Linux Server with Debian Sid

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Installation of Debian

 * 1) Download mini network boot image for Debian: http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/mini.iso
 * 2) Mount and start the installation
 * 3) Select Advanced Options and Expert install to start the installation.
 * 4) You can process each step til Choose a mirror of the Debian archive:


 * 1) If you are ready select Choose a mirror of the Debian archive, select your favorite mirror and continue.
 * 2) You will get a list of debian versions, select the last entry (sid - unstable):


 * 1) Continue the installation with selecting Download installer components and doing the "normal" installation.

Required software
After the installation of Debian you can install the required software:


 * wine-unstable and wine64-unstable (as long as there is no "native" Linux build) (tested: 1.7.17)
 * xvfb (probably also only as long as there is no native build)
 * mono-runtime
 * screen
 * rsync (for backups)
 * sendemail, sendxmpp (for memory limit notifications, both optional)

After installation of all software you should create an alias for wine or you need to use wine-unstable instead of wine.

If you run wine, it will tell you that you need support for multiarch, just execute the following command: dpkg --add-architecture i386