Sphaebian

Debian Based Distro for people like me

This is just a normal Debian distro with many tweaks inspired by many other setups, amongst others:

• Raspbian/Spindle
• Multistrap
• Preseeding
• Vmdebootstrap
• Emdebian RIP
• SteamOS

My ultimate goal is to have a full busybox based root filesystem but with Debian this is impossible currently. My second goal is to have a Debian based rootfs mimicking Raspbian as close as possible.

Usage

To install Sphaebian run the Debian installer using your favourite method (CD, PXE, etc). Then run the following command to boot the Debian installer

install url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sphaero/sphaebian/master/seeds/sphaebian.seed

Or use the url shortener:

install url=https://goo.gl/fzBNqt

Tweaks

• some minor tweaks through preseeding the installer
  • no root account creation
  • pi user account creation (default pw)
  • enable all debian repository sections
  • add some essential packages (openssh-server console-setup keyboard-configuration debconf-utils less ifplugd ntp dbus ca-certificates)
  • set some debconf answers like locales
  • issue a post install command
  • remove quiet kernel boot
• post install command:
  • modify /etc/skel to have a color prompt
  • add some groups
  • configure ifplugd
  • setup sudoers
  • tweak inputrc (as done in Spindle)
  • add */sbin to PATH env
  • rename to Sphaebian