08-20-2020, 07:17 AM
(08-19-2020, 12:52 PM)xmixahlx Wrote: you may want to see pbp-tools for additional hardware support on debian and newer kernels, etc.
it's also extremely easy to use debian sid instead of bullseye -- this is my personal preference.
Thank you for response. I have been seeking a solution to the problems and have decided to wait and hope for one of the updates fix the situation. I have been hearing positive news about kernel 5.8, and was hoping that update would fix. Oddly, it doesn't seem to be in testing or even in sid. The kernel I am using with Debian Bullseye is:
5.5.0.1-pinebookpro-arm64
I will have a look at the pbp-tools. My biggest concern is my sound-card/speakers. Which script can resolve the issue? Also, how do I use the pbp-tools in general?
I have been reading about testing may not be the best bet to use daily. In the past, I had testing breaking after updates; so, I am doing only apt-upgrade to avoid it as much as possible (I have 4 packages kept back and I am not doing dist-upgrade as I suspect it can break testing). There is information on debian wiki about how to use testing below:
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTesting
I am particularly interested in trying apt-pinning testing with sid. My problem is I am not sure which numbers to choose (between 990 to 500). Do you have any experience in pinning sid on testing?
I would normally prefer a stable operating system that just gets out of my way in my workflow. But I understand it won't happen for the time being; so, either testing or sid I will do, whichever gives me less headache. Would you recommend switching to sid completely instead of pinning?
Fedora gave me a better experience out of the box; however, fedora is heavier than debian in my experience (even with debian gnome, debian seems to be about 8% lighter in resources than fedora workstation). I am still tempting to switch to fedora as I very much liked their implementation; particularly fedora 33 will bring additional polish like btrfs file system by default. I am waiting to see if I want to switch fedora. For now, I am staying with Debian.