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using zypper dup --allow-vendor-change

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6 months old Tumbleweed install, Will it update (dup)?

This install was 6 months old without updating. Let’s update it and see if it bricks itself. The old Manjaro I had installed on sweeties computer bricked after I didn’t update it for too long. I’m guessing that’s because it [Manjaro] is based on Arch, and many people say never let an Arch install go for very long between updates. But what about Tumbleweed? Lets find out….

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wanted to say that your videos are always so helpful and informative, and you are single-handedly the reason I'm still making patches today!

That is awesome. Thank you for sharing :)

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Use the correct Right Arrow → in fonts for inkstitch library

It can be very tricky on certain OS’s to create the correct → right arrow → for use in the inkstitch lettering library when creating a font library, or importing an existing embroidery font design. Never fear, I have you covered. Every single → in this article is the correct → to use for the lettering library naming requirements. So just copy any of these → and paste it as the →.svg name and…

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Test file for embroidery machines, dsttest.dst

Use this file to test if your machine can use a .dst file format. Most can dsttest.dstDownload

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OpenSuse Tumbleweed KDE 1 year review, pros and cons

After a full year with OST KDE as my chosen operating system, my appreciation for it continues to grow. The experience is akin to having a wee little lap cat purring along nicely. My uses for this system are diverse, ranging from content creation on YouTube to game development with Godot, and even intricately designing machine embroidery with Inkscape/Inkstitch. Of course, I must admit a…

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OpenSuse Leap 16 confirmed, will not be immutable by default

OpenSuse devs have finally announced that Leap 16 will happen. Leap 16 will be built on SuSE ALP as opposed to Leap 15.x built on SLE. In the announcement they added that Leap 16 will not be immutable by default and should act very much like the Leap 15 series. There will be immutable as an option during install.

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Linux simple meander fill hat

This is my first meander fill for Linux design and I’ve been very happy with the result. The standard design for the this hat is a black hat with white letter thread.

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Tennessee Mountain Hat

Tennessee stitched with cursive satin font and a nice simple mountain design in the background. Choose from multiple hat colors. Basic stitching has gray thread for mountain background and a TN orange thread color for Tennessee, except for the orange hat has Tennessee with white thread.

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Giving my 2 cents on the Unity topic

As you may have noticed, I'm a Godot Engine developer, but I'm not here to point and laugh, nor do I want you to switch engines to Godot if you're a Unity developer.

I just want to point out the importance of projects like Godot, Blender and every other open source tool out there. Aside from game development, every other field in software development has as a standard that the main tools that you use are open source, why? Ownership, there will always be paid alternatives that will offer better user experiences out there, but having the open source tools be the standard this creates the need for the paid alternatives to be better.

Even if you don't use open source tools they're improving the paid ones by raising the bar on what other tools are expected to have. Godot doesn't need to be the best tool, with the best usability, or better graphics, it just needs to be there, improving over time, making sure that the paid tools don't get too comfortable on their positions on being a evil monopoly.

Support Open Source, even if the main Godot devs ever try to be funny silly evil🤡 your copy of Godot with your copy of the source code will still be yours. And trust me, even in open source this stuff happens, every now and then some company decides to close the code going forward and make so that you have to pay a license to get the updates, but they can't force you to get those updates, they can't force you into getting into their scheme retroactively. You will still have a choice.

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OpenSuse Leap to be discontinued, Introducing SlowRoll

It is official, and it is confirmed…. OpenSuse Leap will be discontinued after the 15.6 release in June 2024. The primary reason Leap is being discontinued is that Suse Linux Enterprise (SLE) is being replaced with Adaptable Linux Platform (ALP), a containerized Linux release focused on servers with no inherent desktop platform. SLE customers have been asking for something along the lines of ALP…

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Shapes Brick Breaker, Godot 4 update

Shapes Brick Breaker update, Godot 4

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Inkstitch v3.0.1 just released

Inkstitch v3.0.1 is now available at inkstitch.org. As far as I can tell this version has fixed all of the issues I had with v3.0.0.

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Updating Shapes Breaker to Godot 4 in process

I have finally begun the process of completely re-writing the code for this game to the Godot 4 engine. It’ll take some time but I’m excited for the results and now that I know Godot better, the code should be much more optimized.https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lowtechlinux.shapesbreaker

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OpenSuse Tumbleweed 90 day review

I did a 30 day review and now I’m ready for my 90 day review. I’m still loving OpenSuse Tumbleweed and I’m still super happy with it. Tumbleweed runs games just as good as any other Linux out there, including Arch and Arch derivatives. It is my assumption that rolling releases are just better at running games because they have the most up to date stuff: Mesa, Vulkan, Etc. Tumbleweed is right…

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KDE Distros I WILL NOT recommend

The following is a list of KDE distros I either will not recommend, or can no longer recommend. I include the reasoning behind my decision with each one. Some of these are actually great distros, but for reasons I simply won’t recommend them to anyone, especially new users. Kubuntu: This one actually hurts my feelings just a little bit. I used Kubuntu for somewhere around 14 years and it was my…