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Debian Package List Backup and Restore

Update: Debian Lenny 5.0 now has support for the option autoremove of apt-get that is able to clean all unused dependencies Curiosity and laziness are the two most important reasons that my system ends up with lots of useless software after a couple months of usage. Many times I want to test drive a program [...]

Debian Minimal Installation for Desktop use

Note: This post was written back when I used to have a Debian GNU/Linux machine as my desktop computer. The Debian version at that time was etch 4.0. Nowadays I have a new shiny MacBook Pro with Mac OS X Leopard that I use as my main work machine so some of the information in [...]