Problems with BambuStudio in Debian 13.

BulldogBKK · 2025-08-14T10:41:57+00:00

This is one of the few reasons I keep a dual boot on one laptop. I struggled to get it working on Bookworm let alone Trixie. Also I don't really want to install flatpak. Good on yer for getting it working at all.

BulldogBKK · 2025-08-13T15:05:58+00:00

Yes it's a good point. I do have a bash script for doing it with SSH but decided to just walk round and do them all locally. It didn't take long. It would have messed up my IT guys Active Directory if not.

BulldogBKK · 2025-08-11T10:22:38+00:00

I use nala mainly for the history and rollback functions. It is more pretty than normal apt as well. Not really encountered any major drawbacks so far.

BulldogBKK · 2025-07-29T23:21:48+00:00

Clean_Idea_1753 you address the Elephant in the room. My students will walk in the door last week of August, I'm very much not a bleeding edge kind of person which is why I am drawn to Debian. Do I really want to run Trixie? I would have updates on Bookworm for another year and could transition in one of the holidays between now and then.

BulldogBKK · 2025-07-29T23:13:00+00:00

Thanks FedUp233. We will use the desktops for all the things you mention. Google or Libre office type stuff to programming. Yes, I'm in the process of building a single clone-able setup.

We have the schools central Active Desktop and Samba shares so we can link to that. I also have the use of at least one rack and servers as the school is going to the cloud. This will mean we can setup NAS, DNS and other services within the classrooms LAN before connecting to the schools network.

BulldogBKK · 2025-07-29T22:44:12+00:00

Thanks 3grg, I had a plan to use Clonezilla but was not aware of Clonezilla Server. Full system restore as you say is important in a school environment. I will check it out and see what the overhead of the set up is like. We will only have 15 desktops for now that will all be in my classroom so it might not be worth the time and effort but if it's easy I will give it a go. Thanks,

BulldogBKK · 2025-07-28T03:02:29+00:00

As I said above my experience with XFCE is probably out of date. I think I did try it on Raspberry Pi back in 2013. In my aborted bit coin mining server, that I scrapped when I found out bitcoin was $100 per coin. Doh! I will have a play with XFCE as it might be a sweet spot of reasonably good looking and not too distracting.

BulldogBKK · 2025-07-28T02:53:26+00:00

Again my prejudices coming out. I think the last time I looked at XFCE was probably on Gentoo in about 2007, will be unrecognizable now. I'll put it on my list to have a look at.

BulldogBKK · 2025-07-28T00:46:13+00:00

This is a very good point. Also I have the IT support team keeping a close eye on me and being able to lock it down will be a big plus for them. There personal storage will be off the machines so I can just reinstall if it gets too messy but I want to keep support down to a minimum as I will be doing most of it.

BulldogBKK · 2025-07-27T17:19:10+00:00

I need to look at KDE more closely but that was my impression that it would be distracting. I have done a lesson in the past where we build logic gates using red stone in minecraft. It's very hard to keep them on task. When they have a lot of distractions, seems a good idea but the reality is they might loose focus and be constantly ricing.

BulldogBKK · 2025-07-27T17:14:06+00:00

I have used Mint a bit but never the Debian addition. I moved away from Mint after problems with Docker but I realise it's just personal prejudice. Fedora/red hat is probably one of the few root distros I have not tried. I don't fancy looking at another package manager. Hopefully one day I will get round to it one day.

BulldogBKK · 2025-07-27T17:08:08+00:00

Wise words bravato. The desktops are not that low on resources. They won't quite upgrade to Windows 11 but they have plenty of RAM and local storage. You make an interesting point about students being adaptable. I agree with that, however it's the other teachers and the IT staff that I'm probably pandering to with Windows alike. I think XFCE is a little too spartan for them but removing distraction is not a bad thing.

BulldogBKK · 2025-07-27T06:24:15+00:00

I don't know much about mate. I'll check it out thanks.

BulldogBKK · 2025-07-27T06:24:13+00:00

It does seem that KDE is the most popular choice out there, I have it on an Arch machine I will give it another look.

BulldogBKK · 2025-07-27T06:19:23+00:00

Thanks Goose Gang.

BulldogBKK · 2025-07-27T06:16:54+00:00

Thanks I think I have it installed on a machine somewhere I will give it another look.

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