Debian-8-jessie-KDE

[dibl]

Here it is:

marco@Lenovo:~$ inxi -v3
System:    Host: Lenovo Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 4.8.4) 
           Desktop: KDE 4.14.2 (Qt 4.8.6) Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 8 
Machine:   System: LENOVO product: 6075A5U v: ThinkCentre M57
           Mobo: LENOVO model: LENOVO
           Bios: LENOVO v: 2RKT64AUS date: 11/24/2011
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 Duo E6550 (-MCP-) cache: 4096 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 9309 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 2000 MHz 2: 2000 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel 82Q35 Express Integrated Graphics Controller
           bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1280x1024@75.02hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Q35
           GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.3.2 Direct Rendering: Yes
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
           driver: b43-pci-bridge bus-ID: 11:0a.0
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:90:4b:bd:75:e4
           Card-2: Intel 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network Connection
           driver: e1000e v: 2.3.2-k port: 1820 bus-ID: 00:19.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:1e:37:3b:54:7e
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 330.0GB (2.2% used) ID-1: model: WDC_WD800JD
           ID-2: model: WDC_WD2500JD
Info:      Processes: 147 Uptime: 37 min Memory: 740.1/2994.1MB 
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.2 
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.301) inxi: 2.1.28

OK thanks. It appears to be a totally supported hardware system, as far as Google can find for me. If it is certified for Ubuntu, which is Debian based, I can't imagine that there is a hardware issue running Debian Jessie.

So, your example problem mentioned Firefox. Have you seen problems with KDE packages? Have any of the crashes taken down the OS? Can you tell more about the issues that you have observed, how they were triggered, whether you are able to repeat them, etc.?

[Qqmike]

[marco07]

If you don't have inxi installed, please (as root)

apt-get update && apt-get install inxi

Then (as user) in konsole run

inxi -v3

and paste that output into a reply here. Assuming stable hardware, you should not be having instability problems with Debian Jessie, so something must be mis-configured.

Here it is:

marco@Lenovo:~$ inxi -v3
System:    Host: Lenovo Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 4.8.4) 
           Desktop: KDE 4.14.2 (Qt 4.8.6) Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 8 
Machine:   System: LENOVO product: 6075A5U v: ThinkCentre M57
           Mobo: LENOVO model: LENOVO
           Bios: LENOVO v: 2RKT64AUS date: 11/24/2011
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 Duo E6550 (-MCP-) cache: 4096 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 9309 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 2000 MHz 2: 2000 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel 82Q35 Express Integrated Graphics Controller
           bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1280x1024@75.02hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Q35
           GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.3.2 Direct Rendering: Yes
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
           driver: b43-pci-bridge bus-ID: 11:0a.0
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:90:4b:bd:75:e4
           Card-2: Intel 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network Connection
           driver: e1000e v: 2.3.2-k port: 1820 bus-ID: 00:19.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:1e:37:3b:54:7e
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 330.0GB (2.2% used) ID-1: model: WDC_WD800JD
           ID-2: model: WDC_WD2500JD
Info:      Processes: 147 Uptime: 37 min Memory: 740.1/2994.1MB 
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.2 
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.301) inxi: 2.1.28

[vinnywright]

Similar settings for Chrome...

chrome://flags/#max-tiles-for-interest-area

interesting ,,,,,,,chrome is quite fast already,,,,,,,,,the "pipeline" did not change iceweasel however .

VINNY

[oshunluvr]

Similar settings for Chrome...

chrome://flags/#max-tiles-for-interest-area

[vinnywright]

Enter "about:config" in the URL text of and press Enter.
Search for "pipeline"
Double-click on the http pipeline's false box to toggle it to true.
Change the "4" to "8" as the default minimum.
Close the tab and browse

thank you Sir that sounds familiar ,,,,,I will give it a go in a few and report back

VINNY

[GreyGeek]

Enter "about:config" in the URL text of and press Enter.
Search for "pipeline"
Double-click on the http pipeline's false box to toggle it to true.
Change the "4" to "8" as the default minimum.
Close the tab and browse

[vinnywright]

You do know that Iceweasel is Firefox that had been re-branded?

yes

VINNY

[vinnywright]

Iceweasel seemed as fast as FF, but I double the pipelining.

could you instruct me in that procedure please.

VINNY

[dibl]

In my case, things are not as well as yours. I am having crashes every now and then. Ice weasel occasionally crashes during browsing and screen goes dark blank. After any crash, I have no access to logout, restart and shutdown, i.e. these on the luncher menu become non-responsive and I have to Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to a terminal and power off the system from there. Overall, Debian 8.1, for me, has been unstable. It for sure, again for me, is not Kubuntu in terms of stability.

If you don't have inxi installed, please (as root)

apt-get update && apt-get install inxi

Then (as user) in konsole run

inxi -v3

and paste that output into a reply here. Assuming stable hardware, you should not be having instability problems with Debian Jessie, so something must be mis-configured.

[GreyGeek]

I must say ,,,that after almost a week of using this Debian-KDE system I can find little difference between it and Kubuntu-14.04 (for me and my usage) after tweaking a few things as usual.
It dose use slightly less RAM over all ,,,,, Kubuntu will on average be using close to 2Gig's and Debian almost 1Gig ,,,,But with 16Gig available that is nominal .

web browsing (with a cold weasel ,,O iceweasel) seams a tad slower ,,,,as in page loading ,,,

VINNY

It was my observation as well that Debian 8 KDE and Kubuntu were almost indistinguishable. Iceweasel seemed as fast as FF, but I double the pipelining.

[marco07]

I must say ,,,that after almost a week of using this Debian-KDE system I can find little difference between it and Kubuntu-14.04 (for me and my usage) after tweaking a few things as usual.
It dose use slightly less RAM over all ,,,,, Kubuntu will on average be using close to 2Gig's and Debian almost 1Gig ,,,,But with 16Gig available that is nominal .

web browsing (with a cold weasel ,,O iceweasel) seams a tad slower ,,,,as in page loading ,,,still getting around to looking into this one as it is not so slow to be bothersome to me , but slower none the less.

CPU usage seems to be a bit lighter as well over all ,,,like right now my conky load averages are 0.00 0.06 0.11 where doing the same web browsing in Kubuntu will be somthing like 0.45 ,,,,should actually do something the same in both systems for the same amount of time to check this proper I guess

VINNY

In my case, things are not as well as yours. I am having crashes every now and then. Ice weasel occasionally crashes during browsing and screen goes dark blank. After any crash, I have no access to logout, restart and shutdown, i.e. these on the luncher menu become non-responsive and I have to Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to a terminal and power off the system from there. Overall, Debian 8.1, for me, has been unstable. It for sure, again for me, is not Kubuntu in terms of stability.

[SteveRiley]

ice : weasel :: fire : fox

OK so cold weasels dont do things to quick ,,,,,,,,Just installed google chrome and pages load like lightning

perhaps tweaking iceweasels settings would speed it up ?

VINNY

You do know that Iceweasel is Firefox that had been re-branded?

[vinnywright]

OK so cold weasels dont do things to quick ,,,,,,,,Just installed google chrome and pages load like lightning

perhaps tweaking iceweasels settings would speed it up ?

VINNY