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GNOME 50 ... not yet

I had a brief window—okay, a few days—to distro-hop again after GNOME 50 was released, but then I realized ... I can just wait another 1.5 years for Forky. So it is still GNOME 48 for me :)

Testing laptop

Because I have a fantastic ThinkPad T460 sitting on my desk as a third machine, I’ve chosen it as the test machine for the upcoming Debian 14 (testing). This gives me a good preview of what’s coming, and honestly, I don’t quite dare to run Testing or Unstable in production. It’s supposed to work well, but Stable just runs too smoothly to switch.

Freeze solved

After my desktop (AMP Ryzen 5 CPU with Radeon RX 6500 XT GPU) kept freezing unpredictably for a while, the problem appears to have been resolved thanks to a newer kernel, AMD firmware and MESA from the backports repo.

More backports stuff

Recently, I also experimented with building backports for personal use, thanks to these instructions: SimpleBackportCreation. Works surprisingly simple. However, since the GNOME app ecosystem is focusing on Flatpak, installing software via Flatpak is more convenient.

Homelab

Now that my fiber optic connection is finally arriving soon, my server (also running Trixie) will take on entirely new tasks. I’m hoping my 'homelab' will grow a bit, and I’ll dive into something I currently know nothing about: containers. I’d therefore appreciate any tips, guides, or recommendations! Docker, Podman ... what to choose? Tips are more than welcome!