Information

Debian
13.6
Xfce

Hailrake = Dell Inspiron 24 5459 AIO ¹⁾
Boulderback = Dell Precision M6500 ²⁾

Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)

Download

https://www.debian.org/

debian-13.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso

Installation Notes

No Domain name
No root password
Entire disk, all files in one partition
ftp.us.debian.org

NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda      8:0    0 465.8G  0 disk 
├─sda1   8:1    0   976M  0 part /boot/efi
├─sda2   8:2    0 456.9G  0 part /
└─sda3   8:3    0   7.9G  0 part [SWAP]

Software selection

[x] Debian desktop environment
[x] … Xfce
[x] standard system utilities

Repositories

WineHQ

sudo dpkg --add-architecture 'i386'

rm -fv '/tmp/winehq.key' '/tmp/winehq-archive.key' && wget -O '/tmp/winehq.key' 'https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key' && gpg --dearmor --output '/tmp/winehq-archive.key' '/tmp/winehq.key' && sudo mv -fv '/tmp/winehq-archive.key' '/etc/apt/keyrings' && wget -O '/tmp/winehq-trixie.sources' 'https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/debian/dists/trixie/winehq-trixie.sources' && sudo mv -fv '/tmp/winehq-trixie.sources' '/etc/apt/sources.list.d'

Software

Update

sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove -y && sudo apt clean

General

sudo apt install --install-recommends atril filezilla foliate gimp gnome-disk-utility keepassxc-minimal mate-calc obs-studio onboard transmission-gtk thunderbird viewnior vlc 7zip aria2 adb fastboot fastfetch fonts-noto gvfs-backends htop libsecret-tools mesa-utils unar yt-dlp

Games

doomsday neverball

Wine

winehq-staging winbind icoutils mesa-vulkan-drivers libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386 libgl1:i386 libnss-mdns:i386

Intel

intel-gpu-tools i965-va-driver

rtw88

TODO: Provides rtw8822b_fw.bin for a USB AC wifi stick

firmware-realtek

Specs

clear && fastfetch && uname -a && date

sudo intel_gpu_top -s '500' -p -m

Xfce

Theme

Chicago95

Default Apps

gio mime 'text/plain' 'org.xfce.mousepad.desktop'

gio mime 'image/jpeg' 'viewnior.desktop'

gio mime 'image/png' 'viewnior.desktop'

gio mime 'image/bmp' 'viewnior.desktop'

gio mime 'application/pdf' 'atril.desktop'

gio mime 'application/epub+zip' 'com.github.johnfactotum.Foliate.desktop'

xdg-settings set 'default-web-browser' 'firefox.desktop'

Terminal

Utilities → Terminal Emulator: Xfce Terminal

xfce4-mime-settings

Onboard

LightDM

sudo -e '/etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf'

keyboard=onboard
indicators=~a11y

Autostart

[x] Onboard

xfce4-session-settings

Settings

[x] Start Onboard hidden

onboard-settings

General

vblank_mode

xfconf-query --channel 'xfwm4' --property '/general/use_compositing' --type 'bool' --set 'false' --create

xfconf-query --channel 'xfwm4' --property '/general/vblank_mode' --type 'string' --set 'off' --create

xfconf-query --channel 'xfce4-session' --property '/general/SaveOnExit' --type 'bool' --set 'false' --create && rm -Rf ~/'.cache/sessions'

Fonts

xfconf-query --channel 'xsettings' --property '/Xft/Antialias' --type 'int' --set '1' --create

xfconf-query --channel 'xsettings' --property '/Xft/DPI' --type 'int' --set '-1' --create

xfconf-query --channel 'xsettings' --property '/Xft/Hinting' --type 'int' --set '0' --create

xfconf-query --channel 'xsettings' --property '/Xft/HintStyle' --type 'string' --set 'hintnone' --create

xfconf-query --channel 'xsettings' --property '/Xft/RGBA' --type 'string' --set 'none' --create

Keyboard

xfconf-query --channel 'keyboards' --property '/Default/KeyRepeat/Delay' --type 'int' --set '400' --create

xfconf-query --channel 'keyboards' --property '/Default/KeyRepeat/Rate' --type 'int' --set '30' --create

Keyboard Shortcuts

xfce4-keyboard-settings

'/usr/bin/bash' -c "'/usr/bin/secret-tool' lookup 'keepass' 'default' | LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE='1' '/usr/bin/keepassxc' --pw-stdin ~/'Documents/keepass.kdbx'"

'/usr/bin/bash' -c "'/usr/bin/xfce4-terminal' -T 'Debian Updater' -e ~/'.local/scripts/debian-updater.sh'"

'/usr/bin/bash' -c "'/usr/bin/xfce4-terminal' -T 'Max Performance' -e ~/'.local/scripts/max-perf.sh'"

Etc

xfconf-query --channel 'xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts' --property '/commands/custom/Super_L' --type 'string' --set 'xfce4-popup-whiskermenu' --create

xfconf-query --channel 'xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts' --property '/commands/custom/AudioRaiseVolume' --type 'string' --set "'/usr/bin/amixer' -D 'pulse' set 'Master' '5%+' > '/dev/null'" --create

xfconf-query --channel 'xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts' --property '/commands/custom/AudioLowerVolume' --type 'string' --set "'/usr/bin/amixer' -D 'pulse' set 'Master' '5%-' > '/dev/null'" --create

xfconf-query --channel 'xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts' --property '/commands/custom/AudioMute' --type 'string' --set "'/usr/bin/amixer' -D 'pulse' set 'Master' 'toggle' > '/dev/null'" --create

xfce4-terminal

xfconf-query --channel 'xfce4-terminal' --property '/scrolling-lines' --type 'int' --set '10000' --create

xfconf-query --channel 'xfce4-terminal' --property '/misc-cursor-blinks' --type 'bool' --set 'true' --create

xfconf-query --channel 'xfce4-terminal' --property '/font-use-system' --type 'bool' --set 'false' --create

xfconf-query --channel 'xfce4-terminal' --property '/misc-show-unsafe-paste-dialog' --type 'bool' --set 'false' --create

Settings

Root Password

Needed to log-in with (recovery mode) boot

sudo passwd 'root'

Network

More DNS Servers

nm-connection-editor

1.1.1.2,1.0.0.2

2606:4700:4700::1112,2606:4700:4700::1002

Printer

http://localhost:631/admin
Log-in as regular user (not root)

Internet Printing Protocol (ipp)
HP
IPP Everywhere ™
Color Mode: Device Gray
2-Sided Printing: Long-Edge (Portrait)

ipp://192.168.1.164/ipp/print

Kole

KeePassXC

Add Database Pass to Keyring

'/usr/bin/secret-tool' store --label='KeePass' 'keepass' 'default'

Firefox

Notes
Also Thunderbird

Time

timedatectl set-timezone 'America/New_York' && sudo timedatectl 'set-ntp' 'true' && sudo hwclock --systohc && timedatectl status

Tweaks

Environment

General

sudo -e '/etc/X11/Xsession.d/99-general-tweaks'

# General
export LD_BIND_NOW='1'
export LD_PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC='1'

# Mozilla
export MOZ_CRASHREPORTER_DISABLE='1'
export MOZ_USE_XINPUT2='1'

# GTK
export GDK_DEBUG='gl-prefer-gl'
export GDK_RENDERING='image'
export GSK_RENDERER='cairo'
export GTK_A11Y='none'
export NO_AT_BRIDGE='1'
export GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING='0'

# Mesa
export MESA_DEBUG='silent'
export MESA_NO_ERROR='1'
export mesa_glthread='false'
export vblank_mode='0'
export MESA_VK_WSI_PRESENT_MODE='immediate'
export allow_higher_compat_version='true'
export block_on_depleted_buffers='true'
export disable_throttling='true'
export force_integer_tex_nearest='true'
export vk_wsi_force_bgra8_unorm_first='true'
export vk_x11_ignore_suboptimal='true'
export vk_xwayland_wait_ready='false'

# Shader Cache
#export MESA_SHADER_CACHE_DISABLE='true'
export MESA_DISK_CACHE_DATABASE='0'
export MESA_DISK_CACHE_SINGLE_FILE='0'

# End

Intel

sudo -e '/etc/X11/Xsession.d/99-intel-tweaks'

# Intel
export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME='i965'
export ANV_NO_GPL='1'
export anv_disable_link_time_optimization='true'
export MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE='4.6COMPAT'
export force_guc_low_latency='false'
export allow_compressed_fallback='true'

# End

Wine

Notes

sudo -e '/etc/X11/Xsession.d/99-wine-tweaks'

# Staging
#export WINE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE='1'
#export STAGING_SHARED_MEMORY='1'
#export STAGING_WRITECOPY='1'

# Logging
export WINEDEBUG='-all'
export VKD3D_DEBUG='none'
export VKD3D_SHADER_DEBUG='none'
export DXVK_LOG_LEVEL='none'

# DXVK
export DXVK_SHADER_CACHE='0'
export DXVK_STATE_CACHE='0'

# End

Kernel Options

Verify

Magic SysRq key

echo 'kernel.sysrq = 1' | sudo tee '/etc/sysctl.d/99-sysrq.conf'

BPF Disable

echo 'kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled=0' | sudo tee '/etc/sysctl.d/99-bpf-disable.conf'

Perf Counters

echo 'kernel.perf_event_paranoid=-1' | sudo tee '/etc/sysctl.d/99-perf-events.conf'

Intel Perf Counters

echo 'dev.i915.perf_stream_paranoid=0' | sudo tee '/etc/sysctl.d/99-i915-perf.conf'

GRUB

More Kernel Parameters

sudo -e '/etc/default/grub' && sudo update-grub

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

Hailrake

Last updated: 2026/08/03

dis_ucode_ldr bgrt_disable initcall_blacklist='sysfb_init,init_ima' lsm='' audit='0' ima_appraise='off' mitigations='off' mce='off' ras='cec_disable' hibernate='no' idle='halt' nohz='off' preempt='none' iommu='pt' memory_corruption_check='0' init_on_alloc='0' init_on_free='0' drm_kms_helper.poll='0' drm_kms_helper.fbdev_emulation='1' rootflags='data=writeback' reboot='efi' module_blacklist='iTCO_wdt,intel_oc_wdt' nowatchdog tsc='nowatchdog' pci='pcie_bus_perf' pcie_ports='compat' pcie_port_pm='off'

drm.edid_firmware='eDP-1:edid/785-1080p-detailed-eDP.bin'

Boulderback

Last updated: 2026/08/05
TODO: Check pcie_bus_perf vs pcie_bus_tune_off

dis_ucode_ldr bgrt_disable initcall_blacklist='sysfb_init,init_ima' lsm='' audit='0' ima_appraise='off' mitigations='off' mce='off' ras='cec_disable' hibernate='no' idle='halt' nohz='off' preempt='none' iommu='pt' memory_corruption_check='0' init_on_alloc='0' init_on_free='0' drm_kms_helper.poll='0' drm_kms_helper.fbdev_emulation='1' rootflags='data=writeback' reboot='pci' module_blacklist='iTCO_wdt,intel_oc_wdt' nowatchdog tsc='nowatchdog' pci='pcie_bus_perf' pcie_ports='compat' pcie_port_pm='off' cpufreq.default_governor='performance'

Cgroups

Last updated: 2026/08/02

cgroup_disable='cpuset,cpu,cpuacct,blkio,memory,devices,freezer,net_cls,perf_event,net_prio,hugetlb,pids,rdma,misc,dmem' rcu_nocbs noautogroup

Check

cat '/proc/cgroups'

initramfs

sudo -e '/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/tweaks'

MODULES='dep'
COMPRESS='zstd'
COMPRESSLEVEL='0'

# End

echo 'i915' | sudo tee -a '/etc/initramfs-tools/modules'

sudo update-initramfs -k 'all' -c

modprobe.d

Notes (i915, iwlwifi)

journald

sudo mkdir -p '/etc/systemd/journald.conf.d' && sudo -e '/etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/99-tweaks.conf' && sudo journalctl --vacuum-time='1s' --rotate

[Journal]
Storage=none
Compress=false
MaxLevelStore=0
MaxLevelSyslog=0
MaxLevelKMsg=0
MaxLevelConsole=0
MaxLevelWall=0

# End

sudo journalctl --vacuum-time='1s' --rotate

Xorg

xorg.confs

xrandr

Trigger: on login

xfce4-session-settings

Hailrake

eDP1 = Intel DDX

'/usr/bin/bash' -c "'/usr/bin/xrandr' --output 'eDP1' --set 'Colorspace' 'RGB_WIDE_FLOAT' --set 'max bpc' '12' --set 'Broadcast RGB' 'Full' --set 'scaling mode' 'Full aspect'"

Boulderback

TODO

fstab

sudo -e '/etc/fstab'

ext4

data=writeback requires it in GRUB too

,noatime,nobarrier,data=writeback

EFI

,noatime,discard

Swap

,discard=once

Drive Maintenance

Trim

sudo systemctl enable 'fstrim.timer' --now && sudo systemctl start 'fstrim'

sudo fstrim -v --all

EFI

sudo umount '/boot/efi' && sudo fsck.fat -a -t -w -v '/dev/sda1' && sudo mount '/boot/efi'

ext4

Reboot to (recovery mode)
Ctrl + Alt + Del to reboot

Legacy has partition at beginning (sda1 vs EFI sda2)

mount | grep '/ type ext4'

sudo -e '/ext4.sh' && sudo chmod +x '/ext4.sh'

#!/bin/bash

cd '/tmp'

'/usr/bin/umount' '/'
'/usr/sbin/e2fsck' -D -E 'discard,optimize_extents,inode_count_fullmap' -f -v -y '/dev/sda2'

# End

'/ext4.sh'

Scripts

Updater

mkdir -p ~/'.local/scripts' && nano ~/'.local/scripts/debian-updater.sh' && chmod +x ~/'.local/scripts/debian-updater.sh'

#!/bin/bash

cd '/tmp'

sudo '/usr/bin/apt' clean
sudo '/usr/bin/apt' update
sudo '/usr/bin/apt' full-upgrade -y
sudo '/usr/bin/apt' autoremove -y

#rm -Rf ~/'.cache/mesa_shader_cache/'*
rm -Rf ~/'.cache/thumbnails/'*
rm -Rf ~/'.cache/mozilla/firefox/'* ~/'.cache/thunderbird/'*

#sudo '/usr/sbin/fstrim' -v -a

read -n '1' -s -r -p 'Done. Press any key to exit.'
sleep '2'

# End

~/'.local/scripts/debian-updater.sh'

Max Performance

sudo apt install 'linux-cpupower'

mkdir -p ~/'.local/scripts' && nano ~/'.local/scripts/max-perf.sh' && chmod +x ~/'.local/scripts/max-perf.sh'

#!/bin/bash

cd '/tmp'

# CPU
sudo '/usr/sbin/x86_energy_perf_policy' --all 'performance' --turbo-enable '1' --force
sudo '/usr/bin/cpupower' frequency-set -g 'performance' -r

echo 'Max performance states set!'
sleep '3'

# End

~/'.local/scripts/max-perf.sh'

Notable Folders and Commands

See misc

Repositories

nonfree

https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList

sudo -e '/etc/apt/sources.list'

non-free

XScreenSaver

Dependencies

sudo apt remove xscreensaver xscreensaver-gl

Settings

Display Modes → Mode: Only One Screen Saver
Maze 3D
Blank After 1 minutes
Cycle After 0 minutes
[x] Lock Screen After 4 minutes
Maze 3D Settings → [x] Show frame rate, adjust Speed and Frame rate, then [ ] Show frame rate

xscreensaver-settings

xfconf-query --channel 'xfce4-session' --property '/general/LockCommand' --set 'xscreensaver-command -quiet -lock' --create

Autostart

[ ] Screen Locker (light-locker)
Trigger: on login

xfce4-session-settings

'/usr/bin/bash' -c "vblank_mode='3' '/usr/bin/xscreensaver' --no-splash"

Debian Wine

sudo apt install 'wine'

Gecko/Mono

https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/wikis/Gecko
https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/wikis/Wine-Mono
Seemingly auto-installs Gecko when-needed if .msi exists in .cache ³⁾

mkdir -p ~/'.cache/wine'

~/'.cache/wine/wine-gecko-2.47.4-x86.msi'

¹⁾

i5-6400T, Intel HD 530, UEFI

²⁾

i7-740QM, Radeon HD 5870, Legacy

³⁾

WotLK's installer requires for license; pre-patches blank without

Table of Contents

Information

Download

Installation Notes

Software selection

Repositories

WineHQ

Software

Update

General

Games

Wine

Intel

rtw88

Specs

Xfce

Theme

Default Apps

Terminal

Onboard

LightDM

Autostart

Settings

General

Fonts

Keyboard

Keyboard Shortcuts

Etc

xfce4-terminal

Settings

Root Password

Network

Printer

KeePassXC

Firefox

Time

Tweaks

Environment

General

Intel

Wine

Kernel Options

Magic SysRq key

BPF Disable

Perf Counters

Intel Perf Counters

GRUB

Hailrake

Boulderback

Cgroups

Check

initramfs

modprobe.d

journald

Xorg

xrandr

Hailrake

Boulderback

fstab

ext4

EFI

Swap

Drive Maintenance

Trim

EFI

ext4

Scripts

Updater

Max Performance

Notable Folders and Commands

Repositories

nonfree

XScreenSaver

Dependencies

Settings

Autostart

Debian Wine

Gecko/Mono