In answer to MLEvD's query:-

Aptitude::Autoclean-After-Update "true"; - this will remove downloaded packages after an update.

Aptitude::Clean-After-Install "true"; - ditto for when installing new packages.

Aptitude::Purged-Unused "True"; - this will remove unwanted packages and in particular package configuration files for packages that have been removed.

APT::AutoRemove::SuggestsImportant "false"; - this affects the APT package management in its entirety and no just Aptitude. A contrived example is needed: if package 'A' installs package 'B' as a Recommends then it could well set up a transitive relationship where package 'B' is a Suggests for package 'C'. Upon removal of package 'A', normally package 'B' would also be removed as part of the dependency checking mechanism. However, Aptitude will detect that package 'B' is a Suggests of package 'C' and will not remove package 'B'. This setting removes this restriction, so that Suggests will be removed. Suggests packages are not installed as a dependency, so it is safe to do this.

I hope this helps.

You will see a larger Email upload size than the actual data you are sending because the data is converted to base64 encoding. This has a tendency to inflate the size of your data quite considerably. Hence, the discrepancy.

In your 'interfaces' file you need to enter information about your wireless access point. Something like the following will do the trick:-

iface wlan0 inet dhcp
        wpa-ssid mywap
        wpa-psk "mySecretPassPhrase"
        metric 1

The above uses a passphrase in  plain ASCII, if you want more security, then use wpa_passphrase, which will create an encrypted passphrase. You can redirect its output to a text file and paste the passphrase component in to your 'interfaces'  file - see 'man wpa_passphrase'.

Depending on the type of installation you have done you may well find that network-manager has been installed. If so, you would be better off using that. As root try typing nmtui; if a dialog window appears then you can use this to set up your network. However, you will need to remove the entries in your 'interfaces' file first.

Good luck!

Hello Ogis1975,
                      I read with interest the thread you have directed me to. I do not use openrc in parallel mode. So far it seems very stable. However, it is as you have stated no faster than sysv-rc. My main reason for installing openrc was just curiosity.

Thanks for your reply. I Looked for the openrc option that you have mentioned, but I could not find it. It was there when I used earlier install media.
Anyway, I'll do as you suggested and install using apt.