Debian Remix

Purpose

This project is a Debian/KDE remix (like a Debian Live) and aims to be a complete system for personal computing with localization support. You can download a live image and try the software, and then install it in your PC if you want. You can also customize the image starting from available scripts.

Main goals of this remix are:

• Flatpak apps usage
• adding common extra-repos
• supporting external devices (like printers and scanners)

How to build the LiveCD

See a detailed description about how to build a live media using kiwi-ng.

Prepare the working directories

Clone the project into your <source-path> to get sources:

$ git clone https://github.com/mbugni/debian-remix.git /<source-path>

Choose or create a <target-path> folder where to put results.

Prepare the build environment

Install Podman:

$ sudo apt --assume-yes install podman containers-storage fuse-overlayfs

Install podman-compose 1.3.0 or later.

Build the image

Choose a variant (eg: workstation with localization support) that corresponds to a profile (eg: Workstation-l10n).

Available profiles/variants are:

• Console (command line only, mainly for testing)
• Desktop (minimal KDE environment with basic tools)
• Workstation (KDE environment with more features like printing and scanning support)

For each variant you can append -l10n to get italian localization (eg: Desktop-l10n).

Build the .iso image by running the podman-compose command from the project root directory:

$ sudo podman-compose run --rm --env KIWI_PROFILE=<variant> \
--env KIWI_TARGET_DIR=<target-path> live-build

The build can take a while (30 minutes or more), it depends on your machine performances. Environment arguments are optional, available variables are:

Variable	Description	Default value
KIWI_PROFILE	Image variant	Workstation-l10n
KIWI_TARGET_DIR	Build target directory	.

Remove unused images when finished:

$ sudo podman image prune

Transferring the image to a bootable media

You can use a tool like Ventoy to build multiboot USB devices, or simply transfer the image to a single USB stick using the dd command:

$ sudo dd if=/<target-path>/Debian-Remix.x86_64-<version>.iso of=/dev/<stick-device>

Post-install tasks

After installation, remove live system resources to save space by running:

$ /usr/local/libexec/remix/livesys-cleanup

Per gli utenti italiani

Questo è un remix di Debian/KDE (analogo ad un Debian Live) per computer ad uso personale con il supporto in italiano. Nell'immagine .iso che si ottiene sono già installati i pacchetti e le configurazioni per il funzionamento in italiano del sistema (come l'ambiente grafico, i repo extra etc).

Il remix ha come obiettivi principali:

• utilizzo delle applicazioni Flatpak
• aggiunta dei repository comuni
• supporto per dispositivi esterni (come stampanti e scanner)

Change Log

All notable changes to this project will be documented in the CHANGELOG.md file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog.