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====== News Archive ====== | ====== News Archive ====== | ||
+ | ===== 2018 ===== | ||
+ | ==== 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: | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 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 '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | 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 ==== | ||
+ | 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, the [[https:// | ||
+ | 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 ===== | ||
+ | ==== 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:// | ||
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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 ===== | ||
+ | ==== 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 " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Please note that this also has an impact on your [[misc: | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== 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! | ||
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+ | 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:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | 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 ==== | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | 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:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | This is also the thing I // | ||
+ | |||
+ | 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! | ||
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+ | ==== 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:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | Nowadays that domain is owned by an entity unknown to the Debian team, so you should remove it from your [[:: | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== 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 [[:: | ||
+ | |||
+ | Also, Wheezy will be released this weekend. Yay! | ||
===== 2012 ===== | ===== 2012 ===== | ||
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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. | 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' | + | And there' |
=== Updated pages === | === Updated pages === | ||
- | ; [[Thunderbird]] | + | * [[::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. | + | |
- | ; [[Compiz Fusion]] | + | |
- | ; [[NVidia]] : Updated information for Debian Squeeze, also added a description of "the Debian way" for the driver installation. | + | |
=== New pages === | === New pages === | ||
- | ; [[Firefox]] | + | * [[::apps:Firefox]]\\ A description of how to set up bookmark synchronization with your own [[::archive:WebDAV]] server using Xmarks. |
- | ; [[WebDAV]] | + | |
==== 2010-08-17: Debians Birthday ==== | ==== 2010-08-17: Debians Birthday ==== |
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