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====== News ====== | ====== News ====== | ||
===== Current News ===== | ===== Current News ===== | ||
- | ==== 2019-07-06: Debian | + | ==== 2023-06-11: Debian |
- | I still remember the Woody and Sarge release cycles and I am so happy that Debian nowadays has a somewhat stable release cycle. | + | No, this site is everything but dead ;-) |
- | Today it is here: Debian | + | Yesterday, June 10 2023, Debian |
- | 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 most important changes are that from now on, the non-free firmware has been moved into its own repository (the [[misc: |
- | You can find the full [[https://www.debian.org/News/ | + | Also, if you are running a dual-boot system, you will have to tell Grub to actually probe for other OS on your system, by default that is now disabled. Just enable |
- | ==== 2018-09-02: Wifi firmware ==== | + | Furthermore, |
- | By now there is a new [[http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ | + | |
- | ==== 2018-02-20: Wifi disconnects solved | + | ==== 2019-11-09: Major overhaul |
- | If you depend on Wifi for your connectivity and the Wifi disconnects all the time it can get really irritating. | + | I finally |
- | After 3 days of intense searching | + | |
- | All in all I am still super happy with the XPS 13, great performance, | + | ==== 2019-07-06: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (Buster) released! ==== |
+ | I still remember | ||
- | Just to summarize the steps to get the disconnects solved: | + | Today it is here: Debian 10 a.k.a. Buster! Congratulations Debian team for another great release, your work is more than appreciated. |
- | * Download the latest Atheros ath10k firmware from https:// | + | Next to lots of updated software, |
- | * Make a backup | + | |
- | * 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 '' | + | |
- | As Buster is still young I assume this will be long solved until it will be released. | + | You can find the full [[https:// |
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- | ==== 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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- | It comes pre-installed with Ubuntu and even after just booting it and using it for about 10 minutes I remembered why I don't like Ubuntu. So I quickly prepared a Debian Stretch installer stick with non-free firmware. The notebook is very thin and has no USB A ports anymore, let alone a RJ45 connector for LAN. So to install you depend on Wifi and for that the non-free firmware is really needed. | + | |
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- | However, somehow the Stretch installer didn't like the firmware, not even the updated one. It was looking for a 3.0/ | + | |
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- | Points of attention so far (the rest is working perfectly): | + | |
- | * The Wifi randomly disconnects. I had to disable power management for the Wifi card, a description of that will follow later on this site. | + | |
- | * I am running KDE and using the compositor in hardware rendering mode (for e.g. the desktop cube) makes the screen become flickery after a while, the contents don't get redrawn. Switching to software rendering (no more cube) solves this problem and switching from the default OpenGL 2.0 to 3.1 makes it less likely to happen. I hope a future kernel module for the graphics will solve this problem. | + | |
- | * The keyboard backlight turns off after just 3 seconds even though the setting is at 10 seconds. I will have to research this further (low prio). | + | |
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- | As said, everything else works fine and I am really happy. Ironically, | + | |
- | As soon as I solved my problems I might make an account and edit the Debian | + | |
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- | Updates on this notebook and Debian will surely follow! | + | |
===== Archived news ===== | ===== Archived news ===== | ||
- | For news from the previous years please have a look at the News [[archive]]. | + | Older news can be found in the news [[archive]]. |
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