Wonderzyra

Installed Operating System

Current OS Log

• Windows
  • Configuration files
• Ubuntu
  • Configuration files

System

Hardware

ASUS Zenbook 14 BX425JA-BM122R avec NumPad

• Bought in 2020 &dmash; See New PC - 2020 for selection page
• Default OS: Win 10 64
• CPU: Intel Core i7-1065G7 (Quad-Core 1.3 GHz / 3.9 GHz Turbo - 8 Threads - Cache 8 Mo)
  • Micro-architecture: Ice Lake (wikipedia page)
• RAM: 32GB
• GPU: Intel

References

TO be completed

Log

• Boot in Windows 10, let update runs, etc.
• In Win 10, disable fast startup.
• In Win 10, Ctrl-X, powershell (admin), powercfg -h off
• In Win 10, disable page file.
• (note: we kept secure boot, apparently supported since Debian Buster)
• In Win 10, fix taskbar search not working (i.e. WIN key + any string). Create new DWORD-32 registry entry \\HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search\BingSearchEnabled with value 0 [1], then restart.
• In Win 10, remove BitLocker from drive C:

Disable-BitLocker -MountPoint "C:"          # Or: manage-bde -off C:
manage-bde -status
# Wait for completion

• Backing up all partitions to Mystique NAS.

• Installing Debian-Testing (from Live+Non-Free USB image)

• Missing regulatory.db iwlwifi-Qu-c0-hr-b0-56.ucode iwl-debug-yoyo.bin... but Wifi still works (so far).
• First boot, update notification -> several firmware installed (during a restart).
• Issue power charger not detected. Fix: use 1st plug (ie. the one further from HDMI port). Note: this is port shown in ASUS doc.
• Gnome settings:

• Enable tap to click, disable natural scrolling.

• Disable Secure Boot, because it prevents loading the vmware modules vmmon and vmnet (operation not permitted when doing modprobe).
• TODO: Extend swap partition to 4GB (recommended by vmware).
• TODO: Mount share in Winzyra.
• TODO: Setup borgbackup.

• Exclude big files, or at least movies.
• Rename relevant folders to .nobak (minecraft?, movies, ...).

• TODO: Transfer zyratastic.
• TODO: Sync packages (texlive, apache2?, arduino?, banshee?, discord?, geogebra?, ipython3, oracle-java, php, pv, skypeforlinux, zoom, pycharm-community?).
• TODO: Encrypt the drive!!!
• TODO: compress vmware images on wolverine
• Skipped: Restore mysql databases. Restore apache2.

Partition

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