Dear Debian Team,

*1) first (always) say something positive*

being a big fan of Debian since aprox 10 years

thanks for all your efforts making Debian a easy to install (universal)
reliable system, that lowers the bar for users trying to go Open Source
and GNU Linux and FreeSoftware (a migration via OSX might be a good
transition from Windows)

today was the day trying out the new Debian 11 with LTS (LTS is a reason
for users consider switching to Ubuntu, so good choice there)

*2) the problems:*

*E1: (error1) problem: Debian 11 won't install*

*tested on:*

      o hp server g6 proliant (amd64)
      o x60s laptop (i386)
  * *observed problem:*
      o network aka "the internet" (like ping 1.1.1.1) works at the
        beginning
      o then it loses network connection (on all nics even wifi)
      o *and setup will fail ***before "software selection" screen* with
        screenshots that can be seen here*
          + *pwd: DebuggingDebian11*
          + *https://dwaves.de/2021/08/17/gnu-linux-debian-11-testing/
            <https://dwaves.de/2021/08/17/gnu-linux-debian-11-testing/>
            *
          + got isos from
            herehttps://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/debian-cd/11.0.0/
            <https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/debian-cd/11.0.0/>
              # did the sha512sum -c on all downloaded isos (so it ain't
                a download corruption problem)

*S1: (suggestion1) there needs to be an easy way to report errors*

S.1.) include a "report problem" button, that automatic generates a
report to store away any error logs (and dmesg) that is generated during
the setup on a usb drive, for easy upload to
https://debian.org/report-a-problem <https://debian.org/report-problem>

or:

S2.) (even better if network works) include a "report problem" button,
that automatic generates a report and uploads it to debian.org for
further investigation (easily accessible as a link like
https://debian.org/errors/report/2021-08-17_11-57_lenovo_x60s_128903786351782539
<https://debian.org/errors/x60s-128903786351782539>)

*Q1: (question1): why is there nor vi nor less included in the setup?*

makes debugging things very very hard

please checkout this wonderful script that should run on some console
during setup per default

https://dwaves.de/2017/06/15/linux-monitor-all-logs-in-real-time-d-follow-all-show-changes-to-log-files-under-varlog/
<https://dwaves.de/2017/06/15/linux-monitor-all-logs-in-real-time-d-follow-all-show-changes-to-log-files-under-varlog/>

which would display all errors (currently via ccze) nicely in *RED*

*for easy visual detection of problems*

PS: thanks for rss feed btw this app
https://dwaves.de/2021/06/16/how-to-read-news-in-the-21st-century-apps-rss-feeds-turns-the-users-android-based-device-into-an-independent-open-source-based-news-aggregator-that-respects-the-users-privacy/
<https://dwaves.de/2021/06/16/how-to-read-news-in-the-21st-century-apps-rss-feeds-turns-the-users-android-based-device-into-an-independent-open-source-based-news-aggregator-that-respects-the-users-privacy/>
allows nice following of news such as
https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20210814
<https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20210814>

via rss feed https://www.debian.org/News/news
<https://www.debian.org/News/news>

On 8/17/21 10:32 AM, debian-devel-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org wrote:

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mit freundlichem Gruß / best regards

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