[Tfug] List of packages required to make a good Debian Desktop system

[Rich]

On Jul 5, 2007, at 2:33 pm, Claude Rubinson wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 10:36:45PM -0700, Glen Pfeiffer wrote:
>> I am putting together a list of software that I use on my Debian
>> boxes. There are two reasons I am doing this. First, because I
>> cannot remember it all and I want to have a reference of what
>> works for me while I am setting up new systems for friends and
>> family. A second objective is to share it with others. I expect
>> it would be most helpful to those new to Linux and Debian. Some
>> of my choices were influenced because I run GNOME.
>
> Glen -- I realize that I'm not answering your actual questions but I
> hate the idea that you're doing this manually.
In a similar vein, you could explore kickstart too.

> `dpkg --get-selections` will pull everything.
> `aptitude -F '%p' search '~i !~M'` to get all manually
> installed packages.
My approach would be to get some sort of output that could be used to  
automatically create my own repository. Then on the target system, I  
could still use the graphical tools to get the main stuff on, and say  
"here, keep the DVD".
R.