Desktop

Install Debian

Install Debian with the netinstall iso image from https://www.debian.org/ without any desktop environment.

Installation

1. After installation, login and switch to root using su

   su
   

2. Update apt

   apt update
   

3. Install desktop and packages

   apt install \
       gnome-core \
       git \
       ssh
   

4. Reboot

   shutdown -r now
   

Post install

Fix network

1. After the restart, login, open the terminal.

   su
   

   mv /etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces.bak
   

   After the restart, the wired or wireless network should work.

   Change wifi powersave setting from 3 to 2 in etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf to fix wifi issue

   [connection]
   wifi.powersave = 2
   

Sudo

1. Install sudo

   su
   

   apt update && apt install sudo
   

   2. Add user to sudoers group

   sudo visudo
   

   3. Add the following line at the end of the file to grant coen user sudo privileges:

   coen  ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
   

   This will allow coen to run any command as root without a password prompt (remove NOPASSWD if you want the password prompt to appear).

Ansible playbook

Run the Ansible playbook setup the desktop desired state, see Infrastructure as Code page.