What to do after installing Debian 12 "Bookworm"

Опубликовано: 29 Март 2026
на канале: Nestor Alfonso Portela Rincon (Nestux)
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Hello, how are you? In this video, I want to share what to do after installing Debian 12 Bookworm. You can use the video as a guide; however, here's a summary of the commands used in the video.

Enable dark mode
Give sudo permissions to the user created during the installation
su root
nano /etc/sudoers
Enable minimize and maximize buttons
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout ":minimize,maximize,close"
Enable all repositories in Debian 12
deb https://ftp.debian.org/debian/ bookworm contrib main non-free non-free-firmware
deb-src https://ftp.debian.org/debian/ bookworm contrib main non-free non-free-firmware

deb https://ftp.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates contrib main non-free non-free-firmware
deb-src https://ftp.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates contrib main non-free non-free-firmware

deb https://ftp.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-proposed-updates contrib main non-free non-free-firmware
deb-src https://ftp.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-proposed-updates contrib main non-free non-free-firmware

deb https://ftp.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-backports contrib main non-free non-free-firmware
deb-src https://ftp.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-backports contrib main non-free non-free-firmware

deb https://security.debian.org/debian-se... bookworm-security contrib main non-free non-free-firmware
deb-src https://security.debian.org/debian-se... bookworm-security contrib main non-free non-free-firmware

Way to install backports packages: sudo apt install -t bookworm-backports PackageName
Update the system with:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Install the Tray icons and Dash to dock extensions
Install Visual Studio Code, ksnip, copyq, ffmpeg, chrome, neofecth
Install Snap
sudo apt install snapd
sudo snap install core
sudo snap install brave

Snap packages may not appear; to do this, modify the following file:
sudo nano /etc/login.defs
and in the ENV_SUPATH line, add ":/snap/bin" at the end
Install Flatpak
sudo apt install flatpak
sudo apt install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak
sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flat...
sudo flatpak install flathub com.obsproject.Studio

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