Debian 10 (Buster) Installation Steps with Screenshots
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Debian Project has released its latest and stable operating system as **Debian 10**, code name for Debian 10 is “**Buster**“, this release will get 5 years of support. Debian 10 is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit systems. This release comes with lot of new features, some of them are listed below:
* Introduction of new Debian 10 theme known as “**FuturePrototype**”
* Updated Desktop GNOME 3.30, Cinnamon 3.8, KDE Plasma 5.14, MATE 1.20 & Xfce 4.12
* LTS kernel 4.19.0-4
* New Python 3 (3.7.2), Perl 5.28 & PHP 7.3
* Iptables are replaced by nftables
* Updated LibreOffice 6.1 & GIMP 2.10.8
* Updated OpenJDK 11, MariaDB 10.3 and Apache 2.4.38
* Updated Chromium 73.0 & Firefox 60.7
* Improved support for UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface)
In this article we will demonstrate how to install Debian 10 “Buster” workstation on your Laptop & Desktop.
**Recommended System Requirements for Debian 10**
* 2 GB RAM
* 2 GHz Dual Core Processor
* 10 GB Free Hard disk space
* Bootable Installation Media (USB/ DVD)
* Internet connectivity (Optional)
Let’s jump into the installation steps of Debian 10
### Step:1) Download Debian 10 ISO file
Download the Debian 10 ISO file from its official portal,
Once the ISO file is downloaded, burn it either into USB or DVD and make it bootable.
### Step:2) Boot Your System with Installation Bootable Media (USB / DVD)
Reboot your system in which you will be installing Debian 10 and go to bios settings and set the boot medium as USB or DVD. Once the system is booted with installation bootable media then we will get the following screen.
### Step:7) Choose Hard Disk Partitioning Scheme for Debian 10
In this step, select partitioning scheme for Debian 10, in my case I have 40 GB hard disk available for OS installation. Partitioning scheme is of two types:
* Guided Partitioning (Installer will automatically create required partitions)
* Manual Partitioning (As name suggests using this we can create manual partitions scheme)
In this tutorial we will use guided partitions with LVM on my 42 GB hard drive,
As we can see I have around 42 GB hard disk space, so choose Continue
In the next screen, you will be asked to choose partitions, if are a new Linux user then choose the first option and in case you want a separate home partition then choose second option and else third option, which will create a separate partition for /home, /var and /tmp.
In my case I am going to create separate partition for /home, /var and /tmp by choosing the third option.
In the next screen choose “yes” if you want to configure Package Manager based on Network but for this to work, make sure your system is connected to Internet, else Choose No
Click on continue to configure package manager based on your location, In next couple of screens you will be prompted to choose location and Debian package repository URL, then you will get below screen
In the next window, you will be prompted to choose Desktop environment and other packages, in my case I am selecting **Gnome Desktop**, **SSH Server** and **Standard System utilities**
Click on Continue to reboot your system and don’t forget to change boot medium from Bios settings so that system boots up with hard disk on which we have installed Debian 10 OS.
### Step:8) Boot your newly installed system with Debian 10
Once we reboot the system after the successful installation we will get below bootloader screen
