diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8f2f58c..86705cf 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -60,9 +60,11 @@ Source: [linuxreviews.org](https://linuxreviews.org/Howdy/SELinux) / [archive.i ## Debian -Everything comes back to Debian. All the packages are for Debian (or Ubuntu). Chasing my tail in circles to get to the point of any issue while hoping that Fedora's pretty-up-to-date-but-not-quite-up-to-date packages would work have driven me insane. I hate `dnf`, I hate RPMFusion. Debian let me switch to "unstable" with just a few little switches and now everything is hunky dory. +My love for `apt` and hate for `dnf` have both been wildly overstated. Debian Sid has problems that make it unusable as a laptop OS for me, at least on this laptop. -Maybe next I'll install Ubuntu and actually just enjoy a functional OS instead of being a freak. +Everything comes back to Debian. All the packages are for Debian (or Ubuntu). Chasing my tail in circles to get to the point of any issue while hoping that Fedora's pretty-up-to-date-but-not-quite-up-to-date packages would work have driven me insane. I hate `dnf`, I hate RPMFusion. Debian let me switch to "unstable" with just a few little switches and now everything is hunky dory. + +Maybe next I'll install Ubuntu and actually just enjoy a functional OS instead of being a freak. Enable the fingerprint reader with the following: @@ -72,6 +74,8 @@ Enable the fingerprint reader with the following: ## GPU Crashes +**12/25/2024 - Update again:** The problem came back with kernel version 6.12. The same fix still works. The issue happened on both Debian and Fedora, so it seems like it's in the kernel itself. + **11/22/2024 - Update to all of this:** This issue seems to have either a.) eventually killed the motherboard AND display panel, or b.) be completely unrelated and I have a SECOND dying motherboard and display panel, as the issue came back even with this fix applied. Lovely! I'm trying out Debian Sid for the time being to see if it's any more reliable. For now, this fix is not applied. **Starting with Linux kernel 6.1, "Panel Self Refresh" or PSR, will cause crashes. You must stop this from running in order to get reliable resume.** @@ -92,6 +96,7 @@ sudo dnf reinstall shim-\* grub2-efi-\* grub2-common ``` ## Suspend Issues +**11/25/2024 - Update:** This still happens from time-to-time, but it is fairly rare. The udev rule still needs to be applied to create some sense of stability, however. **11/22/2024 - Update: Still testing, but this issue has not come up during a full day of use on Debian Sid running kernel version 6.11.9.** @@ -172,11 +177,11 @@ sudo chmod +x /usr/share/power-profiles/performance.sh | NixOS | Arch | Debian | Fedora | |------|------|------|------| |✓ Easily reproduced |✓ Excellent wiki (helpful with ALL other options, too) |✓ Large package base |✓ Lots of official documentation| -|✓ Nix configs make big changes easy |✓ AUR has almost everything|✓ Apt is *really* good|✓ LOTS of pre-compiled packages| -|✗ Awful documentation|✗ Many packages need to be built from source|✗ Mostly replaced by Ubuntu, as far as broad support |✗ I don't like DNF| -|✗ Least amount of community support |✗ Frequent system-breaking upgrades|✗ Just not as supported as Fedora|✓ Everything just works with very little adjustment| +|✓ Nix configs make big changes easy |✓ AUR has almost everything|✓ apt is fine|✓ LOTS of pre-compiled packages| +|✗ Awful documentation|✗ Many packages need to be built from source|✗ Mostly replaced by Ubuntu, as far as broad support |✗ | +|✗ Least amount of community support |✗ Frequent system-breaking upgrades|✗ /boot partition fills up on every install, somehow|✓ Everything just works with very little adjustment| |✓ Snapshots are part of the core OS |✗ This is cowboy land - AUR packages can easily break things|**-** Package manager is reliable |**-** Package manager is reliable | -|✓ Most stable|✗ Least stable |✓ Most stable (on my servers)|✓ Supposedly very stable (my first rodeo w/ Fedora)| +|✓ Most stable|✗ Least stable |✓ Most stable (on my servers)|✓ Turns out to be quite stable| # Timeline ## November 2024-????