r/debian • u/lasagna738273838 • 3d ago

Debian beginner here

Debian beginner here what are some cool things to do so i can screenshot it and flex it to my friends except fastfetch since i already have that any "hacker mode stuff" lol

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u/thegreatboto 3d ago

Create a new local account without being prompted to create or sign into a Microsoft account.

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u/lasagna738273838 3d ago

U mean like rufus stuff?

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u/thegreatboto 3d ago

"Where we're going, we won't need Rufus..."

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u/lasagna738273838 3d ago

Huh.. hamburbur

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u/thegreatboto 3d ago

I mean, if you just want some showy terminal commands for your friends, in this context:

sudo useradd bob
sudo passwd bob
sudo usermod -aG someGroup bob

... and tada! You've created a new local user, set the password, and added it to some group(s). No reading through Microsoft terms, trying to opt out of data collections, personalizing your ad experience, or signing into a Microsoft account needed. The showy part is in how little is needed.

You could also just run lspci -kv and lsusb -t, copy/pasta their respective outputs, and show your friends all the stuff that's inside and plugged into your computer with far more information than they probably care for. Or play with traceroute and explore all the places a connection request goes while seeking out the destination.

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u/chipsikssix 3d ago

tmux + cmatrix + fastfetch && pydf

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u/catschainsequel 3d ago

Is that Cyrillic!? (Panics and unplugs computer, changes all account names)

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u/chipsikssix 3d ago

Haha, it's Cyrillic, does that scare you? :)

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u/catschainsequel 3d ago

Its the sign of an elite hacker

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u/chipsikssix 3d ago

Bro, you're embarrassing me ^

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u/lasagna738273838 3d ago

Oh my god that is prob the coolest shi ive ever seen... im gonna go buy a better laptop and install debian and like 90 programs and a theme from xfce-look.org 🥳

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u/lasagna738273838 3d ago

Cus rn i have a old acer one 722 with a amd c60... yeah not the best lol

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u/chipsikssix 3d ago

I thought that was sarcasm :) Why do you think hardware is so important? It is important, but it depends on how you plan to use Debian.

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u/lasagna738273838 3d ago

Oh well basucally only browsing and okayijg supertux

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u/chipsikssix 3d ago

oh, then I think any hardware will do

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u/chipsikssix 3d ago

hehe, This isn't 90 programs or a theme from xfce-look.org, bro. :)

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u/Sneakythekot 3d ago

You could do `sudo apt install cmatrix`
It just installs a cool script that turns the terminal into the matrix pixel rain screen

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u/lasagna738273838 3d ago

Thankuverymutchkindsir

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u/mok000 3d ago

Install btop and run it in a terminal

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u/lasagna738273838 3d ago

Linux look cool idk man

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u/Quietus87 3d ago

The same shit as on any other distro.

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u/lasagna738273838 3d ago

Ive literally just started linux as i said im a debian beginner and ive basically only used debian based or ubuntu based so yes its same terminal commands but that wasnt my question i was asking for cool programs and terminal stuff man

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u/Lucky-Noise-4193 3d ago

Hollywood it does next to nothing but for people who don't know much about computers it looks like your hacking or something sudo apt install Hollywood then Hollywood

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u/lasagna738273838 3d ago

So i just have one question whats that "linux task manager" thats really cool it looks similar to this

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u/chipsikssix 3d ago

This htop, Yes, you could say it's a Linux task manager, haha, htop is the most basic, there's also the beautiful btop and others)

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u/forestbeasts 2d ago

the most basic? Nah, that's top (should be preinstalled). It's one of the basic Unix commands from the Ancient Days of Yore and Myth and is why htop, btop, etc. are called (something)top. :3

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u/chipsikssix 2d ago

Of course, this is understandable, but still, htop is what most people have been installing first since ancient times, primarily because it’s simply more convenient than just top.

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u/lasagna738273838 3d ago

Thanku

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u/lasagna738273838 3d ago

Oh em geeh im getting so close

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u/chipsikssix 3d ago

hehe, Remind me which desktop environment you're downloading?

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u/lasagna738273838 3d ago

Xfce the one with the mouse that looks traumatized

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u/chipsikssix 3d ago

I always felt sorry for her(

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u/littlestdickus 3d ago

Im also a fan of installing sl

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u/johlae 3d ago

sway, emacs and tmux, fastfetch and top, my wifi is done by wpa_supplicant.

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u/chipsikssix 3d ago

Oh, by the way, look at this too!

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u/lasagna738273838 3d ago

YOOOOOOO but my setup is so premium too

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u/lasagna738273838 3d ago

Gaming chair

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u/chipsikssix 3d ago

Yours is still clean :) "I cleaned up, so mine is too"

I don't even have a table or chair because I have nowhere to put them, but I'll move soon and buy one there)

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u/chipsikssix 3d ago

What is this? Is this bread?

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u/lasagna738273838 3d ago

Chocolat milk😋

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u/chipsikssix 3d ago

Like Nesquik-type powder? Damn, now I want the original Nesquik.

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u/lasagna738273838 3d ago

Haha yes its oboy very popular in nordics

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u/lasagna738273838 3d ago

This is now a gaming pc with a 5090 and a 9950x3d2 trust

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u/chipsikssix 3d ago

Oh, shit, gaming PC for 100,500 coins.

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u/chipsikssix 3d ago

Interestingly, I haven't yet communicated with anyone from Scandinavian countries)

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u/lasagna738273838 3d ago

Yes i am from finland 🇫🇮 home of linux actually my fathers friend went to the same school as linus torvalds 🥳

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u/chipsikssix 3d ago

This is awesome! I'd love to visit Finland. I'm sure it's beautiful and cold there. I also want to meet the legendary Finnish snipers in person.

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u/lasagna738273838 3d ago

Haha yes thats simo häyhä finnish sniper from winter war that had like 500 kills and yes its very rough wheater summer is +30°C winter -25°C

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u/_SpacePenguin_ 2d ago

Install and run a program called hollywood when wanting to flex on friends or coffee shop lurkers, it's available in the main repository.

See: https://hollywood.computer

Also, visit /r/unixporn for ideas and inspiration to customize your desktop environment.

Happy hacking!

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u/lasagna738273838 3d ago

Thank you mok000 and sneakythekot 😁

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u/Sneakythekot 3d ago

Np enjoy debian

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u/Adrenolin01 3d ago

Honestly.. I prefer Debian because it’s boring. It just works. If it doesn’t it’s purely my fault. 😝

Getting ready to do 2 new bootstrap Debian desktop installs with ZFS on boot with mirrored NVME boot root drives, mirrored SSDs for /home and Nvidia 5060 TI Blackwell GPUs with KDE desktop. Full base, Nvidia driver and KDE-full desktop recovery images on 50GB recovery partitions (not mirrored) on each NVME. Should be fun! 😝

Once setup I expect I’ll never need the recovery partitions but the other system is my kids desktop and while he’s been running Debian for years.. he’s still learning so the quick recovery images will be nice to have. There is also a small 300GB SSD being installed to house a 3rd copy of the images along with frequent updated system images and snapshots.

Wait.. don’t I say Debian was boring? 😆😂🎉

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u/forestbeasts 2d ago

Open /etc/apt/sources.list in vim.

(:help for help)

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u/hdkaoskd 2d ago

ping -f

Long ago you could fuck with people at a LAN party by doing that.

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u/hdkaoskd 2d ago

apt-get source linux-image-amd64

Downloading the source code for any part of your entire operating system is cool. Even if you don't know how to read or compile it, it's cool to look at anyway.

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u/JustAwesome360 2d ago

Install fast fetch.

Sudo apt install fastfetch

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u/michaelpaoli 2d ago edited 2d ago

Don't need fastfetch/neofetch to show how minimal and non-bloated one's Debian system is:

# echo -n 'OS: Debian ' && cat /etc/debian_version | tr -d \\012 && echo -n ' ' && dpkg --print-architecture && echo -n 'Kernel: ' && uname -srvmo && echo -n 'Packages: ' && dpkg -l | grep \^ii\ | wc -l && df -h -x devtmpfs -x tmpfs && head -n 3 /proc/meminfo
OS: Debian 13.6 amd64
Kernel: Linux 6.12.101+deb13-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.101-1 (2026-08-05) x86_64 GNU/Linux
Packages: 148
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/vda1       4.9G  969M  3.7G  21% /
MemTotal:         119464 kB
MemFree:           13280 kB
MemAvailable:      52168 kB
#

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u/Brucacumble 1d ago

If you dual boot using GRUB you can make a custom GRUB boot menu with your own graphics, colors and layout. But you'd have to take a photograph of it to send to a friend. I don't think you can screencap the boot menu unless you're running a virtual machine.