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====== News ====== | ====== News ====== | ||
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===== Current News ===== | ===== Current News ===== | ||
+ | ==== 2019-07-06: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (Buster) released! ==== | ||
+ | I still remember the Woody and Sarge release cycles and I am so happy that Debian nowadays has a somewhat stable release cycle. | ||
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+ | Today it is here: Debian 10 a.k.a. Buster! Congratulations Debian team for another great release, your work is more than appreciated. | ||
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+ | Next to lots of updated software, the biggest change undoubtedly is that Debian is finally able to do secure boot. Also, when using the Gnome Desktop, the default display manager will be Wayland instead of Xorg. | ||
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+ | You can find the full [[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== 2018-09-02: Wifi firmware ==== | ||
+ | By now there is a new [[http:// | ||
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+ | ==== 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:// | ||
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+ | All in all I am still super happy with the XPS 13, great performance, | ||
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+ | Just to summarize the steps to get the disconnects solved: | ||
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+ | * Download the latest Atheros ath10k firmware from https:// | ||
+ | * Make a backup of ''/ | ||
+ | * Unpack the downloaded ZIP file and place the QCA6174 directory in ''/ | ||
+ | * 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 ''/ | ||
+ | * Reboot. | ||
+ | * Check with '' | ||
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+ | As Buster is still young I assume this will be long solved until it will be released. | ||
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==== 2018-02-17: New challenge, XPS 13 ==== | ==== 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 ;-)). | 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! | Updates on this notebook and Debian will surely follow! | ||
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- | ==== 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. | ||
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- | However, last night [[https:// | ||
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- | ==== 2017-05-06: Icedove became Thunderbird again ==== | ||
- | Well... maybe a little late... but still. You get the picture :-) | ||
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- | ==== 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 " | ||
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- | Please note that this also has an impact on your [[misc: | ||
===== Archived news ===== | ===== Archived news ===== | ||
For news from the previous years please have a look at the News [[archive]]. | For news from the previous years please have a look at the News [[archive]]. |
news/start.txt · Last modified: 2023-06-12 17:41 by jens