player, use
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apt-get update
apt-get install peasymp3
Get SMPlayer here. For an audio conversion tool, go here.
8. For print/scan, use
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apt-get update #if needed
apt-get install cups sane-utils peasyscan
9a. Get a PDF viewer. Note:here for a patch.
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apt-get update #if needed
apt-get install evince
10a. For a graphics/paint app, use
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apt-get update #if needed
apt-get install azpainter
11. For file extracting, use Unzipper from the Accessories menu.
12. For a temperature monitor, get CPUtemp. For a battery monitor, get Batterup. For a screen snapshot tool, get Snappie or Xscreenshot.
13. Users who prefer a desktop launch bar/dock should read here.
14. For a CD/DVD burning tool, read here.
15a. Here are some network-related tools: easyPort, CamPhoneTab, Samba, SimplePythonHTTPServer, BT4Stretch, WlanMaker, vnstat.
15b. For a modem connection app (analog and cellular), get PeasyDial.
16. To manage your squashfs modules on-the-fly, get my-squash-loader.
17. For additional WiFi drivers, read here. For info about network driver firmware, read here.
18. Information about the nVidia graphics driver can be found here, here and here.
19. If you have an app that needs mesa accelerated graphics, read here.
For more details, read here. There are links to other useful info.
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