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The dysk utility is a sensational addition to terminal life, providing detailed and user-friendly disk listings. With easy installation and no additional dependencies, it offers comprehensive filesystem information, including a standout feature for disk type identification. Additional options such as filtering and customizing tables make dysk a must-have for Linux users, enhancing the terminal experience significantly.
I have a couple of, now older, 4th Generation Intel, Haswell, Dell Latitude E6x40 machines that have discreet AMD GPUs. These laptops are going on 10 years old and truly at end of life in a modern sense but I just can't let these machines go. They are some of the nicest laptops I have … Continue reading Steam Games Using the Discrete AMD GPU on Haswell Laptop
Almost a year ago, I took a position as an IT Manager in a Microsoft Office 365 environment. I made great effort to take on the incredible task of learning this job by immersing myself in all things Microsoft: Windows 11, Outlook, Teams, Office, and so forth. I did start to bring in a crutch … Continue reading Nearly Seamless Integration | openSUSE in a Microsoft Office 365 Environment
The Framework 13 is the best laptop I have used to date. This is my my main computer I use for the last nine months, day in and day out at home, the office and traveling domestically as well as internationally. It runs openSUSE Tumbleweed perfectly which makes my digital living on this machine as … Continue reading Framework 13 | Best Laptop Yet
I suddenly had a sound issue on my openSUSE machine. There were no sound output devices available to the system to play anything. My laptop was mute. I had never seen this. EVERYTHING was gone. Rebooting didn't fix it, rolling back to a previous snapshot didn't fix it, I had no idea what I had … Continue reading No Sound Output Troubleshooting in openSUSE Linux
In the wide, wide world of desktop Linux, there is a lot of buzz and excitement over the release of Plasma 6 and for good reason, it is a fantastic upgrade from 5.27. The world of Plasma isn't perfect but when put into perspective, this is getting real close. I was rather concerned about this … Continue reading KDE Plasma 6 on openSUSE Tumbleweed
I had stepped away from using Kmail as my mail client on Linux for almost a year. I moved to Thunderbird for a few months, tweaking a lot of the usability issues with it to make it work better for me. I can say that I almost have it the way I want it but … Continue reading Gmail Accounts with Kmail
This is a kind of follow up to a previous article where I was experimenting with KRDP. Since I was unable to use that reliably, I had to find another solution and that solution has been found. Not as neat and clean as RDP is but rock solid and reliable like VNC has become. Installation … Continue reading KRFB | Remote Desktop Sharing with Plasma Wayland
I don't run Windows applications all that often as of late but I needed to add a thing and discovered that Crossover was not installed on my system. I was a bit surprised by this as I do recall recently struggling with getting something to run in Linux recently. I downloaded the latest Crossover Linux … Continue reading CrossOver Linux 23.7 on openSUSE Tumbleweed
I think it's terrible when "best" is ever used in a title, but I have to say that this is absolutely true, at least, calling it the best experience for me. I've not really been a huge fan of Outlook due to some of its quirky behavior and the technical support that I have had … Continue reading Prospect Mail | Best Microsoft Outlook Experience on openSUSE