Hello guys, I am just figuring out which configuration is mostly preferable by you? I've looked in current documentation (https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05.en.html) where they explain that we can configure through "Modern network config for ..." eg. desktop, without gui or cloud. Well I understand how which works, but I'm stuck with a desktop with KVM virt. What do you recommend? Which do you prefer more: nm or netplan? What is a way ahead in Linux and especially Debian world?

nnn needs compiling with a flag to enable nerd font compatibility. Currently there are no nerd fonts in Debian, but as Kitty now includes the symbols only version bundled (https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/k/kitty/kitty\_0.37.0-1\_changelog) maybe nnn could ship 2 versions, one with nerd fonts enabled.

I have no idea how to try to make this happen, I don't have any Debian accounts.

Some notes about installing Debian 12.8 on Mac Mini (mid 2011, macmini5,1) to run irssi (IRC client).

I upgraded RAM from 2GB to 8GB and changed the old HDD to a new (used) SSD with 128GB of storage. During the installation I had usb keyboard and mouse attached and 1080p monitor trough HDMI.

I downloaded netinstall and wrote it to USB with Linux Mint.
When I booted up the Mac Mini, I pressed ALT (or was it command?) on my keyboard to allow me to choose the boot disk (usb disk in this case) instead of the SSD I upgraded to. The SSD had Windows installation left from the donor computer which it tried to use to boot.

During the installation, I encountered that wifi drivers were needed from a separate file to be able to connect to the internet with wifi, some info here: https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/n3bkba/installing_wifi_nic_driver_during_netinst_install/
I decided to skip all that hassle and I used an ethernet cable directly to my router. Everything went smooth and dandy. I was supposed to use sudo, but I accidentally put in root password during installation. No biggie, it's just like the old days, eh?

I wanted the Mac Mini to run as headless server, but I found out that Debian wanted to suspend the system automatically after 20 minutes if not logged in to desktop environment. This problem persisted no matter what settings I changed while logged in to Gnome. This was fixed by using this guide's modern alternative, as the first proposal to use systemctl didn't work for me:
https://wiki.debian.org/Suspend

I also wanted the server to reboot after power failure automatically, so I followed this guide to enable it:
https://neilzone.co.uk/2021/07/making-a-mac-mini-power-up-when-power-is-restored-debian-11-version/
Here is some more explanation about the command and what it does and how to check the correct device with lspci if you're using something else than macmini5,1
http://smackerelofopinion.blogspot.com/2011/09/mac-mini-rebooting-tweaks-setpci-s-01f0.html

To have the server up to date, I enabled Unattended Upgrades by following this guide: https://wiki.debian.org/UnattendedUpgrades
and uncommented lines (except Mail and the next one) according to this post https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/1eiplav/comment/lg8qy9f/

For the future I might want to enable some kind of remote access to desktop environment, make it run some Dropbox clone (sync files over multiple devices and share files to internet, etc), backup server (with usb disks and raid?) and maybe run some Home Assistant stuff (though I haven no idea what). For all these I'm all ears how to do things properly and better if I ever get to it.

Hopefully someone finds this report helpful on their own quest to turn Mac Mini into a headless server. And any other suggestions are welcomed.

Have a great day!

https://preview.redd.it/16dit1ydtt4e1.png?width=2372&format=png&auto=webp&s=a8f259dc522bcb83a1396c6bbecf4fac13f038ef

Can someone help me with this? Or tell me why did I got rejected?

Sway 1.10 has been out since October 27th. Does anyone know when it will be moved into Testing? Or even Unstable?

Hi i want use secure boot and a stable live système. Some simple tutorial to format the SSD? I can use also mini ISO or différent méthodes...i use testing and i knows to install Debian but i forget some theory about efi partition witha new SSD. Thanks

Hello all! The dedicated community is restricted and seems to be inactive, so I ask here. Is there any description of what makes for a xanmod2 release instead of xanmod1? Reviewing some of them I guess that some patches are getting reverted or some edits in the building scrips take place, but does a comprehensive explanation exist? Is there some rule which users can follow to decide whether they need this or not?

I've been following the Franken-plasma and decided to run MATE since Plasma doesn't work under X-11 or Wayland. Well at least until things settle down. So here is the "upgradable" list that won't upgrade:

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sudo apt list --upgradeable

bluedevil/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-1]

breeze-cursor-theme/testing,testing,testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 all [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-1]

breeze/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-1]

chromium-common/testing,testing 131.0.6778.85-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 131.0.6778.85-1~deb12u1]

chromium-sandbox/testing,testing 131.0.6778.85-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 131.0.6778.85-1~deb12u1]

chromium/testing,testing 131.0.6778.85-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 131.0.6778.85-1~deb12u1]

kaccounts-providers/testing,testing 4:24.08.1-2 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:22.12.3-2+b1]

kde-config-gtk-style/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-1+b1]

kde-config-screenlocker/testing,testing 6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 5.27.11-1+b1]

kde-style-breeze/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-1]

kdeplasma-addons-data/testing,testing,testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 all [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-1]

kscreen/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-1]

ksystemstats/testing,testing 6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 5.27.11-1]

kwin-common/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-2+b1]

kwin-data/testing,testing,testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 all [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-2]

kwin-style-breeze/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-1]

kwin-wayland/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-2+b1]

kwin-x11/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-2+b1]

libkf6purpose-bin/testing,testing 6.6.0-4 amd64 [upgradable from: 6.6.0-1]

libnotificationmanager1/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-3 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11.1-1+b2]

libpowerdevilcore2/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-1+b1]

libreoffice-base-core/testing,testing 4:24.8.3-3 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:24.8.3-1]

libreoffice-calc/testing,testing 4:24.8.3-3 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:24.8.3-1]

libreoffice-core/testing,testing 4:24.8.3-3 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:24.8.3-1]

libreoffice-draw/testing,testing 4:24.8.3-3 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:24.8.3-1]

libreoffice-gnome/testing,testing 4:24.8.3-3 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:24.8.3-1]

libreoffice-gtk3/testing,testing 4:24.8.3-3 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:24.8.3-1]

libreoffice-impress/testing,testing 4:24.8.3-3 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:24.8.3-1]

libreoffice-math/testing,testing 4:24.8.3-3 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:24.8.3-1]

libreoffice-plasma/testing,testing,testing,testing 4:24.8.3-3 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:24.8.3-1]

libreoffice-qt5/testing,testing 4:24.8.3-3 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:24.8.3-1]

libreoffice-uiconfig-calc/testing,testing,testing,testing 4:24.8.3-3 all [upgradable from: 4:24.8.3-1]

libreoffice-uiconfig-draw/testing,testing,testing,testing 4:24.8.3-3 all [upgradable from: 4:24.8.3-1]

libreoffice-uiconfig-impress/testing,testing,testing,testing 4:24.8.3-3 all [upgradable from: 4:24.8.3-1]

libreoffice-uiconfig-math/testing,testing,testing,testing 4:24.8.3-3 all [upgradable from: 4:24.8.3-1]

libreoffice-uiconfig-writer/testing,testing,testing,testing 4:24.8.3-3 all [upgradable from: 4:24.8.3-1]

libreoffice-writer/testing,testing 4:24.8.3-3 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:24.8.3-1]

libweather-ion7/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-3 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11.1-1+b2]

milou/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-1]

plasma-dataengines-addons/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-1+b1]

plasma-desktop-data/testing,testing,testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 all [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-1]

plasma-desktop/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-1]

plasma-framework/testing,testing 5.115.0-7 amd64 [upgradable from: 5.115.0-5]

plasma-integration/testing,testing 6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 5.27.11-1+b2]

plasma-nm/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-1]

plasma-pa/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-1]

plasma-runners-addons/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-1+b1]

plasma-systemmonitor/testing,testing 6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 5.27.11-1]

plasma-vault/testing,testing 6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 5.27.11-1]

plasma-wallpapers-addons/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-1+b1]

plasma-widgets-addons/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-1+b1]

plasma-workspace/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-3 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11.1-1+b2]

powerdevil-data/testing,testing,testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 all [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-1]

powerdevil/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11-1+b1]

print-manager/testing,testing 6:6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:23.08.3-1+b1]

python3-uno/testing,testing 4:24.8.3-3 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:24.8.3-1]

sddm-theme-breeze/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11.1-1+b2]

sddm-theme-debian-breeze/testing,testing 4:6.2.3-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4:5.27.11.1-1+b2]

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I bought an ordinary desktop PC, and want to run multiple different videogame servers on it. It has an iGPU and I can hook up a monitor-peripherals to it if necessary, but would manage it primarily remotely if possible. Is Debian an appropriate OS for it? If not, what else do you recommend?

I would like to install Debian on a Windows laptop. I would like to buy an laptop and install a full blown Debian OS on it. I've tried this years ago and had lots of issues with not being able to find drivers for the display, mouse, etc. What type of laptop would I be most likely to have success installing Debian? I know more about Windows hardware than Linux/MAC but will follow suggestions.

Someone should make a Debian Stable based immutable distro kinda like Silverblue (with the most popular DE Vanilla Gnome), which is easy to install (just like Fedora Silverblue) and supported for 5 years.

It should use the Debian official repos only for updating the base system.

For apps, a Repo should be maintained containing all the tried and tested Webapps like Figma, Canva, Photopea, Photoshop, AutoCAD, MS Excel, Anydesk, Godot, Postman, VS Code, etc.

I would suggest even the Terminal app should be abstracted away..... In the sense that we can perhaps make something like Alpine Linux CLI running in WebAssembly set up to use only Nix packages kinda like WebVM..... Alpine Linux just because it's lightweight..... It's just a thought though..... There might be better solutions than this which I am unaware of.

And all of these apps should only have access to the User's Home Folder and nothing else.

And for the apps which are not available as Webapps, like Blender, DaVinci Resolve, Android Studio, etc. we can use Flatpaks from a Repo specifically maintained for this OS which ensures the best quality and compatibility of apps. Not the apps from Flathub.

All of these apps should be accessible from a single App Store which abstracts away the source..... Whether it's a Webapp or a Flatpak, but give more preference to Webapps. Every app in this App Store should be highly monitored for quality just like Apple does.

The idea is to provide a rock solid base system which is supported for 5 years, with the most latest apps (Webapps, Flatpaks and Nix packages) which are as isolated from the base system as possible.

The philosophy is not to promote FOSS or Privacy or Security or something, but to give the best Linux Desktop experience out of the box. A very opinionated and the most reliable and stable experience which "Just Works!"

I'm running Debian 12.8 with Kde Plasma and i can't add Google on Online Accounts

Its being blocked by google because its not safe or something

I'm wondering what happens to an installed package that has been removed from testing AFTER installation? Will the package remain as is, or will it be uninstalled?

Hi, I am experiencing a strange error. It happens with both, Debian 12 Stable and Sid on my Thinkpad T14G2a with Wayland and Gnome.

Everything is fine, but after sleep (via closing the lid), everything over two fingers wont work until I re-login or restart.

Anyone else can experience this issue?

endless Sending data to printer

Debian 12.8. What the hell? Such stable..

I did a fresh install of Debian with KDE and after the install I rebooted and once the graphic drives load my 3 screens will freeze. I can see that the computer is still responsive (Cap lock and number lock work on the keyboard and I can push the power button and the computer will shut down correctly.

All 3 monitors are connected to a T400 Nvidia GPU.

If I turn off one of the monitors, Debian will boot just fine and work good. I can connect the 3rd monitor after Debian is booted and it will work, although the GPU is prone to freeze all 3 monitors depending on what I do.

If I press CTRL + ALT + F2 with all 3 monitors connected, to go to another tty the screens will instantly freeze.

If I logout with the 3 screens connected, as soon as I get the Display managers screen, the GPU will freeze.

I have tried Gnome, same problem, I have tried to change the Display manager, nothing.

I tried Debian testing (Trixie), same problem.

The only thing that works in installing the Nivida drivers, but I have other problems with the Nvidia drivers related to KDE.

A clean install of Fedora 41 works perfect.

I am sure it has something to do with the nouveau drivers. One thing I have noticed is that the GPU fan speed on Debian is a constant mid range. On Fedora, as soon as the drivers load I can hear the fan slow down, nearly silent, the same as when I have Nvidia drivers install on Debian.

https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/1h4kof3/debian_12_stable_upgraded_a_bunch_on_backdrop_and/

How do I go about downgrading libwayland? Can't find any resources

Sorry im very new to Debian.

I installed XRDP and Microsoft Remote Desktop, If I try and connect the screen just flashes, however if I use the root user, I get a desktop screen which starts to go through the process of creating a new gnome user.

Can anyone advise how I can log in with my user account?

I bought a Beelink SER8 with AMD CPU and promptly installed Debian 12 with KDE. Audio worked great initially, but at some random point throughout the day it stopped entirely. Most solutions seem to revolve around multiple audio servers installed, but PulseAudio is the only one available. PipeWire was never installed. I'm using analog line out. All other display audio outputs are disabled. I installed the latest kernel from backports which fixed a missing driver for "AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor", but that didn't fix audio output and instead screwed up my boot and login screen resolution. The volume slider shows activity when audio is playing, but nothing is heard. The speakers themselves still work. Any thoughts?

inxi -A
Audio:
 Device-1: AMD Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
 Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor driver: snd_pci_ps
 Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
 Device-4: Dell Speakerphone SP3022 type: USB
   driver: cdc_acm,hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
 Device-5: Realtek PHL 45B1U6900CH type: USB
   driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
 Device-6: Dell Webcam WB3023 type: USB
   driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo
 API: ALSA v: k6.11.5+bpo-amd64 status: kernel-api
 Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active

i am a new Linux user. Switched debian from Ubuntu. i want to stay testing channel in future. i also want to use non-free repos too. What should I do? Can anybody help me? Thanks.

I've encountered the issue that sometimes I get a black screen after I log into lightdm, but only after resuming from suspend. The black screen shows only the cursor, however it changes to "clickable" depending on where I move it on the screen, so I think the open windows and desktop environment are active but just not being displayed. Sound also works. It only appears about every 3rd time that I resume from suspend.

The only way to get out of the situation is either reboot or Ctrl+Alt+F4, login and sudo systemctl restart display-manager command. Both will lead to the loss of current work.

I use Debian 12 bookworm i686 with XFCE 4.18.

Sometimes after resuming from suspend, the dialogue "You need verification to put the system into suspend mode" and a field to enter the user password appears. I don't know if the system really went into suspend, but the suspend led was always on.

My first idea was that the swap-partition was too small, so I reinstalled the OS and allocated 8 GB to it (3 GB RAM). This changed nothing.

If anybody has another idea or solution, I would be very thankful. Thanks for your time and have a nice week :)

Hey

I would like to make my own "distro". What I mean by that is that I would want to take the base debian, remove stuff I don't want, add packages and applications I would want, change some other stuff around, maybe make my own repository.

What would be the best way to achieve something like this. Im purely doing this to learn even more about linux and debian.

I feel like ive got a reasonable amount of knowledge of linux by now and a bit of a challange is fine.

Could anyone guide me in the right direction maybe provide some guides?

Hello everyone!

My name is Ansh Kumar, and I am a student at Newton School of Technology in Pune, India.

My interest in programming and technology began in school, and has developed over time, and I recently discovered Linux. Among the various Linux distributions, Debian has stood out to me for its dependability, dedication to open-source values, and significance as a basis for numerous other projects and Linux distributions.

I want to contribute to Debian. As a beginner, I'd welcome any advice on how to get started.

What are some starting points for contributing to Debian? Are there any beginner-friendly issues which I can work on and learn from at the same time?

Hi I am using post Debian 12 sid. But in Discover, I am getting this notification.

What does it mean?

https://preview.redd.it/udm64a8lyc4e1.png?width=1175&format=png&auto=webp&s=0477f04923dd08d6961c4661d8d54cc9de1f7250