What are the first commands that I run after installing a Debian based Linux distribution?

Hello beautiful peoples!

I’ve noticed a pattern. Every time I have installed a Debian based Linux distribution, after I am logged into the distro for the first time I am always running a set (or subset) of commands from the terminal:

sudo su

passwd

apt -y update && apt -y upgrade && apt -y dist-upgrade && apt -y full-upgrade && apt -y --purge autoremove && snap refresh

IF there were any packages that were kept back I am installing them now with:

apt -y install gjs libgjs0g

where gjs and libgjs0g are names of the kept packages, and then I remove firefox, install some apps (depending on what the machine will be used for) and restart the machine

snap remove firefox

apt -y install mc htop hardinfo

ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

reboot

Some people will tell you “Wah wah wah don’t run dist-upgrade or full-upgrade blah blah blah…”. Doing it for years. Never caused a single problem for me. Keeping my systems 100% updated is priority number one.

I hope this helps!

Catch you on the flip side,

AndrzejL