MSI 16L13 (Eurocom Tornado F5)/EVOC 16L-G-1080 15.6" Installing Debian Testing

[Aroc]

This is a repost from 2017. Posted here so I won't lose this. Some of the links and instructions might be different but the overall approach is sound. 😁

Last week, I (re-)joined the Linux fold on the MSI 16L13 barebones, too.

 

Install Debian Linux 9.0:

• Used firmware-testing-amd64-netinst.iso
• from: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/...ncluding-firmware/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-cd/

 

Install Killer firmware:

• Killer Wireless-AC 1535 was detected by the built-in drivers but Debian 9.0 (Linux kernel 4.9.0-2-amd64) needed the updated firmware files before Killer would work.
• Get and run the package from terminal:
  $ wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_1.164_all.deb
  $ sudo dpkg -i linux-firmware*.deb
  $ sudo modprobe -r ath10k_pci && sudo modprobe ath10k_pci
• Instructions on: http://www.killernetworking.com/driver-downloads/knowledge-base?view=topic&id=2 ; On the instructions web page, scroll to "Killer 1535/1525/1435 in Ubuntu" section, expand the section, then scroll to "Ubuntu 16.04"

 

Keywords: Linux, Debian Linux, Debian Testing, killer, Eurocom Tornado F5, free software, freedom

[Aroc]

If anyone is curious, am I still running Debian on this Eurocom Tornado F5 in 2022? No.

I run Fedora Linux 35, and everything on this machine (killer networking, X170 chipset, GTX 1070) is supported out of the box. Gaming works with RPMFusion repos (non-free) enabled. I use GNOME desktop environment. 

This laptop is mainly a development laptop for artificial intelligence (AI) and some machine learning stuff, but nothing serious. It is also my secondary Linux machine after my SFF desktop. I use both for gaming however I use the SFF desktop 95% of the time. 

And since I am more developer focused and gaming secondary, I tend to run Fedora Linux.

Would I ever go back to Debian Testing? Yes, especially if I went with a tiling window manager (WM) like bspwm!! Thanks!

[solidus1983]

Nice, was there a reason to jump from debian to fedora?

I don't see myself jumping from good old apt to aur though.