• openSUSE ¹⁾
• Tumbleweed ²⁾
• KDE Plasma ^{3) 4)}

• http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/

• Downloads the latest DVD (with SHA256 compare) and Xfce Live images with aria2c

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

• ISO and SHA256 hash

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

• For LiveUSB

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

• 2016: EFI/opensuse/grubx64.efi ⁵⁾

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

• 2024/05/18: systemd-boot doesn't delete old initrds automatically, doesn't handle typewriter apostrophes, doesn't support dracut.conf settings, and doesn't seem faster than GRUB

• PackageKit is an long-standing, consistent annoyance when using zypper at random times
• This uninstalls it, and prevents it from being automatically re-installed
• This was still necessary as of 2024/05/06
• 2024/06/02: Is this as-annoying on Plasma? There wasn't the usual zypper lock

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

sudo zypper addlock 'PackageKit'

• http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/

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

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

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

• sudo Flatpak updating has a long delay on Plasma?

flatpak update

sudo flatpak update

• Installs nano
• Sets VISUAL and EDITOR to nano via environment variable
• Sets nowrap for current user

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'

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 

• AMD CPUs have ucode-amd

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

• winetricks is included within the wine package and isn't a separate install

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

torbrowser-launcher

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''"

• Listed respectively to above

• Ctrl + Alt + Z
• Pause, Menu, F6, or Launch1

• http://localhost:631/admin

• Log-in as root
• Internet Printing Protocol (ipp) → HP → IPP Everywhere ™
• Color Mode: Device Gray
• Administration → Set As Server Default

ipp://192.168.1.164/ipp/print

• Quad9, see dns_servers for other addresses

9.9.9.9,149.112.112.112

2620:fe::fe,2620:fe::9

• https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000177768/guide-to-dell-power-manager

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

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/intel_graphics#Enable_performance_support
• dev.i915.perf_stream_paranoid = 0

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'

• https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/sysrq.html
• kernel.sysrq = 1

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'

• vm.swappiness = 0

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'

• System-specific boot optimization
• Expects GRUB
• Be sure to undo this if planning on booting the same disk install on different hardware, notably for servers

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"

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

• More Kernel Parameters

sudo yast2 'bootloader'

• Last updated: 2024/06/02 with GRUB

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'

• General → [ ] Load previous databases on startup
• Security → [x] Use DuckDuckGo service to download website icons

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

sudo sensors-detect --auto

sudo -e '/etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors'

• ArchWiki mpv High quality configurations

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

• See Client notes to generate/restore public key

• Add ,discard=once after defaults for the swap mountpoint ⁶⁾
• According to the swapon man page, setting this in fstab is acceptable

sudo -e '/etc/fstab'

,discard=once

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

• 2024/05/06: Even though chrony does NTP sync, it doesn't seem to write it to the hardware clock which is usually wrong after a CMOS reset ⁷⁾
• This sets the hardware clock to the current system/OS clock
• TODO: Figure out chrony command to do NTP sync

sudo hwclock --systohc

• System time - ArchWiki
• Set RTC to UTC
• Needed if Windows is installed first
• Windows should also be set to UTC
• TODO: Should this be ran on openSUSE that's using chrony instead?

sudo timedatectl set-local-rtc '0'

timedatectl | grep local

• See Wine

• This sets Full RGB and other options for a connected display (HDMI)
• See proptest_full_rgb for more ports and examples
• This works on Wayland as well as GNOME on Xorg even with Wayland globally-disabled from custom.conf
• The numbers 103 and after the connector change depending on the hardware and need checked from proptest on a Wayland session ⁸⁾

• Last tested: 2024/05/18 on GNOME 46 on Xorg
• TODO: Figure this out on Plasma

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

• See Firefox if old configuration is needed, otherwise use Firefox Sync
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Firefox/Privacy

• See about:config for more info
• layout.frame_rate ideally needs set if using Wayland and above 60Hz

layout.frame_rate

extensions.screenshots.disabled

extensions.pocket.enabled

security.tls.enable_kyber

• uBlock Origin
• Decentraleyes
• Privacy Badger

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

• Quad9, see dns_servers for other addresses

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

• For workstations that run servers as a secondary directive
• For headless servers, use openSUSE TW (Server)

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

• 06:00 Oak

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

• See misc_linux