codemonkeymike, 3 months ago

@dwarmstrong thanks for this! I've rolled my own sway in nixos, but never for debian. So this is a great writeup. Thanks! Will be doing this tomorrow on a test rig

dwarmstrong, 3 months ago

@codemonkeymike I hope it proves useful!

codemonkeymike, 3 months ago

@dwarmstrong hey I'm curious how you install debian minimal enough? I did an install deselected all of the desktops and it just installed gnome.

I know on nixos, if I deselect the DEs I just get a shell with network manager and can build from there.

dwarmstrong, 3 months ago

@codemonkeymike This will give you a minimal, console-only setup which you can build upon and make just the way you like it:
https://www.dwarmstrong.org/minimal-debian/

codemonkeymike, 3 months ago

@dwarmstrong thanks. I actually found that. But it's pretty baron. Doesn't even have nmtui or iwctl? Rough.

dwarmstrong, 3 months ago

@codemonkeymike True ... "3.1 Network" covers a basic setup of /etc/network/interfaces for a network connection.

But after that, nmtui or iwctl is just a ...

apt install network-manager iwd

... away.

Just be sure to comment out any entries in the interfaces file to let NetworkManager take over management of that network interface.

flxzt, 3 months ago

@dwarmstrong I wanted to try sway out for a while now, this was a nice starter for me. thanks!

dwarmstrong, 3 months ago

@flxzt Happy it proved useful!

jummo, 4 months ago

@dwarmstrong Thanks for the write-up. Can you share a screenshot of your desktop?

dwarmstrong, 4 months ago

@jummo Sure!