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Microsoft Teams Rooms The Easy Way with Logitech Tap Controller and Shure STEM Ceiling Microphone

This particular article is targeting a Microsoft Administrator or IT technician who is tasked with building a Teams Conference room. I am not naturally a Microsoft Administrator and after successfully accomplishing building a simple to use, appliance like, Microsoft Team conference room for an enterprise environment. I was compelled to publish this process because it … Continue reading Microsoft Teams Rooms The Easy Way with Logitech Tap Controller and Shure STEM Ceiling Microphone

Prospect Mail | Best Microsoft Outlook Experience on openSUSE

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

Ender3 Stuck at Heating Extruder

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed Endures 18 Month Update Gap

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

Electron Apps Blank on openSUSE Tumbleweed

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

Wayland Display Server on openSUSE Tumbleweed in 2023

Wayland on openSUSE Title

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

DisplayLink on openSUSE Tumbleweed

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

Persistent Pipewire Problems Pause Productivity

PipeWire on openSUSE

I was having some issues in openSUSE Tumbleweed where my audio devices would continue to be listed after being disconnected. My audio applet in KDE Plasma was looking like an incredible mess and it was making conducting remote meetings problematic. Microsoft Teams is already an audio mess on any operating system, the Linux desktop shouldn't … Continue reading Persistent Pipewire Problems Pause Productivity

Junction | Application Chooser for Hyperlinks

Long ago, on a laptop far, far away the web browser and application choices were simple. That was a long time ago and things are just different in the current age of the computer. Having multiple browsers, and work flows for various work loads on your computer can make opening links somewhat more complicated. The … Continue reading Junction | Application Chooser for Hyperlinks

LG DualUp Monitor Plus USB-C Dock Station

Monitors are getting Crazy Cool I am not sure if it is crazy or cool or some sort of mix of crazy and cool or maybe it is completely innovative and 100% practical. I happen to think some of these monitors are neat and on top of that list today is this, the LG DualUp … Continue reading LG DualUp Monitor Plus USB-C Dock Station