Debian installed - Now what?

I have installed Debian Linux for the first time on my new Eeepc (1005HA
to be exact). It was not an easy install.

I do have the network (eth0) connection and did perform "aptitude
update" and "aptitude upgrade". Now I want to install wicd Network
Manager, so that I can configure the WLAN. When I execute "aptitude
wicd" the message say nothing exists in the repository. Are there any
other tools that I can use to configure wireless LAN?

Also, I want to make the install more complete (development tools, X
applications, OpenOffice etc). Where do I start on this?

Thank you in advance for any help.

NJ

PS - Could you also please list an example of the /etc/apt/sources.list
file? Should I keep only one repository link or can I have more than
one? I apologize I have too many questions. Thank you once again.

On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:16:07 +0100, Neil Jones wrote:

> I have installed Debian Linux for the first time on my new Eeepc (1005HA
> to be exact). It was not an easy install.
>
> I do have the network (eth0) connection and did perform "aptitude
> update" and "aptitude upgrade". Now I want to install wicd Network
> Manager, so that I can configure the WLAN. When I execute "aptitude
> wicd" the message say nothing exists in the repository. Are there any
> other tools that I can use to configure wireless LAN?

Sounds like it's already working - what else is there to configure?

>
> Also, I want to make the install more complete (development tools, X
> applications, OpenOffice etc). Where do I start on this?

synaptic is an easy to use GUI package manager - I'd start there.

>
> Thank you in advance for any help.
>
> NJ
>
> PS - Could you also please list an example of the /etc/apt/sources.list
> file? Should I keep only one repository link or can I have more than
> one? I apologize I have too many questions. Thank you once again.