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I bought a new laptop with an nvidia rtx 4070 dgpu and i was trying to install Q4OS Plasma (based on debian + kde plasma) and ran into a problem.
I...

Today I tried the most recent netinstall testing (2024-12-03) but each time I tried to install my system with it the installer I stumbled over the...

I am having a hard time with Linux to be honest. Everything is just so complicated compared to Windows and I feel I am getting too old for all this...

Hi, I recently obtained a Ryzen 7 laptop. It is a new laptop from a new Chinese company called N-One who have been making mini PCs before and now...

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I've just installed Debian 12 (cinnamon desktop) on my ageing Razer Laptop.

I have a non-functioning windows key and escape key.

My...

F.T.C. Launches Antitrust Investigation Into Microsoft

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Regulators are demanding information from the...

Hi, I recently installed debian 12 on my 16 yo computer. I am using XFCE and disabled some startup services namely-Power manager, Print Queue Applet,...

I have been setting up a new VM on my machine and been running into an issue.
$ sudo dmesg | grep IOMMU
DMAR: IOMMU enabled
AMD-Vi: AMD IOMMUv2...

Hello guys,
I have an issue with my Intel WiFi 6 AX201 (rev11) on Bookworm

The wifi option doesn't show up in settings or ip a

I installed Debian...

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I recently upgraded to Debian 12 from 11 a couple months ago and everything works great, with the sole exception of my wifi frequently...

Kernel 6.11.7 and 6.11.9 hangs intermittently while booting
Console displays the following message

sd 2:0:0:0: No Caching mode page found
sd...

I am attempting to run azote on Wayland Sway using sid. The following error is being thrown.

Any help is appreciated.

mark@debian ~
╰─➤ azote...

I am looking forward to retiring my ThinkPad T440s, so I am wondering what do you think is the best Debian laptop, according to the following...

Hi all, is there a way to disable 'grub-install' during 'apt upgrade' ?

If I rename it, during the upgrade what apt does ?

Hi guys! I've checked this up online but i can't find a straight forward answer. I have this line of code running in Kidalog answer=$(kdialog...

I updated the various qemu packages last weekend (2024.09.28). I have been running a Windows 10 guest quite successfully for several years but since...

I want to run an '𝕏 Spaces' on 𝕏.

In their Help Center it says:

Spaces is a way to have live audio conversations on X. Anyone can join, listen,...

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I have currently a dual boot with windows and debian 10.

I have to migrate from debian 10 to debian 12, so I tried to install...

I'm on Debian 12 using XFCE.
When I open the lid of my laptop and it wakes from sleep, it briefly shows the screen before prompting me for the...

I found this from Gnome. A flow chart showing the expected behavior of Gnome Software Updates on the Gnome Wiki. Basically, if automatic updates is...

Because I've had it happen on two machines. The first one I noticed was originally installed a Neptune OS install from Summer 2023 that I upgraded to...

Hi,
we have seen the issue of intermittent disk IO write stuck a few times per day, and would like to get some help here.

Issue : the metric shows...

I'm running Debian 12 with MATE on a Ryzen 9 7900 on a PRIME B650M-A WIFI II motherboard and 32G of RAM. When I built the system 1.5 years ago, I had...

Hi Folks,
Here is my OS specs:
PRETTY_NAME= Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
NAME= Debian GNU/Linux
VERSION_ID= 12
VERSION= 12 (bookworm)...

I have just configured Cinnamon and when using the Nemo file manager, navigation is extremely slow. I take 5 seconds to move between folders even if...

Ubuntu's iso sizes 2006-2024. The bloat is painful to watch... it's only a desktop operating system, not a mission to Mars :lol:

This is why Mint...

Last week there was an upgrade which was installed. After the upgrade I did the . Upon running the command there were some packages which were...

I am using an MSI CX62 6QD model laptop, and the fan is constantly at 100%. There is no fan setting in the BIOS, and in Windows, I could control the...

Hullo!
I Am considering migrating from X to Wayland, mostly for quite specific reasons and blah blah blah,
but also because it seems fairly...

I'm using a MacBook Pro with the latest stable Debian. My network adaptor is Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN...

My cousins are in a state where they have blocked reddit, telegram, discord, twitter and other messaging apps. Certain vpns with servers in the...

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I am trying to get my preseed partitioning expert recipe working using LVM. However, i always run into some type of error, i have build close to...

Hello everybody,
I installed Debian Main in september on a Minisforum Z83-F, and everything works except for the sound (earphones).
The soundcard is...

Hi Guys,
I'm about to get a Plus X Snapdragon Lenovo Laptop equipped processor. The simple question is whether there's a working debian distro in...

Does deleting the contents of the directory /var/lib/apt/lists help in any way? Or is there something else that we should look at? For example a file...

Is there any tool or command or simpler/faster way of doing something that you wish you'd known about when starting out on Debian? Or when starting...

I have done something very stupid. I upgraded to Debian 9 and was having issues getting X to work. After tons of troubleshooting, I saw that one of...

Debian's Community on discord is back after it was nuked.
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So I was on void linux for several years until I really really needed pipewire for something. Every post I ever saw bragged about how its such an...

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For the purposes of visiting this forum I generally use Firefox on MacOS. I use EFF Privacy Badger and NoScript. Privacy badger shows 'no...

Hello everyone. I would like to formally introduce myself to the community. I did a full Debian 12 install on my spare device. So for I'm enjoying...

The other day my HDD completely crashed. I tried to go into system recovery to run fsck /dev/sdb5 but was denied permission as the OS was unable to...

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I have a problem with a conflict between a 4G connection and an ethernet connection.
When I use only the 4G connection, everything...

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I'm using Debian version 11.11 with Mate Desktop Environment.
On friday, november 22 I apt update && apt upgrade the system, and the kernel...

Hello guys can anyone help me find a way to remove the debian 12 grub theme and just have a default grub black and white screen?

I dual boot between LMDE (Mint Debian) Faye and Debian 12 Bookworm. I set up a login script via crontab in both installations, on LMDE it works...

Hi folks,

Apologies if this is a long-solved question, but I can't find anything relevant online.

I've been using qt5ct for a while now to apply...

I had a request to backport it to Bullseye and Bookworm bases, but I had to change a load of Qt5 QML package dependencies to the Qt6 qml6-...

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Gnome Desktop (Wayland and Classical) does not scale properly on the external screens, but Gnome flashback works on one screen but the other...