In my continued excitement to use FreeCAD at home, I downloaded the latest Pre Release of FreeCAD to test it out. For starters, I like the new look of the start page. It has a nice clean and even more welcoming feel to it. It shows little previews of recent CAD documents too which is … Continue reading FreeCAD 0.18 Pre Release
Month: September 2018
Plasma Mobile installation on Nexus 5X
I have been watching Plasma Mobile for a little while and have tested it in a virtual machine but haven't made it a priority to get some real hardware to test it on until now. I recently broke my Samsung Galaxy 5S... again... but in many ways it was falling apart. I could not unlock … Continue reading Plasma Mobile installation on Nexus 5X
neofetch | Command-Line System Information Tool
My favorite system information tool is the KDE Plasma Information Center or kinfocenter. It tells me all the fun little bits about the computer. My second favorite tool is called neofetch. Neofetch is a command-line system information tool that displays an aesthetically pleasing output of information about your operating system, software and hardware. It shows the basic information … Continue reading neofetch | Command-Line System Information Tool
Windows 7 Registry Cleanup
I don't often do any tech support on Windows computers. In fact, I do my best to avoid it as much as possible but there are these seemingly unavoidable moments when I have to work on a Windows machine. In many ways, I think it's good for me as it keeps me appreciative of the … Continue reading Windows 7 Registry Cleanup
River City Ransom: Underground on openSUSE Linux
Sometime in the early 1990s, when it was still a thing to rent Nintendo Entertainment System cartridges from a video store, a friend and I came upon this game, "River City Ransom" which, to our understanding was supposed to be similar to "Double Dragon II". It was but FAR better. "River City Ransom" is referred … Continue reading River City Ransom: Underground on openSUSE Linux
A Very Basic Reference for Zypper on openSUSE
Zypper is a great package manager tool and easy to use. Although I don't have as much need for my notes as I once did, I like to keep them as a reference for me and a place to point to others. I find as I became more and more used to using it in … Continue reading A Very Basic Reference for Zypper on openSUSE
TeamViewer 13 on openSUSE
I first started using TeamViewer version 12, last year and it has been a fantastic tool. I reviewed it very positively as it was a great tool for me to access my systems remotely. An often spoken criticism of TeamViewer was that it was a Wine application not a true native Linux application. Unless if … Continue reading TeamViewer 13 on openSUSE
Porter-Cable 18v Drill Repair | Forward/Reverse Button
I bought into the 18v Porter-Cable cordless tool system in 2009 with the 4-tool Combination kit. It came with a drill, reciprocating saw, circular saw and a rather nice flashlight. I got these tools to conduct some renovations on rental property and they all worked very well. At that time, I was a HUGE Porter-Cable … Continue reading Porter-Cable 18v Drill Repair | Forward/Reverse Button
SCP | Secure Copy in the Terminal, Another Gift to Future Self
In my journey to spend more time in the terminal and less on the fancy graphic user interfaces, I had to write this reference up for myself. This is not a complete usage of SCP, just the parts that I need that are most typical to what I need. I am also using this as … Continue reading SCP | Secure Copy in the Terminal, Another Gift to Future Self
openSUSE Tumbleweed on HP Pavilion 15
I make no bones about the fact I am a Linux geek and try to make myself available to anyone with tech questions, but I typically will shy away from putting hands on to fix any Windows issues. I just don't have the time or patience to mess with it. I was approached by a … Continue reading openSUSE Tumbleweed on HP Pavilion 15