diff --git a/external/config/templates/config-example.conf b/external/config/templates/config-example.conf
index 74bdee186385..84734837e8c3 100644
--- a/external/config/templates/config-example.conf
+++ b/external/config/templates/config-example.conf
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ BUILD_KSRC="no"
 INSTALL_KSRC="no"				
 IGNORE_UPDATES=""
 COMPRESS_OUTPUTIMAGE="no"
+NO_APT_CACHER="yes"
diff --git a/scripts/compilation.sh b/scripts/compilation.sh
index f5935458fd67..408c9802c4d2 100755
--- a/scripts/compilation.sh
+++ b/scripts/compilation.sh
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ compile_uboot()
 	[[ -n $atftempdir && -f $atftempdir/license.md ]] && cp "${atftempdir}/license.md" "$uboottempdir/${uboot_name}/usr/lib/u-boot/LICENSE.atf"
 
 	display_alert "Building deb" "${uboot_name}.deb" "info"
-	fakeroot dpkg-deb -b "$uboottempdir/${uboot_name}" "$uboottempdir/${uboot_name}.deb" >> "${DEST}"/${LOG_SUBPATH}/output.log 2>&1
+	fakeroot dpkg-deb -b -Z${DEB_COMPRESS} "$uboottempdir/${uboot_name}" "$uboottempdir/${uboot_name}.deb" >> "${DEST}"/${LOG_SUBPATH}/output.log 2>&1
 	rm -rf "$uboottempdir/${uboot_name}"
 	[[ -n $atftempdir ]] && rm -rf "${atftempdir}"
 
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ compile_firmware()
 	# pack
 	mv "orangepi-firmware${FULL}" "orangepi-firmware${FULL}_${REVISION}_all"
 	display_alert "Building firmware package" "orangepi-firmware${FULL}_${REVISION}_all" "info"
-	fakeroot dpkg -b "orangepi-firmware${FULL}_${REVISION}_all" >> "${DEST}"/${LOG_SUBPATH}/install.log 2>&1
+	fakeroot dpkg-deb -b -Z${DEB_COMPRESS} "orangepi-firmware${FULL}_${REVISION}_all" >> "${DEST}"/${LOG_SUBPATH}/install.log 2>&1
 	mv "orangepi-firmware${FULL}_${REVISION}_all" "orangepi-firmware${FULL}"
 	rsync -rq "orangepi-firmware${FULL}_${REVISION}_all.deb" "${DEB_STORAGE}/"
 
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ compile_orangepi-config()
 	ln -sf /usr/sbin/orangepi-config $tmpdir/usr/bin/orangepi-config
 	ln -sf /usr/sbin/softy "${tmpdir}"/usr/bin/softy
 
-	fakeroot dpkg -b "${tmpdir}" >/dev/null
+	fakeroot dpkg-deb -b -Z${DEB_COMPRESS} "${tmpdir}" >/dev/null
 	rsync --remove-source-files -rq "${tmpdir}.deb" "${DEB_STORAGE}/"
 	rm -rf "${tmpdir}"
 }
diff --git a/scripts/desktop.sh b/scripts/desktop.sh
index 486a77f84f17..edbcbaa7337a 100755
--- a/scripts/desktop.sh
+++ b/scripts/desktop.sh
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ create_bsp_desktop_package ()
 
 	mkdir -p "${DEB_STORAGE}/${RELEASE}"
 	cd "${destination}"; cd ..
-	fakeroot dpkg-deb -b "${destination}" "${DEB_STORAGE}/${RELEASE}/${package_name}.deb"  >/dev/null
+	fakeroot dpkg-deb -b -Z${DEB_COMPRESS} "${destination}" "${DEB_STORAGE}/${RELEASE}/${package_name}.deb"  >/dev/null
 
 	# cleanup
 	rm -rf "${tmp_dir}"
diff --git a/scripts/general.sh b/scripts/general.sh
index c7a612708750..8aabbe6f0c85 100755
--- a/scripts/general.sh
+++ b/scripts/general.sh
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ prepare_host()
 	build-essential  ca-certificates ccache cpio cryptsetup curl              \
 	debian-archive-keyring debian-keyring debootstrap device-tree-compiler    \
 	dialog dirmngr dosfstools dwarves f2fs-tools fakeroot flex gawk           \
-	gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf gdisk gnupg1 gpg imagemagick jq kmod libbison-dev \
+	gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf gdisk gpg imagemagick jq kmod libbison-dev \
 	libc6-dev-armhf-cross libelf-dev libfdt-dev libfile-fcntllock-perl        \
 	libfl-dev liblz4-tool libncurses-dev libpython2.7-dev libssl-dev          \
 	libusb-1.0-0-dev linux-base locales lzop ncurses-base ncurses-term        \
@@ -1392,7 +1392,7 @@ prepare_host()
   fi
 
 	# Add support for Ubuntu 20.04, 21.04 and Mint 20.x
-	if [[ $HOSTRELEASE =~ ^(focal|hirsute|ulyana|ulyssa|bullseye|bookworm|uma)$ ]]; then
+	if [[ $HOSTRELEASE =~ ^(focal|hirsute|jammy|ulyana|ulyssa|bullseye|bookworm|uma)$ ]]; then
 		hostdeps+=" python2 python3"
 		ln -fs /usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/bin/python2
 		ln -fs /usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/bin/python
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ prepare_host()
 	#
 	# NO_HOST_RELEASE_CHECK overrides the check for a supported host system
 	# Disable host OS check at your own risk. Any issues reported with unsupported releases will be closed without discussion
-	if [[ -z $HOSTRELEASE || "buster bullseye bookworm focal hirsute debbie tricia ulyana ulyssa uma" != *"$HOSTRELEASE"* ]]; then
+	if [[ -z $HOSTRELEASE || "focal jammy" != *"$HOSTRELEASE"* ]]; then
 		if [[ $NO_HOST_RELEASE_CHECK == yes ]]; then
 			display_alert "You are running on an unsupported system" "${HOSTRELEASE:-(unknown)}" "wrn"
 			display_alert "Do not report any errors, warnings or other issues encountered beyond this point" "" "wrn"