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supusr

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Bunsenlabs Post-Installation Questions re: Stretch, Codecs

There are three things that aren't clear to me after goofing around with the live session:

1) Are there any downsides (would anything break during updates) to changing the sources to testing after I install Bunsenlabs on my system?

2) If I install the full Libreoffice suite ( or any other software) after installation through Synaptic, would it appear in the Openbox menus?

3) At that point (after 1 & 2 above), wouldn't I essentially just have a Debian Testing minimal OS with Openbox?

Any answers that may be provided will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, in advance.

PS - I forgot to ask if the media codecs could be installed just as I would in Debian...  Sorry.

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Re: Bunsenlabs Post-Installation Questions re: Stretch, Codecs

1) Are there any downsides (would anything break during updates) to changing the sources to testing after I install Bunsenlabs on my system?

Please take a moment to read this illuminating post by @mor, a long time Debian user and a member of forums.debian.net

It explains the differences between running Debian stable (which is BunsenLabs) and running Debian testing/unstable

http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php? … 32#p604432

tl;dr: Yes, stuff will break if you use testing/unstable -- it's supposed to, that's the whole point of a development release.

2) If I install the full Libreoffice suite ( or any other software) after installation through Synaptic, would it appear in the Openbox menus?

No.

You can add it yourself very easily though (or add a standard auto-updating Debian menu to the openbox menu)

3) At that point (after 1 & 2 above), wouldn't I essentially just have a Debian Testing minimal OS with Openbox?

Yes.

As the expression goes: if it breaks, you get to keep the pieces and we get to laugh at you...
]:D

The media CODECs should aleady be included, let us know if any don't work

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Re: Bunsenlabs Post-Installation Questions re: Stretch, Codecs

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2) If I install the full Libreoffice suite ( or any other software) after installation through Synaptic, would it appear in the Openbox menus?
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If you install the LIbreOffice components from the menu (Menu -> Office -> Install -> options), then they will appear in the menu afterwards because it is done via a pipemenu script. Same if you choose the LO option in the bl-welcome script.  But not if you install from Synaptic. Wrong! The pipemenu picks up any LO component and populates the menu  :8

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supusr

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Re: Bunsenlabs Post-Installation Questions re: Stretch, Codecs

OK.  Thanks to you both.  I have read the suggested information and understand.  I appreciate it very much.