Debian on a Laptop

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aptitude install iwlwifi wpasupplicant

In [ /etc/network/interfaces ] add the following:

auto  wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
      wpa-ssid [ wireless-network ]
      wpa-psk  [ password ]

Configure keyboard layout: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps

Sudo for [ user ] in /etc/sudoers, probably something like: [ user ] ALL=ALL

Fonts in [ ~/.fonts.conf ]:

<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd"> 
<fontconfig>
  <alias> 
    <family>sans-serif</family> 
    <prefer> 
      <family>FreeSans</family> 
    </prefer> 
  </alias> 
  <alias> 
    <family>serif</family> 
    <prefer> 
      <family>FreeSerif</family> 
    </prefer> 
  </alias> 
  <alias> 
    <family>monospace</family> 
    <prefer> 
      <family>DejaVu Sans Mono Book</family> 
    </prefer> 
  </alias> 
</fontconfig>

Fonts, in ~/.Xresources:

xterm*faceName: DejaVu Sans Mono:pixelsize=12

Alt as Meta, in /etc/X11/app-defaults/Xterm: *MetaSendsEscape: True