With the AMD Ryzen AI Halo developer platform there is the option of ordering this Ryzen AI Max+ mini PC with either Microsoft Windows 11 or "Linux OS". When receiving a AMD Ryzen AI Halo review sample last month, I fully expected it to just be an Ubuntu LTS install with ROCm preloaded. I was quite surprised when powering it up to find that it's an OS called the AMD Ryzen AI Developer Platform 1 "Rex" and is based on Debian Linux.

People often mistake the word “stable” in different contexts and I wish to clear up the confusion. There are two main meanings in the world of GNU/Linux for the word above and these two meanings are vastly different: once booted the system does not crash, therefore it is stable once installed the system behaves exactly the same for the lifetime of this install, therefore it is stable In both examples above you can mix-in the word “reliable” in more than one way as well, but for me personally the word reliable means that I can rely on my computer to be ready to do my bidding when I am ready to use the system.

:picklerick: Debian ist die Abkürzung für:

Der Name des Betriebssystems leitet sich von den Vornamen des Debian-Gründers Ian Murdock und seiner damaligen Freundin und späteren Ehefrau Debra Lynn ab.

:cannabis: Wenige Monate nach der Gründung, im Mai 1994, entschied Ian Murdock den Namen des Projekts von Debian Linux in Debian GNU/Linux zu ändern. Damit folgte er der Auffassung der Free Software Foundation, dass Linux eine Variante des GNU-Systems sei.

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Honest question: what would a Linux distribution have to do to earn 30 years of your loyalty?

An effort to revive and reinvigorate the 2002 Gtk2 GUI programming toolkit is growing and gaining interest… as we predicted would happen a few months ago.

With half-way through the Debian 14 "Forky" development cycle, the Debian release team is out with an update this weekend and some big news.

I am running Poweredge R620 servers. With Debian 10 I had no trouble, I could reliably set my network names using udev and they came up consistently even when moving from older hardware years ago. Knowing full well that upgrading to Debian 11 would break everything, I have resisted for years, but I finally gave up and started moving forward.

After fighting for the past day with a machine, I think the answer here is going to be that beginning with Debian 11 there is simply no way to reliably name the network interfaces now.

Starting with bullseye, udev is officially dead. There are still some remaining files buried on the system but /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules no longer has any effect on the network interfaces.

/etc/default/grub -- "net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0" have been removed and update-grub run

/etc/systemd/network/ -- I created the link files such as 10-eth0.link with the appropriate MAC addresses, but because the ethX names already exist, renaming is not possible:

[Match]
MACAddress=74:86:7a:ed:f6:a3

[Link]
NamePolicy=
Name=eth0

systemctl status systemd-networkd.service -- confirmed that this service is indeed active and running

Very early in dmesg I continue to see this:

[    2.193760] tg3 0000:01:00.0 eth0: attached PHY is 5720C (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1], EEE[1])
[    2.227087] tg3 0000:01:00.1 eth1: attached PHY is 5720C (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1], EEE[1])
[    2.247850] tg3 0000:02:00.0 eth2: attached PHY is 5720C (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1], EEE[1])
[    2.263753] tg3 0000:02:00.1 eth3: attached PHY is 5720C (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1], EEE[1])

The problem here is that the ethX names are being assigned backwards. The physical plugs have other brackets in the way so what I previously used as eth0 and eth1 is now being assigned to eth3 and eth2. And despite all of the above, debian and systemd refuse to ever assign "predictable" names to any of the interfaces (nothing shows up in dmesg). I ran across some info about a "BIOSdevname" setting in the actual BIOS, but can find no such setting in the last available BIOS rev for these servers. Because the system is assigning the ethX names, I am unable to reassign the correct names using the systemd link files.

The only solution I've found to work is to use the link files and assign the interface with names like dmz0, dmz1, etc. What's the deal here and what ever happened to the concept that I should be able to set up my computer the way I want to? The udev utility was 100% reliable for all the machines I've run since it was first introduced, and now we're stuck with a system that simply can't be given alternate information? Yeah I'm frustrated and annoyed.

I don't know if anyone else has run across other possible solutions, I fought with the last box for two weeks trying to name eight interfaces in the proper order and never could find anything that would work.

Do I need to choose a mirror for a server or a not moving computer to reduce the load on the central servers?

deb.debian.org is somehow load-balanced using a global CDN. Will this CDN-backed service pick the fasted mirror for me every time I update or will it just load-balance within the infrastructure of Debians main servers? The connection and download speed is not very different when choosing a mirror near me or just using the default.

I want to do what is best for the project.

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Installing Davinci Resolve on Debian with MakeResolveDeb + basic usage

Want to contribute to Debian but stuck on packaging task? Welcome to Mentoring Mondays

Around 2020, I got the aforementioned laptop. At that time, I was using Windows, and generally, my IT knowledge was quite poor. Then I had a break from using it due to issues with computer overuse, and after returning from treatment (2021), I started using other laptops. This one ended up in a closet. Around 2023 I got a my beloved ThinkPad T470.

After some time, I dug this laptop out of the closet and wanted to install Linux on it. I managed to do it, but I couldn't install the drivers for the dedicated graphics card. Because of that, I didn't have HDMI or the dedicated card itself functioning. I was installing proprietary drivers, which generally caused issues with the kernel. So, the laptop just sat there for a long time.

At a certain point, towards the end of 2025, I realized that I actually needed a more powerful machine than the ThinkPad T470. So I dug out this old laptop, and at the urging of the LLM I use daily, I tried to put it together. With its help, I finally managed to set up those drivers because it turned out that my previous failure to install them was simply because I hadn't enabled the 'contrib' repository.

It was a success! What's more, it's quite a beast now. I threw in a 1 TB SSD, 16 GB of RAM, bought a 200W power supply, and raised the TDP to 45W in UMAF. I must say I am proud of this computer, and I also tweaked a lot of things within the system itself. This laptop has also taught me a lot; before this, I briefly had a PC with an Athlon, which introduced me to playing around with motherboard settings.

What is the purpose of my post? To give hope to people with Nvidia GPUs or laptops with dedicated cards that it is indeed possible to set them up :)"

See the screenshot for the full specifications; I recommend taking a look

I forgot to mention, I've been using Linux since December 2022

I liked that text editor—it was different, terminal-based but not clunky. Unfortunately, it was removed, and as far as I know, trying to rebuild it from the source code is largely impossible due to some strange dependencies. Just wanted to share that :)

MariaDB's new AppArmor profile is now enforcing in Debian unstable. If you are a dba/sysadmin familiar with AppArmor and using MariaDB, check your logs and share feedback via the Debian bug tracker.

cross-posted from: https://leminal.space/post/32815986

Heya! We are hosting a Conference for Debian in Kanpur if any of you are from Kanpur or nearby cities, its organise by Debian volunteers, but its an open space for FOSS Activists, Users, or people who support the cause, its going to be a fun space, please join us!

Univeristy student keen to gain open source skills this summer? If you, or someone you know, want to contribute to Debian with Google's sponsorship, explore the GSoC 2026 project ideas now: https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2026/Projects

Applications open until end of March - look into project ideas already this weekend!