On 10/4/21 20:10, L Dimov wrote:
I am having slower performance on Debian 11 with software only from
the "main" repositories after upgrade from 10.It is on a decently
powerful Dell laptop with 16 GB memory, 1 TB SSD, 7 processors Intel
Core i5-8350U CPU @ 1.70GHz
The Intel Core i5-8550U processor has 4 cores with Hyper-Threading (8
threads):
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/124969/intel-core-i58350u-processor-6m-cache-up-to-3-60-ghz.html
On 10/4/21 20:33, L Dimov wrote:
I do not want any non-free and contrib software, so I can't do that.
Are there any other options? Wait for updates, switch to Debian
Teasting (which I'd rather not do), anything else? And I'd rather
not go back to Debian 10 just because I worry I may mess up the
process as I have never done that. Thanks!Luben
If your laptop has hardware that requires proprietary firmware, I very
much doubt that the firmware in question will ever be open-sourced.
Without the proprietary firmware, the best case is reduced
functionality using reverse-engineered drivers -- e.g. NVIDIA and
Nouveau. Wi-Fi adapters requiring proprietary firmware tend to be
non-functional without such.
Either keep your laptop and install the proprietary firmware, or sell it
and get something with hardware that does not require proprietary firmware.
David
