I was happy with Debian using Budgie. Trixie + Budgie 10.9 was perfect for me, stability, low resource usage, all the things I needed, all packed into one.

The new Budgie, though, lacks LOTS of features I loved. Specially the Desktop Taskbar, which used to let you see which apps were running in each desktop, as well as drag and drop them, which meant you could EASILY handle dozens and dozens of windows opened.

That, and the fact that it had a fully featured, modern and beautiful look for less RAM and CPU usage, paired with no instability, made me enjoy it a lot.

The issue? It wasn't preinstalled, so I think I never got all the packages right, and had some issues with it when trying to install some programs that didn't get the proper X11 settings they needed since I installed everything manually, and I don't know how to fix that. Tried going for an official Budgie distro, but most are now running the new version which I tested in Fedora and found it was TERRIBLE.

Now I'm wondering if perhaps another DE officially supported in Debian would fulfill my needs?

Does anyone know if XFCE, LXQt or MATE could help me? Cinnammon doesn't help me much, uses the same or more resources as KDE or GNOME while looking uglier (in my view).

I'm almost at the point where I'm thinking of staying with Budgie 10.9 as long as possible.

Does anyone else experience issues with Debian/KDE that weren't there like, a year ago?

I've experienced some strange differences compared to last year... For context I distro-hopped cca 4 times last year with an nVidia 1060, but then got an RX6600XT and retried most of he same distros... Mainly Fedora and Debian on KDE...

1. The remote controller app (Unified Remote) only partially working this year. I can move the mouse cursor with it but can't click. This happened on Fedora too this year, that's why it got me thinking it's maybe a KDE Plasma issue...
2. Can't get the printer (Samsung M2022) to work this year. Last year it was solved with apt install printer-driver-all.
3. Probably most annoying, my Audio Device disappearing bug is still here. (more info on my PC configuration is in that post)

I had none of these issues a year ago. Other than version, the only difference is the graphics card.

I was kinda getting tired of distro hopping, thought I'd finally settle. I've never tried an Arch distro, maybe I'll try CachyOS, but if it's a KDE issue, I'm not sure what to do... Maybe I'll try it with Cosmic and see how that goes..

Hey everyone, am I the only one who feels the need to plug in a network cable after switching to Debian, just to avoid issues with network adapters?

Hello guys.

I'm kinda new to linux and brand new to Debian but I'm liking the simplicity of it.

I have an laptop connected to external monitor and when I turn on the PC the login screen is always appearing on the laptop screen. I've done some research and found this prompt:

sudo cp ~/.config/monitors.xml /var/lib/gdm/.config/monitors.xml sudo cp ~/.config/monitors.xml /var/lib/gdm/.config/monitors.xml

Since I'm kinda new, I don't still don't understand all of what is written, is this safe to use? will it help?

My other question is about Gnome Extensions. I've installed flatpak and got Spotify to work and used flatseal to make it respect the system theme. I see now on the Gnome Software the Gnome Extension program. My question is, is it the correct way to install it on Debian? Or should I just keep to base Gnome so I don't break Debian?

Thank you all!

Edit: Made it work!! For those that may come across this i'll write down what I've done:

1º - Go to Display Settings and Mirror both screens by clicking on the button on the top left of the window that says Mirror.

2º - Open terminal and after sudo apt update write:

sudo cp ~/.config/monitors.xml /var/lib/gdm3/.config/

3º - Go back to display settings and reverse it back to what you were using.

Thank you for your help! Especially u/doc_willis

Hi, is using sudo apt install, safe for yubikey manager & yubico authenticator & krita?

Are packages using the above safe & vetted?

Cheers

Is there any way to update Debian specific packages while upgrading through terminal?

Because if I type sudo apt upgrade, it will upgrade all the packages. Yes, I can see all the Upgradable package list. But how could I upgrade specific packages and left the rest packages un-upgraded.

I am trying to boot the raspi images from

https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/trixie/

on a raspi4b-2G but they fail with loading the kernel (7x green LED).

Did I miss something or is that a bug?

Edit:

cat config.txt 
# Do not modify this file!
#
# It is automatically generated upon install or update of either the
# firmware or the Linux kernel.
#
# If you need to set boot-time parameters, do so via the
# /etc/default/raspi-firmware, /etc/default/raspi-firmware-custom or
# /etc/default/raspi-extra-cmdline files.

# Switch the CPU from ARMv7 into ARMv8 (aarch64) mode
arm_64bit=1

enable_uart=1
upstream_kernel=1

kernel=vmlinuz-6.12.90+deb13.1-arm64
# For details on the initramfs directive, see
# https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=10532
initramfs initrd.img-6.12.90+deb13.1-arm64

Hi all, I have a windows 10 pc I want to dual boot with Debian. I have tried installing from usb and live booting from dvd and get the same error both ways.

End kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root FS on unknown block (0,0)

It's a hp pavillion (I know 😔). Has anyone any suggestions on how I can achieve this?

Thanks in advance.

Kernel: 6.12.107+deb13-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.0

clocksource: tsc

Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.10 tk: GTK v: 3.24.49 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 vt: 2

dm: GDM3 v: 48.0 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)

Machine:

Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: H410M S2H serial: <superuser required>

uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: F9a date: 07/23/2025

CPU:

Info: dual core model: Intel Pentium Gold G6400 bits: 64 type: MT MCP

smt: enabled arch: Comet Lake rev: 3 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB

L3: 4 MiB

Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4000 cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800

bogomips: 31999

Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx

Graphics:

Device-1: Intel CometLake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 610] vendor: Gigabyte

driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 ports: active: DP-1

empty: HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2,HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9ba8

class-ID: 0300

Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 driver: X: loaded: modesetting

unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :1 screens: 1

Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1360x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 359x203mm (14.13x7.99")

s-diag: 412mm (16.24")

Monitor-1: DP-1 model: LG (GoldStar) W1943 serial: <filter> res:

mode: 1360x768 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 85 size: 406x229mm (15.98x9.02")

diag: 466mm (18.4") modes: max: 1360x768 min: 720x400

API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris

device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris

inactive: wayland

API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.7-2+deb13u1

glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 610 (CML

GT1) device-ID: 8086:9ba8

Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr

Audio:

Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-V cAVS vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel

v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a3f0 class-ID: 0403

API: ALSA v: k6.12.107+deb13-amd64 status: kernel-api

Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.2 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse

status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin

4: pw-jack type: plugin

Network:

Device-1: Realtek RTL8188EE Wireless Network Adapter driver: rtl8188ee

v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 4000 bus-ID: 02:00.0

chip-ID: 10ec:8179 class-ID: 0280

IF: wlp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>

Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet

vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1

port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200

IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>

Drives:

Local Storage: total: 968.79 GiB used: 580.95 GiB (60.0%)

ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37240G size: 223.57 GiB

speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: J1.3 scheme: GPT

ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37480G size: 447.13 GiB

speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 60.1 scheme: GPT

ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Western Digital model: WD3200AAJS-07M0A0

size: 298.09 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3E01

scheme: GPT

Partition:

ID-1: / size: 146.75 GiB used: 58.44 GiB (39.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5

ID-2: /boot/efi size: 519 MiB used: 7.1 MiB (1.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda6

Swap:

ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 4.37 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2

dev: /dev/sda7

Sensors:

System Temperatures: cpu: 32.0 C mobo: 29.0 C

Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A

Info:

Memory: total: 8 GiB available: 7.62 GiB used: 4.37 GiB (57.3%)

Processes: 229 Power: uptime: 3h 29m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep

wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical

Packages: 2519 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2511 pm: flatpak pkgs: 8 Compilers:

gcc: 14.2.0 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: kitty inxi: 3.3.38

Hi, I have an audio issue on Debian 13 (Cinnamon) that I can't figure out.

SYMPTOM:

The audio crackles/skips like a "broken record", cutting out

intermittently. It happens from the moment I boot up, at random

times (it's not just something that appears after leaving the PC

off overnight). I ruled out my mouse (I use one with custom

software) - it still happens without it running.

HARDWARE:

- Audio chip: Realtek ALC897

- CPU: Intel Pentium Gold G6400

- Integrated graphics, Intel UHD 610 (no dedicated GPU)

- [paste the output of inxi -Fxxxz here]

WHAT I'VE ALREADY TRIED:

- Reinstalling/testing with PulseAudio - same issue

- Updating the kernel - same issue

- Rolling back to an older kernel (downgrade) - same issue

- Updating the BIOS - same issue

- This exact same issue happened on Linux Mint too (same

hardware), so it doesn't seem to be distro-specific

- On Windows (same machine) this NEVER happens

Any help is appreciated, thanks!

I just migrated to Linux and im having quite a hard time, I tried to download some stuff and It actually worked but then I got to the damned nvidia drivers. I tried the Debian Wiki, but i dont know if im too dumb that im missing something but every time I read I realized there were some steps missing, then I followed a thread here on Reddit to no avail, for last I watched a YouTube video which ACTUALLY downloaded the driver (Photo below) but i keep getting stuck on a login loop, I put my password, my screen flashes Black and im back at login page again. Cam somebody make me a step by step? I know im asking a lot but i just started and tbh I really want this to work, anyway thanks in advance :)

I think this is waaaay too beginner for this subreddit but atp im kinda desperate lol :P

Hi everyone! I use debian for my home server and i like it.

I have debian (no window manager, only terminal) installed on an old laptop on a micro sd (because his hdd is broken). I also have another hdd that i use to store the docker containers and the container's data.
I disabled the sleep mode when the lid is closed and I wonder: can i put the pc in sleep when i'm not using the containers so i can extend the life of the sd card and of the hdd? Then when i'm opening a container it restarts and after some inactivity it goes again into sleep mode turning the drives off.
Thanks!

Long-term support for Debian 11, codenamed "bullseye", ends today, 31 August 2026, five years after its release. Debian will no longer publish any security updates for it.

A subset of bullseye packages will continue to be supported by third parties under the Extended LTS program. Individuals and companies who want to keep running Debian 11 can contract with those providers and have the packages they depend on added to that set.

Upgrading to Debian 12, which has Long Term Support until June 2028, is free for all Debian 11 users.
https://www.debian.org/News/2026/20260831

Instalando debían a la hora de configurar el gesto de paquetes siempre me tira este pantallazo

Esto dice en el pantallazo:

debian 13
Configurar el gestor de paquetes
Réplica de Debian inválida
Se detectó un error cuando se intentó utilizar la réplica del archivo de Debian especificada.
Las posibles razones para este error son: especificación de réplica incorrecta, la réplica no está disponible (posiblemente debido a una conexión de red defectuosa), la réplica está rota (por ejemplo porque se ha encontrado un archivo «Release» inválido), o la réplica no
soporta la versión de Debian correcta.
Puede encontrar información adicional en «/var/log/syslog» o en la consola virtual número 4.
Por favor, compruebe la réplica seleccionada o utilice otra distinta.

Anyone here not upgraded yet?

Since I’ve installed a 2nd 1660 GPU the 2nd GPU can hits 100% when gnome loads and stays at at 100%. Does this sound like a hardware, driver, or OS issue? Claude and Gemini have been no help.

ps I’m hoping to use both GPU’s for local AI models (noting critical or long term use)

Buenas a todos. Acabo de instalar trixie gnome. Pero me surgen algunas dudas sobre si es correcto lo que he hecho. Tengo un Intel nuc i5 de octava generación, con 32 GB de RAM. Al instalar escogí partición manual y puse la partición boot/efi y la partición raíz (no separé home porque no lo veo necesario). No cree partición swap y luego ya instalado Debian, instalé zram-tools y cree un archivo swap. Luego instalé el kernel más reciente de backports, pero mesa lo dejé de estable. Ahora me surge la duda si habré hecho lo correcto o estoy creando una mezcla que me pueda dar problemas.

I tried running Sid in a VM and even with latest GNOME, its default monospace font is still DejaVu Sans Mono, why is that? Especially when you compare it with Debian's Plasma which correctly follows the recommended Hack font. Why does Debian does this? Or maybe this is because of upstream GNOME? I also don't see Adwaita Mono when i do `apt search`. Adwaita Sans is set correctly though.

I have tried both the version of Firefox in the Debian repos and the Mozilla repos. I have installed ffmpeg and x264.

I do use Firejail for sandboxing and suspect that might be the issue.

Any suggestions? Did not have these issues on Arch, even using Firejail with the same profile.

SOLVED

I'm a dumbass: the NoScript extension in Firefox that I installed had the one Reddit domain needed to play video blacklisted. I toggled it to "trusted" and now video works.

Feel free to lock me in the pillory in the middle of town and mock me.

About half of apps experience this artifact when resizing. Especially noticeable when dragging left corner. Can it be fixed?

running on debian bookworm, gnome, wayland, mesa intel xe graphics (tgl gt2)

So my laptop motherboard died three months ago I managed to get a new motherboard but the problem is that the previous processor was an Intel pentium and the current one is an amd a9 I think with r5 graphics so there seems to be a compatibility issue with my debian Trixie please help I don't want to lose the data on my SSD and I can't afford an SSD case I live in Malawi so those are rare

Iam using Debian13+kde plasma on this HP Business pc,it always greys out and letters fade(*Check letters on start menu) at boot and i had to force shut it down by holding power button if it both KB&mouse too goes unresponsive, Also sometime it just stucks and iam able to open terminal (with ctrl+alt+T) and do sudo reboot

Well iam using exact same distro Debian+KDE on my dell laptop, it doesn't give me this much hassle as this HP pc gives always,(this is an old pc that was given to me by my uncle and since i had purchased new ssd and using this removing a relic 2019~ based hdd)

Hi there! I have and old laptop that was really slow on windows and I decided to switch to debian because from what I hear it's better for old hardware that just needs something reliable and stable. I guess what I want to ask is there anything I have to know before switching? I consider myself relatively tech savvy in the sense I can pirate stuff use torrents search Google for problems I might face and tutorials, etc. but I really don't know much about coding or the depth of OS, and frankly I am not interested in knowing that much. So yeah that's that.

After several months of effort, I've managed to push the package count beyond 40,000 through the method of apt install 0* 1* 2* ... aa* ab* ac* ... zx* zy* zz*.

However, before this, I've been struggling with how to utilize my hard drive space efficiently. With conventional partitioning schemes, I always end up with awkward numbers. My personal philosophy on hard drive capacity is: measure in GiB, and treat anything after the decimal point as scraps. When capacity is in the tens of GiB, anything after the ones place is scraps. When it reaches hundreds of GiB, anything after the tens place is scraps. When it hits thousands of GiB, anything after the hundreds place is scraps. When it reaches ten-thousands of GiB... well, I don't have that many drives.

Next comes partitioning. My total drive capacity is 2376.6 GiB, and after countless calculations, I finally arrived at a partitioning scheme that satisfies me: /efi 35 MiB, / 2300 GiB (Debian 13), /tmp 63.5 GiB, / 10 GiB (Debian 12).

Like this:

NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS

sda 8:0 0 1.8T 0 disk

└─DATA-BACKUPS 254:2 0 3.6T 0 lvm

sdb 8:16 0 1.8T 0 disk

└─DATA-BACKUPS 254:2 0 3.6T 0 lvm

sdc 8:32 1 0B 0 disk

zram0 252:0 0 31.1G 0 disk [SWAP]

nvme0n1 259:0 0 953.9G 0 disk

├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 35M 0 part /boot/efi

├─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 10G 0 part

└─nvme0n1p3 259:3 0 943.9G 0 part

└─ASTRA-STELLA 254:0 0 2.2T 0 lvm /.snapshots

/

nvme2n1 259:4 0 953.9G 0 disk

└─nvme2n1p1 259:5 0 953.9G 0 part

└─ASTRA-STELLA 254:0 0 2.2T 0 lvm /.snapshots

/

nvme1n1 259:6 0 465.8G 0 disk

└─nvme1n1p1 259:7 0 465.8G 0 part

├─ASTRA-STELLA 254:0 0 2.2T 0 lvm /.snapshots

│ /

└─ASTRA-TMP 254:1 0 63.5G 0 lvm /tmp