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 ====== News ======
 ===== Current News =====
-==== 2018-09-02: Wifi firmware ====
+==== 2023-06-11: Debian 12 Bookworm  ====
-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.
+No, this site is everything but dead ;-)
-==== 2018-02-20: Wifi disconnects solved ====
+Yesterday, June 10 2023, Debian 12 "Bookworm" has been released. Thank you so much Debian team!
-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.
+The most important changes are that from now on, the non-free firmware has been moved into its own repository (the [[misc:sources.list]] will be updated to reflect that later) and is now part of the official installer release. Finally Debian installations on bare-metal become feasible again with the official images :-)
-Just to summarize the steps to get the disconnects solved:
+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 the row ''GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false'' in the ''/etc/default/grub'' file and run an ''update-grub''.
-  * Download the latest Atheros ath10k firmware from https://codeload.github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/zip/master
+Furthermore, obviously lots of software got updated to newer versions. Be aware that if you are running [[https://nextcloud.com/|NextCloud]] on Debian: PHP 8.2 is currently not supported by NextCloud, it will be in future versions 26+.
-  * 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.
+==== 2019-11-09: Major overhaul ====
+I finally found the tome to do an overhaul of the documents. Remove obsoleted information, check all links, update information here and there. As usual I hope the information on this site will be useful to you!
-==== 2018-02-17: New challenge, XPS 13 ====
+==== 2019-07-06: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (Buster) released! ====
-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 still remember the Woody and Sarge release cycles and I am so happy that Debian nowadays has a somewhat stable release cycle.
-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.
+Today it is here: Debian 10 a.k.a. Buster! Congratulations Debian team for another great release, your work is more than appreciated.
-However, somehow the Stretch installer didn't like the firmware, not even the updated one. It was looking for a 3.0/firmware-5.bin whereas there are only 3.0/firmware-4.bin and 3.0/firmware-6.bin files available. And because I wanted to start using this great piece of hardware as soon as possible I became lazy and just used the Buster installer which works fine.
+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.
-Points of attention so far (the rest is working perfectly):
+You can find the full [[https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190706|release announcement]] on the Debian website.
-  * 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).
-As said, everything else works fine and I am really happy. Ironically, the [[https://www.archlinux.org/|Arch Linux]] Wiki pages for the [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dell_XPS_13_(9360)|9360]] and [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dell_XPS_13_(9370)|9370]] were more helpful than the [[https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Dell/Dell%20XPS%2013|Debian Wiki pages]] ;-)
-As soon as I solved my problems I might make an account and edit the Debian Wiki page for the 9370.
-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]].
+Older news can be found in the news [[archive]].