EasyOS with Excalibur-backports and 7.2.6 kernel

September 20, 2026 — BarryK

One of the EasyOS testers reported a missing ethernet driver, that is available in the 7.1 kernel. So, I felt motivated to build Easy with a later kernel; Easy 7.4.x currently has the 6.12.x kernel.

Then thought also, why not also build with the Trixie/Escalibur "backports" package repository. Running it right now. Here are the backports packages that were brought into the build:

alsa-ucm-conf                   1.2.16.1-1~bpo13+1
at-spi2-common                  2.61.90-1~bpo13+1
btrfs-progs                     7.1-1~bpo13+1
curl                            8.21.0-2~bpo13+1
dhcpcd-base                     1:10.5.2-1~bpo13+1
firmware-intel-graphics         20260810-1~bpo13+1
firmware-intel-sound            20260810-1~bpo13+1
fonts-opensymbol                4:102.12+LibO26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
gir1.2-atk-1.0                  2.61.90-1~bpo13+1
libasound2-data                 1.2.16.1-1~bpo13+1
libasound2t64                   1.2.16.1-1~bpo13+1
libatk-bridge2.0-0t64           2.61.90-1~bpo13+1
libatk1.0-0t64                  2.61.90-1~bpo13+1
libatopology2t64                1.2.16.1-1~bpo13+1
libatspi2.0-0t64                2.61.90-1~bpo13+1
libcurl3t64-gnutls              8.21.0-2~bpo13+1
libcurl4-gnutls                 8.21.0-2~bpo13+1
libcurl4t64                     8.21.0-2~bpo13+1
libdw1t64                       0.196-1~bpo13+2
libefiboot1t64                  39-2~bpo13+1
libefivar1t64                   39-2~bpo13+1
libegl-mesa0                    26.1.2-1~bpo13+1
libelf1t64                      0.196-1~bpo13+2
libgbm1                         26.1.2-1~bpo13+1
libgl1-mesa-dri                 26.1.2-1~bpo13+1
libglx-mesa0                    26.1.2-1~bpo13+1
libldb2                         2:2.11.0+samba4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
libnghttp3-9                    1.15.0-1~bpo13+1
libngtcp2-16                    1.22.1-1~bpo13+1
libngtcp2-crypto-gnutls8        1.22.1-1~bpo13+1
libngtcp2-crypto-ossl0          1.22.1-1~bpo13+1
liborcus-0.21-0                 0.21.0-4~bpo13+1
liborcus-parser-0.21-0          0.21.0-4~bpo13+1
libpipewire-0.3-0t64            1.4.9-1~bpo13+2
libreoffice-base-core           4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-base-drivers        4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-base                4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-calc                4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-common              4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-core                4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-draw                4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-gtk3                4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-impress             4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-l10n-de             4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-l10n-en-gb          4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-l10n-es             4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-l10n-fr             4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-l10n-pt             4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-l10n-ru             4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-l10n-tr             4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-l10n-zh-cn          4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-math                4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-report-builder-bin  4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-style-colibre       4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-uiconfig-base       4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-uiconfig-calc       4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-uiconfig-common     4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-uiconfig-draw       4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-uiconfig-impress    4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-uiconfig-math       4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-uiconfig-writer     4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-writer              4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libsmbclient0                   2:4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
libspa-0.2-modules              1.4.9-1~bpo13+2
libtalloc2                      2:2.4.4+samba4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
libtdb1                         2:1.4.15+samba4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
libtevent0t64                   2:0.17.1+samba4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
libuno-cppu3t64                 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libuno-cppuhelpergcc3-3t64      4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libuno-purpenvhelpergcc3-3t64   4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libuno-sal3t64                  4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libuno-salhelpergcc3-3t64       4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libwbclient0                    2:4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
libxkbcommon-x11-0              1.13.1-1~bpo13+1
libxkbcommon0                   1.13.1-1~bpo13+1
mesa-libgallium                 26.1.2-1~bpo13+1
openssh-client                  1:10.3p1-1~bpo13+1
openssh-server                  1:10.3p1-1~bpo13+1
openssh-sftp-server             1:10.3p1-1~bpo13+1
python3-ldb                     2:2.11.0+samba4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
python3-samba                   2:4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
python3-talloc                  2:2.4.4+samba4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
python3-tdb                     2:1.4.15+samba4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
python3-uno                     4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
samba-common-bin                2:4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
samba-common                    2:4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
samba-libs                      2:4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
samba                           2:4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
smbclient                       2:4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
transmission-common             4.1.3+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
transmission-gtk                4.1.3+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
uno-libs-private                4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
ure                             4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1

...that "bpo13" identifies the package as a backport to Debian 13.

Have found a couple of things to fix, will build it again, then upload for anyone curious to try it.

Tags: easy