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 ====== News ======
 ===== Current News =====
+==== 2018-09-02: Wifi firmware ====
+By now there is a new [[http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-atheros_20180518-1_all.deb|firmware package]] available from Debian, no more manual intervention is needed.
+==== 2018-02-20: Wifi disconnects solved ====
+If you depend on Wifi for your connectivity and the Wifi disconnects all the time it can get really irritating.
+After 3 days of intense searching I finally came across [[https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=229808|this post]] in the Arch Linux forums which describes exactly what to do so the disconnects finally stop. Ironically again Arch, maybe I should try that distribution for a change ;-)
+All in all I am still super happy with the XPS 13, great performance, great screen, great battery life. After solving the disconnects I can easily live with software rendering (for the time being) and I think even the Wifi power settings can be turned on again.
+Just to summarize the steps to get the disconnects solved:
+  * Download the latest Atheros ath10k firmware from https://codeload.github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/zip/master
+  * Make a backup of ''/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174'' and delete the whole directory.
+  * Unpack the downloaded ZIP file and place the QCA6174 directory in ''/lib/firmware/ath10k/''
+  * Rename the latest firmware-X.bin files to remove the _WLAN* part.
+  * Place the latest (highest version) firmware-4.bin and firmware-6.bin files directly in ''/lib/firmware/ath10k/'' (I used softlinks).
+  * Reboot.
+  * Check with ''lshw -c Network'' if the latest firmware is loaded.
+As Buster is still young I assume this will be long solved until it will be released.
 ==== 2018-02-17: New challenge, XPS 13 ====
 I got myself a new challenge: a brand new Dell XPS 13 9370 (2018 model) Developer Edition (non-touch). I really love this notebook, thus far I have not found one single point of criticism (I am not a webcam user ;-)).
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 Updates on this notebook and Debian will surely follow!
-==== 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 :-)
-==== 2016-03-14: 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]]!
 ===== Archived news =====
 For news from the previous years please have a look at the News [[archive]].