Debian Respin iso (forky) Files

2026-01-20 08:06 +0900

Read this readme.txt file first, before using this snapshot for amd64 architecture.

This re-spin is modified thoroughly from Official Debian packages at main section. It consists of Free components only. Non-Free packages are NOT installed by default. The ISO image can be used as Live USB/DVD or for HDD installation.

Username: user
Password: live
Root password: NOT set (Use sudo)

** Set your language **
To change the default locale (English), edit and replace it with the following texts for example at boot menu by entering 'e'. Then press Ctrl-x or F10 to boot.

Examples:
ar_GE.UTF-8 for Arabian
bn_BD.UTF-8 for Bengalese for Bangladesh
bn_IN.UTF-8 for Bengalese for India
de_DE.UTF-8 for German
es_ES.UTF-8 for Spain
fr_FR.UTF-8 for French
hi_IN.UTF-8 for Hindi
hr_HR.UTF-8 for Croatian
hu_HU.UTF-8 for Hungarian
id_ID.UTF-8 for Indonesian
it_IT.UTF-8 for Italian
ja_JP.UTF-8 for Japanese
ko_KR.UTF-8 for Korean
nl_NL.UTF-8 for Dutch
pl_PL.UTF-8 for Polish
pt_BR.UTF-8 for Brazilian Portuguese
ru_RU.UTF-8 for Russian
sv_SE.UTF-8 for Swedish
th_TH.UTF-8 for Thai
ur_IN.UTF-8 for Urdu for India
ur_PK.UTF-8 for Urdu for Pakistan
vi_VN.UTF-8 for Vietnamese
zh_CN.UTF-8 for Chinese for Simplified Chinese (簡体字)
zh_TW.UTF-8 for Chinese for Traditional Chinese (繁体字)

Keyboard-layout is also changeable by replacing the default country code (us).

** Known issue
Current default time zone: 'Etc/UTC'
Run 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' if you wish to change it.

This distribution is based on Official Debian release using default Debian kernel. It consists of Free components only. Non-Free packages are NOT installed by default; refer to change.log.

NOTE:
The ISO image can be used as Live USB/DVD or for HDD installation.
For installation of internal HDD, use install icon on desktop. Calamares installer has been already included.
Home-persistence is also supported optionally, so see support page too.

** Installation into Hard Disc
To install, run the command instead as below:
 sudo calamares-install-debian

# Icon for installer does not work as this ISO is minimal.
# To install the Live Linux into internal HDD, open Main menu --> Applications --> System Tools --> Install Debian.

** Download sites
ISO images are available at the following sites:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/debian-live-desktop-respins/
https://archive.org/details/@usergreen
https://linux.sakura.ne.jp/

** Origin of the snapshot.iso
The respin is modified using Official Debian main repository only.

** Supported locales (L10n)
As for this ISO image, the default language (locale) is set to en_US. That is, English language and US keyboard. But you can change it into your desired locale as mentioned above, or by a GUI application or commandline after login to your Desktop.

** Multilingual input support
As for Japanese input method, it is already installed by default. There is an input toolbar on the bottom right after login.
You can also change default language environment into Japanese by running 'dpkg-reconfigure locales' command and select ja_JP.UTF-8.

To add other language input support, add uim-* package manually. 
In order to enable Chinese input, click IME toolbar which appears at the right corner on the bottom. Then select item "Chewing". Now you can start Chinese input by pressing Crtl + Space key.
On the other hand, in order to enable Japanese input, click IME toolbar which appears at the same place. Then select item "Anthy". Now you can start Japanese input by pressing Shift + Space key, or alternatively "半/全 漢字" key if your keyboard is Japanese layout.
To return to previous (direct) mode, just press the same key.
If you need another input method for many other languages, add m17n support by installing uim-m17nlib package as follows:
 # apt install uim-m17nlib

** About Universal Input Method (uim)
Uim is an input method module library which supports various scripts and can act as a front end for a range of input methods, including Anthy, Canna, or SKK (for Japanese), Pinyin (for Chinese), Byeoru (for Korean), and M17n (for many other languages). Most of its functions are implemented in Scheme, so it's very simple and flexible.

If you want to use UimToolbar utilities, which shows and controls uim mode, for system tray, add the following, too.

 $ uim-toolbar-gtk3-systray &

** Terms of use
Anyone distributing a re-spin that we do not host ourselves must specify that it is a respin in the names of a website, ISO or download location. For example: debian-respin. Furthermore, it must be specified clearly somewhere that products are based on Debian Linux but are not connected with it in any official way.
The name "Debian Live" may not be used as part of a respin-project's website title or in the project's iso/media without making clear that the it is not an official part of Debian Linux."

This Live ISO image was released in a hope that it would be useful. Therefore you are allowed to redistribute or modify under the GNU General Public License v.3 or later. Its full text can be found both at https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html and onboard at /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3.

The ISO image and readme.txt have been created by green.

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