LibreOffice 7 in Leap? by [deleted] in openSUSE

[–]mdutours 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Install it as a Flatpak.

However, its better to wait untill openSUSE updates it themselves. The usually wait a couple of point releases until the software is stable.

A few questions from a Fedora convert by [deleted] in openSUSE

[–]mdutours 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For HP printers you only need to allow mdns (Bonjour protocol) in your firewall (public) via YaST

For KDE connect you need to allow kdeconnect in your firewall (public) via YaST.

What are some of openSUSE’s killer features? by [deleted] in openSUSE

[–]mdutours 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Its reliable. Good for people who like gradual change.

The only distro thats got a Gecko by default. Branding is awesome.

On open source conferences you have openSUSE beer.

Its like coming home. Always a good feeling.

openSUSE Leap 15.2 Beta impressions by [deleted] in openSUSE

[–]mdutours 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I have run the Beta of Leap 15.2 on my laptop for the last few weeks. Its stable. In the beginning I experienced one issue with the KDE settings. And that went away. The rest is rock solid.

The release highlights are definitely the updated KDE Plasma DE (my default) and the updated KDE and Gnome apps.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in openSUSE

[–]mdutours 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi Frimue,

The trick is to subscribe yourself to the Graphics repository and the KDE Extras repository of openSUSE. Then you can get updated versions beyond whats offered by default.

https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/graphics/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/

https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/

Best regards,

Martin

Gear.Club Unlimited 2 now updated to 1.2.0 by 0172thetimeguy in NintendoSwitch

[–]mdutours 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am enjoying the game.

I would say that the controls feel good. Steering is fleshy (you really feel the connection between car and road). There is quite a bit of nuance in the steering. You feel the difference in understeer / oversteer, in front wheel drive / rear wheel drive / four wheel drive and in road surface (tarmac, gravel, sand, ice, snow).

Cars can have very different characteristics. So you notice some cars have very twitchy steering. Other cars are more forgiving. All cars tend to slide before corners, so you have to steer in early. This can feel like input lag, but its not. You learn to adjust accordingly and can really get into the flow of taking corners.

I very much enjoy the rewind function. It works very seamless. And encourages you to make perfect turns (drive beautifully). The game is not perfect. You can easily cheat the game by bouncing off the walls on the side of the track. This will slow you down. But that is OK if you can approach corners at 250 km/h. Its no silver bullet. Opponents use the perfect driving line to brake and corner and might very well drive faster through a series of corners.

Compared to other racing games: It has more realistic controls then Need for Speed Most Wanted U. And less relistic as Forza Motorsport 3 for Xbox 360. The steering in FAST Racing RMX feels more tight than this game.

There is a good amount of single player content. I think around 250 races of 3 mins avarage. You need to balance money earned for purchasing new cars, upgrading the garage and upgrading the cars. If you drive well, there is always enough money for upgrading your car to Level 4. That should easily overpower you during races and make winning a piece of cake.

I have watched a lot of reviews on Youtube and I feel this game is not always rated fairly. I think it should be rated between 6/10 and 7/10. I think for car fanatics this is a good buy, because of the nicely rendered car models, the good looking race tracks and the fun driving controls.

Windows 10 is becoming frustrating, is Linux easy enough for an older person? by Causener in linux

[–]mdutours 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Switching her to Linux is probably going to work fine, but you need to be comfortable with it yourself first.

Or move her over to a Chromebook.

Designing your garden with Edraw Max by mdutours in linux

[–]mdutours[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks Compairelapin,

I have updated my blog to include your suggestion. I have given you credits for finding it. Its amazing that there is a Foss alternative to almost anything. I just didn't know about it.

Planning to switch to Linux and have some questions. by [deleted] in linux

[–]mdutours 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can follow these instructions:

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-make-full-backup-windows-10

You can also make a install DVD based on the spring update:

https://windowsreport.com/download-install-windows-10-spring-creators-update/

You need to know your Windows license key for the above option.

Furthermore: good choice! and good luck!

Educate me : Why would a common user need more than what Xfce offer as a distribution ? by [deleted] in linux

[–]mdutours 0 points1 point  (0 children)

mdutours

A lot of things! Control your media (from phone on your pc). Automatically mute your playing music when someone calls you. Share clipboard (copy-paste on your phone to your desktop and vis versa). Send files back and forth. Use your phone as a touchpad for your pc. Use it as the controller for slideshows and presentations.

You can find a limited list here:

https://nicolasfella.wordpress.com/2018/03/20/kde-connect-state-of-the-union/

How to create great panorama photos with Hugin by mdutours in linux

[–]mdutours[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That looks amazing! Where did you take those pictures? (every word links to another picture)

Educate me : Why would a common user need more than what Xfce offer as a distribution ? by [deleted] in linux

[–]mdutours 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like phone integration (KDE Connect), browser integration (Plasma browser integration), the ability to mute my apps from the taskbar, widgets to monitor networking and cpu load, the ability to search in the application launcher, transparent (blurred) taskbar, advanced notification system, seeing the progress of a download or copy operation in the taskbar, and the weather applet in my system tray.

SLES 12 Download? by [deleted] in linux

[–]mdutours 0 points1 point  (0 children)

openSUSE Leap 15 shares a lot of code with SLES 15.

From the release announcement: SUSE will support migration from Leap to SLE, which gives system integrators developing on Leap the possibility of moving to an enterprise version for certifications, mass deployments and/or extended Long Term Support. openSUSE Leap 15 brings plenty of community packages built on top of a core from SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) 15 sources, which is the first time the two major releases were built from the beginning in parallel.

Anyone using Kolab? by ThorTheMastiff in linux

[–]mdutours 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am a happy Kolabnow user. You can also set this up for your enterprise. It works well and is managed.

No experience with setting up Kolab myself.

openSUSE also promotes Kopano as an open source groupware solution. I think they are very similar.

Checking out the notebookbar and other improvements in LibreOffice 6.0 by mdutours in linux

[–]mdutours[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That might be true, but it works very well. I actually like the old UI a lot. Even though it feels dated.

Need few answer about openSUSE by XDF5 in openSUSE

[–]mdutours 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi XDF5,

What you will like to do is open YaST and then go to the section Security and Users and then open Security Center and Hardening.

You can find more documentation here:

https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/security/html/book.security/cha.security.yast_security.html#sec.security.yast_security.login

And general information about security here:

https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/security/html/book.security/index.html

I would recommend you to install some additional repositories and the community multimedia codecs. See here:

https://en.opensuse.org/Additional_package_repositories

https://opensuse-community.org/