OS : Debian Buster with Raspberry Pi Desktop (unknow version at this time, will find it below)
Run with persistance mode, SDHC-10
Hardware: Intel Atom N270 (eeePC 901)
While learning more about Debian:
terminal is runing htop (to check cpu utilization)
terminal is runing s-tui (cpu frequency and temperature)
^s-tui wasn't available in this OS, to install open terminal and use command: sudo apt-get install s-tui
picture : s-tui debian terminal instalation.jpg
I wanted to take a screenshot and could not find an utility to do so, so after quick google, first mention was Flameshot, to install open terminal and use command: sudo apt-get install flameshot
picture : Flameshot debian terminal install.jpg
how to get more details about the debian release version:
open terminal, use command:
uname -a
^ Linux raspberrypi 4.19.0-13-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 4.19.160-2 (2020-11-28) i686 GNU/Linux
more details, use command:
cat /etc/os-release
^
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="10"
VERSION="10 (buster)"
VERSION_CODENAME=buster
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"
to check if latest version is installed, use command : sudo apt update , that showed some updated packages were available so, after use command: sudo apt upgrade
after the above commands there was no difference in the output of "uname -a" or "cat /etc/os-release" commands,
attempting to use neofetch to get more details, installed via terminal using command : sudo apt-get install neofetch, after installation no more usefull information was obtained
information about the cpu, use command :
lscpu
^
Architecture: i686
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit
Byte Order: Little Endian
Address sizes: 32 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
CPU(s): 2
On-line CPU(s) list: 0,1
Thread(s) per core: 2
Core(s) per socket: 1
Socket(s): 1
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
CPU family: 6
Model: 28
Model name: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz
Stepping: 2
CPU MHz: 1551.908
CPU max MHz: 1600.0000
CPU min MHz: 800.0000
BogoMIPS: 3200.23
L1d cache: 24K
L1i cache: 32K
L2 cache: 512K
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts cpuid aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 xtpr pdcm movbe lahf_lm dtherm
information about memory, use command:
dmidecode -t memory
^
output is too long, but show 2048MB, maximum of 4096MB (not a greate idea since its a 32bit cpu)
too check later :
https://github.com/X0rg/CPU-X
^
lists the operating system that are supported, FreeBSD, Arch and OpenMandrive are listed
the web results show many applications that are not installed by default, some are easier to install using synaptic package manager, so use command:
sudo apt-get install synaptic
example : cpu-x, after installing synaptic the result was the same, package not found
so, manually instalation it is.
so from page : https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/i386/cpu-x/download
I get the file : cpu-x_4.1.0-1_i386.deb that is located at ~\Downloads (~ is the designator for the user home directory/folder, if you use command : "cd ~" you will travel to the folder \home\(username)\
to install use the command:
sudo apt install ~\Downloads\cpu-x_4.1.0-1_i386.deb
^this will fail, because the application is intendend for bullseye, that is Debian 11, and this release is Debian 10 (buster)
since cpu-x wasn't available, the next sugestion from the google results was Hardinfo, to install use the following command in terminal : sudo apt-get install hardinfo. The application name after instalation is System information and benchmark tool.
Because this tool was able to list the hardware, it probably means that this debian release contains all applications required, however, many google search results include the application lshw, that isn't installed so, to install it, in terminal use the following command : sudo apt-get install lshw
Chromium doesn't detect Fon portable, installing firefox, debian firefox release is called firefox-esr, o install launch terminal and use the following command : sudo apt-get install firefox-esr
adjust screen brightness does not appear to be possible in Raspi OS, so using the command line, first identify the display and then set brightness level, use the following command:
xrandr
^^
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
eDP-1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 276mm x 156mm
xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.4
^^
Works!
wicd is a nice Gui app for managing wireless networks, it allows connection as well!
sudo apt-get install wicd
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plenty of information seems to be mising in this file
check what linux shell is being used:
echo $SHELL
^ sparky linux is using bash
to clear the
clear
to manage packages/applications on Debian based distros use the following commands:
aptitude or apt-get
first step is to update the repository
sudo apt-get update
list all updates available
apt-get upgrade --dry-run
or:
apt list
>> Update 18/07/2021
to list all installed packages :
dpkg --list
to install packages
sudo apt-get install htop
to remove packages :
sudo apt-get purge htop
sudo apt-get autoremove
or mixing in the same command
sudo apt-get --purge autoremove package name
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saved for later : https://askubuntu.com/questions/686665/overclocking-asus-eee1008ha-pc-atomn280-running-ubuntu14-04
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=126334
https://opensource.com/article/19/9/linux-commands-hardware-information
https://www.tecmint.com/commands-to-collect-system-and-hardware-information-in-linux/