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-====== News_archive ======
+====== News Archive ======
+===== 2017 =====
+==== 2017-06-17: Debian GNU/Linux 9.0 (Stretch) released ====
+Not much news on my site, even though content gets constantly polished and updated where needed.
+However, last night [[https://www.debian.org|Debian]] Stretch has finally been released :-) Go grab [[https://www.debian.org/distrib|your copy]] and have an install party!
+==== 2017-05-06: Icedove became Thunderbird again ====
+Well... maybe a little late... but still. You get the picture :-)
+===== 2016 =====
+==== 2016-03-14: Iceweasel became Firefox again ====
+For years, the Debian team had to rebrand Firefox into Iceweasel. Luckily, by now Debian and the Mozilla Foundation settled their "disputes" and henceforth Iceweasel will be called Firefox again in Debian.
+Please note that this also has an impact on your [[misc:sources.list]]!
+===== 2015 =====
+==== 2015-04-26: Debian GNU/Linux 8.0 (Jessie) released ====
+The heading says it all: Debian GNU/Linux 8.0 a.k.a. Jessie has been released! Although the release was scheduled for april 25th and here in Europe the 26th already was 4 hours old: Congratulations Debian Team for making this another great release!
+I run Jessie for a while now on my desktop(s), now on to upgrading all servers :)
+===== 2014 =====
+==== 2014-06-28: Moved from MediaWiki to DokuWiki ====
+[[http://www.mediawiki.org|MediaWiki]] is most certainly a great piece of software. However, because of its features and functions, for my use it is a little bit too heavy. My site aims primarily at documentation, this is why I moved my content to [[http://www.dokuwiki.org|DokuWiki]].
+This switch also made me overhaul some of the content, double-check if all links are still working and hopefully present the content more clearly.
+===== 2013 =====
+==== 2013-07-30: Das Keyboard ====
+{{ :wiki:daskeyboard.jpg?300|}}
+Usually I am not about blogging or writing down experiences because I want to provide objective documentation. But in this case I have to write a few words on //Das Keyboard// with MX Blue switches.
+I am no professional at typing at all, but working in a terminal a lot I do appreciate a good keyboard. After a lot of research I chose the [[http://www.daskeyboard.com/|Das Keyboard]] [[http://www.daskeyboard.com/model-s-professional/|Professional S]] with [[http://www.cherrycorp.com/english/switches/key/mx.htm|MX Blue]] switches. To put it short: this really //is// a great keyboard! Even when you are no professional, it makes you type faster and gives a good tactile feeling. Personally, I also like the sound :) and compared to the good old IBM model M it is even less noisy. The integrated USB hub is nice and handy. What I also like is that this is a no-nonsense keyboard without a zillion added functions.
+This is also the thing I //don't// like about Das Keyboard Professional S: it has a function key. Whereas the fact alone is no problem (I can simply choose not to use it), in my opinion the placement is a little off. The space key is moved a little to the right which makes me (sometimes) hit the wrong key when using the space key with my left thumb. Also, due to the FN key the Windows keys were shrunk a little. This makes it impossible to replace the key caps with penguin keys :S
+This last point is no big issue of course, although it leaves a little strange taste to it. All in all I am very happy with my Das Keyboard, I am sure it will serve me long!
+==== 2013-06-16: A word of warning about debian-multimedia.org ====
+Previously, this domain was owned and maintained by Christian Marillat providing (amongst more) Multimedia Packages for Debian. By [[http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-multimedia-maintainers/2012-May/026678.html|request]] from te former Debian Project Leader Stefano Zacchiroli, the domain name changed to [[http://www.deb-multimedia.org/|deb-multimedia.org]]. My pages on the Debian [[::misc:sources.list]] reflected that change, but maybe you are still using that repository.
+Nowadays that domain is owned by an entity unknown to the Debian team, so you should remove it from your [[::misc:sources.list]]. Debian even issued an [[http://bits.debian.org/2013/06/remove-debian-multimedia.html|official warning]] about this issue.
+==== 2013-05-05: Debian 7.0 (a.k.a. Wheezy) released ====
+Debian Wheezy is released. Thank you Debian team for yet another great release and as usual the best Debian ever! Now on to Jessie :)
+==== 2013-05-03: Adding Games ====
+Gaming on Linux always has been a major topic around, but with the release of [[::games:Steam]] this really got a boost. And because it's not 100% easily installed on Debian I created some content fr that, as well as for running [[::games:Vice]] on Wheezy on an amd64 platform.
+Also, Wheezy will be released this weekend. Yay!
 ===== 2012 =====
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 Today I made several major updates. Time flies when having fun, so a few updates had to be done :)
-New pages have been added, like content about [[E17]] as well as nifty [[Power Management]]. All other pages got a little cleanup and updated information concerning the upcoming release of Wheezy. As you might know, Wheezy is frozen by now and IMHO it is now usable as desktop OS.
+New pages have been added, like content about [[::apps:E17]] as well as nifty [[::misc:Power Management]]. All other pages got a little cleanup and updated information concerning the upcoming release of Wheezy. As you might know, Wheezy is frozen by now and IMHO it is now usable as desktop OS.
 ==== 2012-08-29: New server ====
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 Downtime was minimal, if I am not mistaken nobody should have noticed it.
-Instead of using a headless [[VirtualBox]] installation I moved to KVM using libvirt and virt-manager. Great tools! This is due to a few reasons, the stability of VirtualBox wasn't good enough for a server and I don't like the recent Company Politics either...
+Instead of using a headless [[::archive:VirtualBox]] installation I moved to KVM using libvirt and virt-manager. Great tools! This is due to a few reasons, the stability of VirtualBox wasn't good enough for a server and I don't like the recent Company Politics either...
 On other news DeskTux is now fully running IPv6 dual stack. So any service offered by DeskTux is ready for the future ;)
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 ==== 2010-08-27: More content ====
-I even did it today: adding a description on how to regain a [[Graphical Console]] without the 'vga=xxx' parameter. Just as promised below!
+I even did it today: adding a description on how to regain a [[::misc:console|Graphical Console]] without the ''<nowiki>vga=xxx</nowiki>'' parameter. Just as promised below!
 Furthermore I've been working on the categories and a little on the layout again.
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 Amazing what you get done if you are on holiday. I got quite a lot of the existing content updated and also could add new content (pages). So, make sure to check out the new content.
-And there's even more to come! Since Debian Squeeze and GRUB2 you can't use our beloved "vga=xxx" parameter anymore. And especially when also using an [[NVidia]] card and also the "nvidia" kernel module, it is quite hard to get a graphical console. But it is possible though!
+And there's even more to come! Since Debian Squeeze and GRUB2 you can't use our beloved ''<nowiki>vga=xxx</nowiki>'' parameter anymore. And especially when also using an [[misc:nvidia|Nvidia]] card and also the "nvidia" kernel module, it is quite hard to get a graphical console. But it is possible though!
 === Updated pages ===
-; [[Thunderbird]] : Additions for Sunbird calendaring including sharing your calendars (e.g. in the family). Also Address Book synchronization. Both using your own [[WebDAV]] server.
+  * [[::apps:Thunderbird]]\\ Additions for Sunbird calendaring including sharing your calendars (e.g. in the family). Also Address Book synchronization. Both using your own [[::archive:WebDAV]] server.
-; [[BIOS]] flash : Added information for a bootable USB stick, which is more versatile than CD ISO images.
+  * [[::misc:BIOS]] flash\\ Added information for a bootable USB stick, which is more versatile than CD ISO images.
-; [[Compiz Fusion]] : Updated information for Debian Squeeze.
+  * [[::misc:compiz_fusion|Compiz Fusion]]\\ Updated information for Debian Squeeze.
-; [[NVidia]] : Updated information for Debian Squeeze, also added a description of "the Debian way" for the driver installation.
+  * [[::misc:Nvidia]]\\ Updated information for Debian Squeeze, also added a description of "the Debian way" for the driver installation.
 === New pages ===
-; [[Firefox]] : A description of how to set up bookmark synchronization with your own [[WebDAV]] server using Xmarks.
+  * [[::apps:Firefox]]\\ A description of how to set up bookmark synchronization with your own [[::archive:WebDAV]] server using Xmarks.
-; [[WebDAV]] : How to set up your own WebDAV server to use it for synchronization of bookmarks in [[Firefox]] as well as calendaring and address books in [[Thunderbird]].
+  * [[::archive:WebDAV]]\\ How to set up your own WebDAV server to use it for synchronization of bookmarks in [[::archive:Firefox]] as well as calendaring and address books in [[::apps:Thunderbird]].
 ==== 2010-08-17: Debians Birthday ====