• Debian
• Ubuntu
• Xubuntu uses the Xfce Desktop environment
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Window managers and themes

• Fluxbox: a fast compact window manager
• Xmonad: a tiling window manager for X

Useful command lines

• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get upgrade
• sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
• mount -o loop -t iso9660 cdimage.iso /mnt/cdiso : mount a cd image
• sudo umount /mnt/cdiso : unmount a cd image
• chown -hR owner:group file : change recursively the owner and group of a file/directory
• tar czvf archive.tgz file : archive/compress a file/directory
• tar xzvf archive.tgz : Extract all files from archive.tgz

My Linux installation

This installation is based on a minimal lightweight installation of Linux Debian

• Minimal Debian network Installation with X

Package list:
• thunar: a fast and easy to use file manager (for the Xfce Desktop Environment)
• xfce4-terminal: an X Terminal Emulator
• xmonad (with its contribution, dzen and dmenu), fluxbox or xfce: Window/Desktop manager
• gtk-theme-switch: gtk2 theme switch
• gqview: image browser
• gimp: the GNU Image Manipulation Program
• bluefish: a powerful editor targeted towards programmers and webdesigners
• ...

Theme and icon theme:
• tish-aquastyle: gtk2 theme
• ICON-Crystal-SVG-1.1.0: gtk2 icon theme
• Noia 2.0 (eXtreme): firefox skin
• Gtk configuration for non-gnome desktop user