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+ | ===== 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: | ||
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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 ==== | ||
+ | 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. | ||
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+ | Updates on this notebook and Debian will surely follow! | ||
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+ | ===== 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. | ||
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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 ===== | ||
+ | ==== 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: | ||
===== 2015 ===== | ===== 2015 ===== |
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