Using Debian

I have been running Debian on my computers for nearly 20 years. It has a robust package management system and while it doesn’t generally offer the latest greatest in the Linux world, stability is a priority for me and so this suits.

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• List removed packages that still have configuration files left over (and would require purging)

dpkg -l

awk ‘/^rc/ { print $2 }’

• and purge these files with

apt purge ffmpeg

• sometimes two sources will provide a package, you can see the candidates via

apt-cache policy ffmpeg

• and install a specific version with

sudo apt install ffmpeg=7:3.2.14-1~deb9u1

Custom kernel compilation

• http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html
• http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/
• http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-kernel.en.html
• http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernelCustomCompilation