Dale
2025-05-27

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed getting parallel downloads by default, as of libzypp-17.37.1 and zypper-1.14.90. Ztpper about to get a whole lot faster
youtu.be/2P8nLKXVyKo

2025-05-20

I did a side by side comparison of Yast and Agama installers. I was actually surprised at the results. Both installers are the netinstall versions.

The TLDR is, Agama was installing before Yast was even initialized for user input. Yast still completed the task faster than Agama. I was surprised and not quite sure how to explain that.

youtube.com/watch?v=YaVURtyS3RI

2025-05-16

@srbaker thank you. Yes, it went over a bit rough and the knee jerk reaction was to remove or disable it. Now when a new user searches their problem all they find is disable or remove it.

2025-05-15

Gaming on Tumbleweed with SELinux

So, for the record I had a perfectly working install of Tumbleweed on my laptop, previously installed with apparmor on it before they switched to SELinux. Everything was working great, including games like Magic: The Gathering Arena. But, as a good Linux tester (especially on behalf of openSUSE) that will never do. I've been hearing complaints about...

lowtechlinux.com/2025/05/15/ga

2025-04-17

Inkstitch is a free plugin for inkscape (also free) which allows you to digitize for machine embroidery. Completely cross platform for Linux, Windows, and Mac.

youtube.com/shorts/1SCH2hyoM_E

2025-04-16

A preview of kubuntu 25.04 beta. Kubuntu still a great choice.
youtu.be/Q4f8qPw0ER0

2025-04-13

A sneak peak at Agama 13, the next release of the upcoming installer for openSUSE.
youtube.com/watch?v=wnRk84BgFX

2025-02-12
2025-02-09

Set up a printer Cronjob and bash script, step by step in detail

Daughter asked if there was a way to set up her new inkjet printer to print once a week to prevent the printer heads from drying out, much like her last printer had done. She really doesn't want to buy a printer again just because she didn't use it enough. I said "Absolutely. I can just set up a cronjob to print to it from my Linux computer and schedule that to print once a week.

lowtechlinux.com/2025/02/08/se

2024-12-07

So awesome. Will POE2 Linux?
Fuck yeah it does, and fab too.
Day one early release support for Linux.

youtu.be/mA3FTSlFD9g

2024-12-04

@CaptManiac poe has worked great for years on Linux. I'll be surprised (and disappointed) if it doesn't work day one. If not, maybe it won't be long till it does. If it goes well I'll be boasting everywhere lol 😂🤣

2024-12-04

I have purchased Path of Exile 2 early access which becomes available in 3 days (Friday). As I haven't had windows for many years, on Friday I will be seeing if Path of Exile 2 (POE2) will Linux.

2024-11-06

@scriptkiddie tumblweed

2024-10-18

I... am.... speechless... ! I'm in Prague!!

I'm being watched at linuxdays 2024. Look at the TV, that's ME!!

And someone else knew my channel enough to share it with me.

I... am.... speechless... !

"This year's edition will take place on 12 and 13. October 2024 in Prague at the premises of the Czech Technical University in Dejvice at the Faculty of Information Technology."

The video is my Leap 16 review youtu.be/i6vmC-BpfLA

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