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As of Debian 12, non-free firmware is included in the install image
If you need firmware for an older release, you can find it in the archive below
- https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/archive/
Select the folder for the release you need
Select your cpu architecture and then the iso-cd subfolder
Look for firmware-XX.X.X-XXXX-netinst.iso

At the boot menu, select Install and not “Graphical Install”
Choose only SSH Server at software selection
If installing a desktop environment see the Debian with MATE section at the bottom.

Install curl and run the script

sudo apt install -y curl

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Rockz1152/Debian/main/setup.sh | sudo bash && exec bash

Make a script that can be launched as ~/update-system.sh to install system updates

echo 'sudo sh -c "apt update;apt upgrade -y;apt autoremove --purge -y;"' > $HOME/update-system.sh
chmod u+x $HOME/update-system.sh

Run ip link to retrieve the name of your network interface and substitute as necessary
Open the network interface config
```
sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
```
If your interface already has an entry, change dhcp to static
```
iface net# inet dhcp
```
- Otherwise you’ll need to add your own lines
- Debian 10 and older:
```
auto net#
iface net# inet static
```
- Debian 11 and newer:
```
allow-hotplug net#
iface net# inet static
```

Add the following information after the iface net# inet static line

address 192.168.0.XX
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.1
dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 1.1.1.1

At software selection, choose

Install the Yaru theme

sudo apt install -y yaru-theme-gtk yaru-theme-icon yaru-theme-sound

System > Preferences > Look and Feel > Popup Notifications
- For Theme select Coco
System > Preferences > Look and Feel > Appearance
- Choose a theme and color you are comfortable with

Install MATE Tweak

Disable desktop composition

Control Center > Look and Feel > MATE Tweak > Windows > Window Manager > Choose Marco(No compositor)

The official wiki page for release upgrades: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUpgrade
Release code names and wiki pages: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases#Production_Releases
Check the current release wiki page for any updates to the sources.list file.
- e.g. https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBullseye#Links

Fully upgrade and cleanup any packages on the system

sudo sh -c "apt update --allow-releaseinfo-change; apt full-upgrade -y; apt autoremove --purge -y"

Update source files to new release code name

Bookworm(12) to Trixie(13)

sudo sed -i 's!bookworm!trixie!g' /etc/apt/sources.list

Bullseye(11) to Bookworm(12)

sudo sed -i 's!bullseye!bookworm!g' /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo sed -i 's!main!main non-free-firmware!g' /etc/apt/sources.list

Buster(10) to Bullseye(11):

sudo sed -i 's!buster!bullseye!g' /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo sed -i 's!bullseye/updates!bullseye-security!g' /etc/apt/sources.list

Rerun the Debian provision script to setup dotfiles

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Rockz1152/Debian/main/setup.sh | sudo bash && exec bash