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| Debian 8.6 GNOME Installation and Review |
This video tutorial shows how to install Debian 8.6 GNOME and review on VMware Workstation/Player step by step. You can use this tutorial also for installing Debian 8.6 GNOME on physical computer or laptop or bare-metal server. VMware Tools (Open VM Tools) is automatically installed by the installer, so we do not need to install it separately.
Debian 8.6 GNOME Installation Steps:
- Download Debian 8.6 GNOME Live ISO
- Create Virtual Machine on VMware Workstation/Player
- Start Installation
- Debian 8.6 GNOME Desktop Review
Debian 8.6 GNOME Installation and Review on VMware
What is Debian GNU/Linux?
The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system. This operating system is called Debian. The Debian GNU/Linux distribution is one of the most popular for personal computers and network servers, and has been used as a base for several other distributions such as Ubuntu, Kali Linux and Linux Mint. Debian systems currently use the Linux kernel. Linux is a completely free piece of software started by Linus Torvalds and supported by thousands of programmers worldwide. Debian comes with over 50,000 packages.Debian Website: https://www.debian.org/
What is GNOME Desktop?
GNOME is a desktop environment that is composed entirely of free and open-source software. GNOME was originally an acronym for GNU Network Object Model Environment. Its target operating system is Linux, but it is also supported on most derivatives of BSD. GNOME is developed by the GNOME Project, which is composed of both volunteers and paid contributors.GNOME Website: https://www.gnome.org/
Debian 8.6 New Features and Improvements
This release doesn’t include any new version of Debian 8. Instead, it comes with improvements and package updates. So, if you are running the previous installation, simply perform an update via an up-to-date Debian mirror. This will update the outdated packages to their latest versions. The Debian GNU/Linux 8.6 stable update brings important corrections to packages like apache2, debian-installer, glibc, openssl, wget, and a lot more. The release also brings security updates to numerous packages like nginx, drupal7, samba, gimp, openssh, gnupg etc.Hope you found this Debian 8.6 GNOME installation and review tutorial helpful and informative. Please consider sharing it. Your feedback and questions are welcome!
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