The fourth Debian is (probably) lucky
Posted: September 2, 2010 Filed under: Debian, Keryx, Broadcom, HP ProBook 4510s | Tags: debian, squeeze, install, icewm, kmandla, windows 2000, broadcom, networkmanager, zte, broadband 2 Comments »So today I had this great idea. I’m going to scrape the Xubuntu (with bits and pieces of GNOME and KDE) install and put Debian Squeeze on there instead. Yes, I failed here before, but this time I actually have a plan (unbelievable! 
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Now, here’s what I’ll do:
- Standard installation of Debian Squeeze base (the one I did before).
- Use Keryx to get a minimal install of IceWM, plus NetworkManager and modemmanager (for the ZTE).
- Connect to the Internet via my ZTE modem using NetworkManager.
- Use the instructions here to download and install the Broadcom driver.
- Set up that ugly framebuffer to look good in widescreen. As detailed here, I guess.
And then, provided it works, I’ll configure IceWM to look like Windows 2000, as K.Mandla detailed here. 
Did you manage to get the WiFi working?
This is a really old post, from back when I used Broadcom’s sucky driver. I’ve since migrated to using b43 – and wrote a complete guide about it, check the “Projects” page.