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Download

DVD + Xfce Live

cd ~/'Downloads' && aria2c 'https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-DVD-x86_64-Current.iso.sha256' && aria2c 'http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-DVD-x86_64-Current.iso' && aria2c 'https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-XFCE-Live-x86_64-Current.iso' && sha256sum ~/'Downloads/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-DVD-x86_64-'*'-Media.iso' && cat ~/'Downloads/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-DVD-x86_64-'*'-Media.iso.sha256' && sync

DVD

http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-DVD-x86_64-Current.iso
https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-DVD-x86_64-Current.iso.sha256

Xfce

https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-XFCE-Live-x86_64-Current.iso

Installation Notes

Partitioning

  1. XFS /
  2. No separate /home
  3. :!: Separate swap with suspend resize if RAM is 16 GB or less

Boot Loader

PackageKit

sudo systemctl stop 'packagekit' && sudo zypper remove 'PackageKit' && sync
sudo zypper addlock 'PackageKit'

Software

List

Disable USB Source

sudo zypper modifyrepo --disable --medium-type 'hd'

Update

System

sudo zypper clean --all && sudo zypper refresh --force --services && sudo zypper dist-upgrade --details --allow-downgrade --allow-name-change --allow-arch-change --allow-vendor-change && sync

Firmware

sudo fwupdmgr refresh --force && sudo fwupdmgr update --verbose

Flatpaks

flatpak update
sudo flatpak update

GNU nano

sudo zypper install 'nano' && export 'VISUAL=nano' && export 'EDITOR=nano' && echo -e 'export VISUAL=nano\nexport EDITOR=nano' | sudo tee '/etc/profile.d/editor-nano.sh' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/profile.d/editor-nano.sh' && mkdir -p ~/'.config/nano' && echo 'set nowrap' | tee ~/'.config/nano/nanorc' > '/dev/null' && cat ~/'.config/nano/nanorc'

General

sudo zypper install filezilla gbrainy gimp google-noto-*-fonts gstreamer-plugin-openh264 keepassxc mpv qbittorrent android-tools aria2 binutils chrony clinfo cups hdparm htop icoutils nano openssl-1_1 7zip secret-tool sensors unar wget xrandr yt-dlp 

Intel

ucode-intel intel-media-driver intel-gpu-tools intel-opencl

Wine

wine-staging libpulse0-32bit gstreamer-plugins-bad-32bit gstreamer-plugins-bad-fluidsynth-32bit gstreamer-plugins-base-32bit gstreamer-plugins-good-32bit gstreamer-plugins-libav-32bit gstreamer-plugins-ugly-32bit libvulkan_intel libvulkan_intel-32bit

Tor Browser

torbrowser-launcher

Settings

Keyboard Shortcuts

bash -c "secret-tool lookup 'keepass' 'default' | keepassxc --pw-stdin ~/'Documents/keepass.kdbx'"
konsole -e "sudo sh -c 'zypper clean --all && zypper refresh --force --services && zypper dist-upgrade --details --allow-downgrade --allow-name-change --allow-arch-change --allow-vendor-change && sync && flatpak update && sync && fstrim --all --verbose && sync && read -n '1' -s -r -p 'Done''"

Keys

Printer

ipp://192.168.1.164/ipp/print

Network

DNS

9.9.9.9,149.112.112.112
2620:fe::fe,2620:fe::9

Dell Fan Profile

sudo zypper install -y 'python3-smbios-utils' && sudo smbios-thermal-ctl --set-thermal-mode='performance' && sudo zypper remove --clean-deps -y 'python3-smbios-utils'

Kernel Options

Intel Perf Counters

echo 'dev.i915.perf_stream_paranoid=0' | sudo tee '/etc/sysctl.d/99-i915-perf.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/sysctl.d/99-i915-perf.conf'
sudo sysctl 'dev.i915.perf_stream_paranoid' | grep 'dev.i915.perf_stream_paranoid = 0'

Magic SysRq key

echo 'kernel.sysrq = 1' | sudo tee '/etc/sysctl.d/99-sysrq.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/sysctl.d/99-sysrq.conf'
sudo sysctl 'kernel.sysrq'

Swappiness

echo 'vm.swappiness = 0' | sudo tee '/etc/sysctl.d/99-swappiness.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/sysctl.d/99-swappiness.conf'
sudo sysctl 'vm.swappiness' | grep 'vm.swappiness = 0'

Dracut

sudo -e '/etc/dracut.conf.d/99-custom.conf' && sudo dracut --force --regenerate-all
compress="cat"
do_strip="yes"
aggressive_strip="yes"
hostonly="yes"
hostonly_mode="strict"
fileloglvl="0"
sysloglvl="0"
stdloglvl="0"

Undo

sudo rm -f '/etc/dracut.conf.d/99-custom.conf' && sudo dracut --force --regenerate-all && sync

Boot Loader

Config

sudo yast2 'bootloader'

Spinesnap

preempt='none' nohz='off' i915.enable_guc='3' pci='pcie_bus_perf,realloc,pcie_scan_all,big_root_window' pcie_aspm='off' video='HDMI-A-1:1920x1080MR@75' reboot='pci' usbcore.autosuspend='-1' usbhid.quirks='0x1b1c:0x1b75:0x20000408' usbcore.quirks='1b1c:1b75:gn'

KeePassXC

Settings

Add Database Password to KDE Wallet

secret-tool store --label='KeePass' 'keepass' 'default'

lm_sensors

sudo sensors-detect --auto
sudo -e '/etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors'

mpv

mkdir -p ~/'.config/mpv' && nano ~/'.config/mpv/mpv.conf'
save-position-on-quit
sub-auto=fuzzy
force-window=yes
profile=gpu-hq
scale=ewa_lanczossharp
cscale=ewa_lanczossharp
video-sync=display-resample
interpolation
tscale=oversample
hwdec=vaapi
hwdec-codecs=all
vo=dmabuf-wayland

Secure Shell

Disk Drives

Swap

sudo -e '/etc/fstab'
,discard=once

Trim

sudo systemctl enable 'fstrim.timer' --now && sudo systemctl start 'fstrim' && sync && sudo systemctl status 'fstrim' -l

Time

sudo hwclock --systohc

UTC

sudo timedatectl set-local-rtc '0'

Verify

timedatectl | grep local

Wine

Xorg/Wayland

Display Settings

sudo zypper install -y 'libdrm-tools' && sudo -e '/etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default' && sudo chmod +x '/etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default' && sync
# Broadcast RGB (99) to Full (1)
proptest -M 'i915' -D '/dev/dri/card'* '103' 'connector' '99' '1'

# content type (107) to Game (4)
proptest -M 'i915' -D '/dev/dri/card'* '103' 'connector' '107' '4'

# Colorspace (106) to opRGB (7)
proptest -M 'i915' -D '/dev/dri/card'* '103' 'connector' '106' '7'

# max bpc (108) to 8
proptest -M 'i915' -D '/dev/dri/card'* '103' 'connector' '108' '8'

# End

Firefox

about:config

layout.frame_rate
extensions.screenshots.disabled
extensions.pocket.enabled
security.tls.enable_kyber

Extensions

uBlock Origin

Filters list

https://www.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-problematic-sites.txt
https://www.fanboy.co.nz/r/fanboy-ultimate.txt
https://www.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-cookiemonster_ubo.txt
https://www.fanboy.co.nz/enhancedstats.txt

DNS over HTTPS

https://dns.quad9.net/dns-query

Server

Automatic Updates

Service

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/suse-up.service'
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStartPre='/usr/bin/zypper' clean --all
ExecStart='/usr/bin/zypper' --non-interactive refresh --force --services
ExecStart='/usr/bin/zypper' --non-interactive dist-upgrade --auto-agree-with-licenses --allow-downgrade --allow-name-change --allow-arch-change --allow-vendor-change
ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/sync'
ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/systemctl' reboot

Timer

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/suse-up.timer' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'suse-up.timer' --now
[Unit]
Description=Software Package Maintenance and Updater
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-* 06:00:00
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

Notable Folders and Commands

5)
EFI file to boot and in the case of some Acer laptops, add to SecureBoot trust; doesn't matter if SecureBoot is enabled or not
6)
defaults,discard
7)
starting Firefox quickly after rebooting has a wrong system clock certificate failure error
8)
the current values are specific to a Dell Latitude 5591 and its onboard HDMI port