Notes on using Debian GNU/Linux on a Dell Venue 8 Pro 5855

The following notes assume GNOME is used.

Fixes

To get a button to close windows:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout 'minimize,maximize,close,appmenu'

Without this, one might get stuck because windows cannot be closed. (Why is there no button for closing windows by default?)

Required Packages

To get sound working: firmware-intel-sound

Don't forget to reboot after installing it.

Other things that might be useful

Create .config/environment.d/envvars.conf and as content use MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1