SteamDeck | What Makes it Awesome for an openSUSE User

When it comes to my tech, I am reluctant to add anything that has the potential to become a technical liability that I cannot accommodate. I am also not interested in any tech that locks me into a cloud based ecosystem where my future with the technology is at the whims of some faceless corporation. … Continue reading SteamDeck | What Makes it Awesome for an openSUSE User

OctoPrint Pause and Resume Settings for the Ender3

This isn't anything particularly earth shattering here, the point here is to make a kind of "CubicleNate bookmark" for me and to be openly criticized by those that know more than me on this subject. The problem I had was pausing and resuming properly using OctoPrint on my Ender3 Printer. I messed up more than … Continue reading OctoPrint Pause and Resume Settings for the Ender3

Lingot | Musical Instrument Tuner on openSUSE

I like to dabble around in playing instruments, I am, by no means, a musician but doing a little noodling around from time to time can be quite gratifying. In my younger years, I did enjoy playing more than one instrument, today, I am taking on some new challenges, nothing crazy, I just happen to … Continue reading Lingot | Musical Instrument Tuner on openSUSE

NsCDE | Not So Common Desktop Environment on openSUSE

One of the aspects that first attracted me to Linux was the choice in desktop environments. What I specifically thought was great when I made the switch to Linux from Windows was the KDE option at the time. I could shape and mold it to what I wanted my desktop to be, something I had … Continue reading NsCDE | Not So Common Desktop Environment on openSUSE

OPI | OBS Package Installer

A project within openSUSE that I think is absolutely fantastic is called the "openSUSE Package Installer." This allows you to install packages from various third party vendors such as the "Packman" repository or other "community repositories" of the openSUSE Build Service. What this means is, the multi-step process of adding repositories and installing the desired … Continue reading OPI | OBS Package Installer