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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
I have been having this frustrating occurrence with my Ender3 where the machine will get stuck at Extruder Heating, before it begins the printing process and just sit there. I looked up solutions for the problem and I read more than once that it was a failed MOSFET that would have to be replaced or … Continue reading Ender3 Stuck at Heating Extruder
I am continually impressed by the tolerance that openSUSE Tumbleweed has to delays between updates. The recommendation is weekly, maybe bi-weekly to keep your system up to day. It is NOT a good idea to go much more than a month but I have been sloppy from time to time. The great thing about Tumbleweed … Continue reading openSUSE Tumbleweed Endures 18 Month Update Gap
One of the joys of rolling distributions is that every once in a while, you get a weird issue that pops up. I recognize that this is a possibility and a rare one that the fantastic openSUSE community does end up fixing. I figure, if I have to find the solution, than I may as … Continue reading Electron Apps Blank on openSUSE Tumbleweed
It is official, 2023 is the year of the Wayland display server. It has become very obvious that there is quite a bit of momentum behind the Wayland Display Server project and as of today, in October of 2023, Wayland is the best experience you are going to have with the Plasma desktop, especially if … Continue reading Wayland Display Server on openSUSE Tumbleweed in 2023
My journey with DisplayLink started in 2012 with a USB 2 interface on a Dell Latitude D630. It was rough and quite fiddly to get working. When you did, it was slow but usable. I really wanted that third monitor and worked quite hard to make it happen. Thanks to the openSUSE community I was … Continue reading DisplayLink on openSUSE Tumbleweed