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Hi for many packages, the latest release is the best and most stable, as opposed to being more risky. For example, wayland environments such as sway...

Hey all.

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

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

My...

I didn't even know that this exists.
Is this AMD only or does Intel have it's own equivalent?
How do i know if a Vendor uses it or not? Is it...

After a nightmarish day after installing Debian 12 (32bit); I thought I'd go and do the checksums before continuing- just in case an OS that seemed...

I am regretting not taking notes when I was looking over some README.Debian.gz involving disk encryption, because I can no longer locate it. The...

When 2FA started years ago I put it on everything that would allow it. It worked great and many security or password apps supported the feature as...

I have recently installed standard Debian 12 with both gnome and LXQt desktops. I wanted to use a bluetooth device and that was easy to do in gnome...

Concerns :
webkit2gtk security update :
For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.46.4-1~deb12u1.

All...

Using Debian 12 32 bit on a low spec. laptop*; only installed a few days ago. Initiating a video in YouTube or from my files results in a phht sound...

Seasons Greetings to all!
Will Debian 13 (Gnome) finally have Fractional hidpi settings 100-125-150-175 etc.?
Thanks,
Hannu

Hello. I tried to install the above mention iso on a HP laptop. Everything seemed to be going fine until I got the Installing base system section. I...

I have a serious memory leak in my program. I am trying to debug it with valgrind, but I cannot make it display lines of code for some specific...

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...

I am self-learning on set up home weather logger running 24/7.

Which CPU family are popular choice by professional 24/7 users? Is Intel CPU has more...

Hello, to upgrade to a much newer kernel, we enable the bookworm-backports source and upgrade the kernel. I noticed that when doing this, it also...

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As one of those oldtimers who's run openbox since their Crunchbang days I'm experimenting with Wayland using labwc as a window...

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I'm looking for a tool that could create keyboard shortcuts for ANY software menu item !

if you take only Dolphin per ex. there are...

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I have a Thinkpad X200 (pretty old I know, but I like it), with Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm), and I'd like to put a custom firmware on it....

I usually install Debian using the minimal netinstall then do the following:

- Install a minimal Plasma desktop with baseapps and spectacle
-...

I really don't like gnome3 on my laptop.
I'm looking for a more classic ( gnome2) style.
So i've switched to gnome classic but it lacks of...

My question is if Debian developers have a picture of what is going on in the Linux kernel that they ship with their distribution, or they blindly...

Hi,

I recently tried to do a sudo apt update and received the following system response.

$ sudo apt update
password for stuart:
Hit:1 bookworm...

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 will install (offline) DEBIAN xfce with debian-12.8.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso (in a usb stick).
Is it possible to be installed some packages (eg chromium,...

I have just installed Debian 12 on a Dell Latitude 5550 and everything was working fine, but the HDMI output will not work. The monitor I was trying...

I have an Asus Vivobook X1704VA laptop: my keyboard locks up randomly. At first I thought the problem might be with the xserver-xorg-input-libinput...

I have this error everytime when I try to install a any apt on my debian, I dont know how to solve, I don t what to do, please can someone help me...

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...

This is hardly a crisis. I'd just like to understand the why of it.

I am currently running nine VM's of Debian 12.8.
I have six hardware devices...

Hello,
I am trying to salvage an old Macbook pro 2010 for a friend and have installed LMDE 6 based on Debian 12.1. Everything is working...

Hello everyone,

I'm just another poor unfortunate soul that has no sound after installing Debian 12 Cinnamon... I am attempting to use the built in...

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...

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

Hello, good morning. I'm using Debin Trixie, updated from Debin Bookworm. The kernel hasn't been updated to a newer one for about 2 or 3 months and...

Hi,

I am new to configuring a 4 port NIC on Debian 12. The hardware in which Debian is installed is a Dell R630 with a Integrated NIC 1: Intel(R)...

Hi,

I recently got a message on Firefox that says:
Some of Firefox’s security features may offer less protection on your current operating system”...

Hi All
I am running Debian 12 and
ii open-iscsi 2.1.8-1 amd64 iSCSI initiator tools

Target is configured to automatic startup...

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I am not able to install Intel's ice iavf and mellanox driver at the same time as there is dependency on auxiliary driver.
Getting below...

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We recently migrated debian from CentOS and we are seeing cpu yield is more in Debian (> 4 uSec) compared to CentOS(2 uSec).
May I know why...

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...

Hello,

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

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...

I have discovered that conky running on wayland (sway) does not function. Based on my readings this appears to be because conky on Sid is not...

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...

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-...

Just curious, are there any folks around these parts who are actively using SwayFX? If so are you willing to share information on tricks and tips?...

Debian 12

I have a gigabyte AMD motherboard with onboard lan. I added a 10Gb SFP+ PCI-E Network Card to the computer. I have two networks, LAN w/...

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I recently updated my debian bullseye to bookworm and became aware, that I'm not able to use my VPN connection anymore.
I use the Cisco...

Hello. Through lots of luck. I managed to get in contact with the creator of the project scanvirus. A command layer on top clamscan, bash script. I...