• openSUSE
• Tumbleweed
• Xfce

openSUSE Tumbleweed

• 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

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

openSUSE-Tumbleweed-DVD-x86_64-Snapshot20251228-Media.iso

1. ext2 /
2. No separate /home
3. Separate swap without suspend resize

NAME        MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
nvme0n1     259:0    0 953.9G  0 disk 
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1    0     1G  0 part /boot/efi
├─nvme0n1p2 259:2    0 950.9G  0 part /
└─nvme0n1p3 259:3    0     2G  0 part [SWAP]

• GRUB2 for EFI

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

sudo zypper addlock 'PackageKit'

• http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/Essentials
• Priority: 98

sudo rpm --import 'http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/Essentials/repodata/repomd.xml.key' && sudo zypper addrepo --check --gpgcheck-strict --refresh --priority '98' --name 'Packman Essentials repository (openSUSE_Tumbleweed)' 'http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/Essentials/' 'packman-essentials'

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

• 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 remove --clean-deps catfish geoclue2 parole pragha myrlyn xfce4-clipman-plugin xfce4-notes-plugin gnome-packagekit PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin PackageKit-gtk3-module plymouth

sudo zypper addlock catfish geoclue2 parole pragha myrlyn xfce4-clipman-plugin xfce4-notes-plugin gnome-packagekit PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin PackageKit-gtk3-module plymouth

sudo zypper install firefox-esr filezilla foliate gimp google-noto-*-fonts keepassxc libreoffice MozillaThunderbird transmission-gtk vlc 7zip android-tools aria2 htop Mesa-demo-x secret-tool sensors unar yt-dlp 

intel-vaapi-driver libvulkan_intel intel-gpu-tools

kernel-firmware-iwlwifi

sudo intel_gpu_top -s '500' -p -m

doomsday

• Old WoW64

wine-staging wine-staging-32bit libSDL3-0-32bit gstreamer-plugins-base-32bit gstreamer-plugins-good-32bit gstreamer-plugins-bad-32bit gstreamer-plugins-ugly-32bit gstreamer-plugins-libav-32bit Mesa-libva-32bit winetricks icoutils

libvulkan_intel-32bit

torbrowser-launcher

• 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

• More DNS Servers

1.1.1.2,1.0.0.2

2606:4700:4700::1112,2606:4700:4700::1002

• https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.html#unprivileged-bpf-disabled

• kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled = 0

echo 'kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled=0' | sudo tee '/etc/sysctl.d/99-bpf-disable.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/sysctl.d/99-bpf-disable.conf'

'/usr/sbin/sysctl' 'kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled'

• https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/proc_sys_vm.5.html

• vm.legacy_va_layout = 1

echo 'vm.legacy_va_layout=1' | sudo tee '/etc/sysctl.d/99-vm-legacy-va.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/sysctl.d/99-vm-legacy-va.conf'

'/usr/sbin/sysctl' 'vm.legacy_va_layout'

• https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/sysrq.html
• Allows REISUB

• kernel.sysrq = 1

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

'/usr/sbin/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'

'/usr/sbin/sysctl' 'vm.swappiness'

• TODO

xdg-settings set 'default-web-browser' 'firefox-esr.desktop'

• KeePassXC
• Updater
• TODO: Xfce Terminal

'/usr/bin/bash' -c "'/usr/bin/secret-tool' lookup 'keepass' 'default' | '/usr/bin/keepassxc' --pw-stdin ~/'Documents/keepass.kdbx'"

'/usr/bin/kgx' -T 'openSUSE Updater' -e ~/'.local/scripts/opensuse-updater.sh'

• Listed respectively to above

• Ctrl + Alt + T
• Ctrl + Alt + Z
• F6

• See Firefox
• Also for Thunderbird

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

• Keyboard shortcut

'/usr/bin/secret-tool' store --label='KeePass' 'keepass' 'default'

• x86_energy_perf_policy udev Rule

sudo sensors-detect --auto

sudo -e '/etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors'

sudo timedatectl 'set-ntp' 'true' && sudo hwclock --systohc && timedatectl status

• YaST2

• Boot Code Options → Boot Loader: GRUB2 for EFI
• Boot Code Options → [ ] Secure Boot Support
• Kernel Parameters → CPU Mitigations: Off
• Kernel Parameters → [ ] Graphical console
• Bootloader Options → Timeout in Seconds: 0
• Bootloader Options → [ ] Probe Foreign OS

• More Kernel Parameters
• Last updated: 2025/12/30

quiet bgrt_disable lsm='' acpi_osi='!' acpi_osi='Windows 2013' reboot='pci' hibernate='no' idle='halt' nohz='off' preempt='full' iommu='pt' io_delay='none' kmemleak='off' memory_corruption_check='0' nokaslr nosgx add_efi_memmap efi_no_storage_paranoia enable_mtrr_cleanup clk_ignore_unused pd_ignore_unused regulator_ignore_unused no_hash_pointers init_on_alloc='0' init_on_free='0' pci='pcie_bus_perf,realloc,pcie_scan_all,big_root_window' module_blacklist='iTCO_wdt,intel_oc_wdt' nowatchdog tsc='nowatchdog' drm_kms_helper.poll='0' drm_kms_helper.fbdev_emulation='0' hostname='localhost'

• Notes

sudo -e '/etc/dracut.conf.d/99-spinesnap.conf'

early_microcode="no"
nofscks="yes"

kernel_cmdline="rd.luks=0 rd.lvm=0 rd.md=0 rd.dm=0"

omit_drivers+=" intel_oc_wdt iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support thunderbolt "
omit_dracutmodules+=" i18n resume suse-xfs "

# End

sudo dracut --force --regenerate-all

cat '/sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile' && echo 'performance' | sudo tee '/sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile' > '/dev/null' && cat '/sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile'

• 2025/12/30

Startup finished in 4.143s (firmware) + 552ms (loader) + 334ms (kernel) + 1.396s (initrd) + 2.493s (userspace) = 8.920s 
graphical.target reached after 2.405s in userspace.

systemd-analyze

• 2025/12/30

Image: /boot/initrd-6.18.2-1-default: 45M

lsinitrd

sudo efibootmgr

sudo efibootmgr --delete-bootnum --bootnum '0000'

sudo efibootmgr --create --disk '/dev/nvme0n1p1' --gpt --loader '\EFI\opensuse\grubx64.efi' --full-dev-path --label 'opensuse' --timeout '0'

sudo systemctl enable 'fstrim.timer' --now

sudo systemctl start 'fstrim' && sync && sudo systemctl status 'fstrim' -l

sudo fstrim -v -a

• nvme0n1p1 type vfat

sudo umount '/boot/efi' && sudo dosfsck -a -t -w -v '/dev/nvme0n1p1' && sudo mount '/boot/efi'

sudo -e '/etc/profile.d/general-tweaks.sh'

# General
export LD_BIND_NOW='1'
export LD_PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC='1'

# GTK
export GSK_RENDERER='cairo'
export GTK_A11Y='none'

# Intel
export force_guc_low_latency='false'
export allow_compressed_fallback='true'

# Mesa
export MESA_NO_ERROR='1'
export mesa_glthread='false'
export MESA_DISK_CACHE_DATABASE='0'
export MESA_DISK_CACHE_SINGLE_FILE='0'

# Test
export allow_higher_compat_version='true'
export vk_xwayland_wait_ready='false'
export vk_x11_ignore_suboptimal='true'
export vk_wsi_force_bgra8_unorm_first='true'
export block_on_depleted_buffers='true'
export disable_throttling='true'
export force_integer_tex_nearest='true'

# End

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/99-tweaks.conf' && sudo journalctl --vacuum-time='1s' --rotate

[Journal]
Storage=none
Compress=false
MaxLevelStore=0
MaxLevelSyslog=0
MaxLevelKMsg=0
MaxLevelConsole=0
MaxLevelWall=0
MaxLevelSocket=0

# End

sudo -e '/etc/dracut.conf.d/99-tweaks.conf'

# Compression
compress="cat"

# Strip
do_strip="yes"
aggressive_strip="yes"
hostonly="yes"
hostonly_mode="strict"
reproducible="no"
enhanced_cpio="no"
i18n_install_all="no"

# End

sudo dracut --force --regenerate-all

sudo -e '/etc/fstab'

,discard=once

• / type ext2

,noquota,noiversion,noatime

• /boot/efi type vfat

,discard,tz=UTC,shortname=winnt

• Notes

sudo -e '/etc/profile.d/wine-tweaks.sh'

# Staging
export STAGING_SHARED_MEMORY='1'
export STAGING_WRITECOPY='1'
export WINE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE='1'

# Logging
export WINEDEBUG='-all'
export VKD3D_DEBUG='none'
export VKD3D_SHADER_DEBUG='none'
export DXVK_LOG_LEVEL='none'

# End

• xorg.conf_snippets

• HDMI1 = Intel DDX

xfce4-session-settings

'/usr/bin/bash' -c "'/usr/bin/xrandr' --output 'HDMI1' --set 'Broadcast RGB' 'Full' && '/usr/bin/xrandr' --output 'HDMI1' --set 'content type' 'Game' && '/usr/bin/xrandr' --output 'HDMI1' --set 'Colorspace' 'opRGB'"

mkdir -p ~/'.local/scripts' && nano ~/'.local/scripts/opensuse-updater.sh' && chmod +x ~/'.local/scripts/opensuse-updater.sh'

#!/bin/bash

sudo '/usr/bin/zypper' clean --all
sudo '/usr/bin/zypper' refresh --force --services
sudo '/usr/bin/zypper' dist-upgrade --details --allow-downgrade --allow-name-change --allow-arch-change --allow-vendor-change

rm -Rf ~/'.cache/mesa_shader_cache/'* ~/'.cache/thumbnails/'*
rm -Rf ~/'.cache/mozilla/firefox/'* ~/'.cache/thunderbird/'*

sync
zypper ps --short
echo 'Done.'

# End

~/'.local/scripts/opensuse-updater.sh'

• See misc