Weird VirtIO errors on a jessie KVM host: Fixed!
Yesterday I posted a desperate plea for help as I had no idea where else to look for clues on what was causing random I/O errors on the guests of our jessie KVM …
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Weird VirtIO errors on a jessie KVM host running Debian guests
Hi Interwebs! I’m facing a weird issue with one of our server’s at work, involving Debian jessie, libvirt and Debian guests using VirtIO drivers. …
A pile of reasons why GNOME should be Debian jessie’s default desktop environment
GNOME has, for some reason or another, always been the default desktop environment in Debian since the installer is able to install a full desktop environment …
GUADEC 2012
I’ve been in A Coruña for this year’s GUADEC since Tuesday night, and it rocked. I did a late registration after my first week at Collabora, which …
GNOME 3.4 in wheezy
Users of Debian sid will have noticed: the final (and interesting) bits of GNOME 3.4 have landed and if all looks as good as it does now, they should migrate to …
GNOME 3.4
The GNOME project released today GNOME 3.4, the second major update to the GNOME 3 platform. Congrats! I know there’s lots of polish and improvements to …
alsaconf
Removing alsaconf was one of the very few rewarding moments of these ten years of taking care of ALSA in Debian. Not everyone agreed back then, and we still get …
FOSDEM 2012
In a few hours, I’ll be flying to Brussels with Ivan, for a new edition of FOSDEM, undoubtedly the best Free Software conference in Europe. I’m …
GNOME Shell 3.2 in wheezy: a retrospective
When you read this, GNOME Shell 3.2 will (hopefully!) have finally transitioned to Debian’s testing suite. Planet GNOME readers might think Debian now has …
Installing GNOME 3 in Debian
The following is a quick HOWTO for the brave Debian users who want to upgrade to GNOME 3. Assuming you have an up to date system running sid, and experimental …