Setting up encryption on the drive Post install setup The WiFi chip needs a bit of additional configuration which I’ve covered in blog post here.ĭuring the install I did not install any desktop environments, as I will be setting up the i3 window manager later.This will add an additional step during each boot cycle to enter the password, in order to decrypt the hard drive. I encrypted my home partition by following the instructions here.I will not go into the details of the installation process but just mention a couple of noteworthy things, We will use the network install ISO (netinst). Audio: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio (rev 21).

Storage: 128 GB SATA SSD, 128 GB + 1TB SATA HDD 5400rpm.Network Chipset: Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265.Hence this blog will not always go into details expanding why something is being installed. Note: A lot of the software recommendations and configurations are my personal preferences.

This blog post will touch on important points to consider when setting up Debian Bullseye on a laptop, and the setup of X.org server with NVIDIA graphics drivers. This is part 1 in a series of blogs regarding setup of Debian Bullseye on a Laptop with i3 window manager.

This may vary based on the time when you are reading this post. To get recent versions of the Linux kernel and various packages I will be install the testing version of Debian code-named Bullseye. I had trouble getting this to work back in June, 2018 but I expect it to work now with recent versions of the X.Org Server and the NVIDIA graphics driver. My laptop has the NVIDIA MX150 graphics chipset along with the inbuilt Intel GPU and the primary reason to use PopOS was to get switchable NVIDIA graphics working properly. I had been using PopOS on my laptop for a couple of years, but wanted to shift back to using the i3 window manager.

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