This is my second note on installing minimal Xfce desktop on Debian. This time, I use the new Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 "Squeeze". As usual, you have to download Debian netinst CD (190 MB) to build this system from ground up.
# cat > /etc/apt/sources.listdeb http://kambing.ui.ac.id/debian squeeze main deb http://kambing.ui.ac.id/debian-security squeeze/updates main
# apt-get update # apt-get upgrade
# apt-get install --no-install-recommends \ xorg xfce4 alsa-base alsa-utils cpufrequtils gamin xdg-utils \ desktop-base gnome-brave-icon-theme dmz-cursor-theme
# apt-get install --no-install-recommends \ xfce4-terminal xfce4-taskmanager xfce4-screenshooter-plugin \ thunar-archive-plugin thunar-media-tags-plugin \ xfburn squeeze bzip2 zip unzip unrar-free
# apt-get install --no-install-recommends \ synaptic iceweasel transmission-gtk xchat \ mplayer-gui gpicview gimp dia \ geany epdfview chmsee galculator \ openoffice.org openoffice.org-gtk ttf-liberation
Run these commands to enable (1) autostarting Xfce right after you log in and (2) shutdown as normal user. I use my username: auriza in this example, change it to yours.
# cat > /home/auriza/.bash_loginif [ "$(tty)" = "/dev/tty1" ] ; then startxfce4 fi # addgroup auriza powerdev
That's it! Have fun with 0x0fce.