Basics:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian
https://www.debian.org/
Download:
https://www.debian.org/distrib/
Installation guide:
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/
Documentation:
https://www.debian.org/doc/
This is a guide from a past year’s class, illustrating a full install
(it may be out-of-date):

click new

Name your VM

Allocate as much green as you have




25+ GB recommended

open settings

Allocate as much green as you have

Allocate more video memory, and do NOT enable 3D or 2D video
acceleration.

Click start

Click yellow folder icon

Choose downloaded iso file


Graphical if you want




Generic hostname

no domain name

Skip root user in lieu of sudo user below

Generic user name for reducing meta-data leakage


Make a good password!


If you are installing bare-metal (on hardware, not in VM) then go with
entire disk encrypted LVM.








Choose another mirror if you want (Debian even has .onion
mirrors!)
https://onion.debian.org/
https://wiki.debian.org/TorifyDebianServices

no proxy

Unless you’re completely tin-hat, might as well help with usage
survey!

I like KDE, Gnome is like Mac for Linux, XFCE is fast, simple, and works
well in a VM.
For security, you may want to include web and ssh server too.




Choose default config


update your machine

adjust monitor resolution

* Devices -> insert guest additions CD
* If it’s already inserted, it will give you an error
* Once it is inserted, it should show on the desktop and file
browser
* To open this directory in the terminal, either right click in the file
browser on the background, to “open in terminal” or open a terminal, and
use \(cd to get there
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First run:
`\) sudo apt-get install module-assistant make automake
linux-headers-$(uname -r) dkms
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apt install spyder3 python3-pudb wireshark`
