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09-52-2022-7 Months With Opensuse Tumbleweed

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About seven months ago I switched to OpenSuse Tumbleweed as my main OS, not just for me but for everything except my servers, they are still Debian. While not everything has been smooth sailing it has been good enough that I am not looking for something else to run. The biggest issues for me: 1) Updating Errors - Not so much now but almost from the start I was getting errors that required me to update via command line,

08-52-2022-Solving a Wordle Puzzle, with Code

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While I might be a little late to the Wordle trend but I do enjoy a good word puzzle. After giving it a try (and taking the full six tries to get the word) and seeing people posting about solving the word of the day in three to four guesses, I had to assume they had some help along with some luck. I tried a few different sites but they always seem lacking, partly I think to the number of words they are dealing with. I am

07-52-2022-Reboot, Reboot, Another Reboot

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No, I'm not doing Windows updates, I am talking about movies. Why is Hollywood afraid of trying new things? I have no clue but I can only guess that it has something to do with shareholders and profits. What got me going on this topic? Another reboot. This is not about the seemingly never ending sequels, that might just be a different post someday. This time for the movie Firestarter. I can see the possible reason to

06-52-2022-Housekeeping and other Random Things

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So I was working on a post that I thought I would be posting today but it has turned into a bit of a monster so it will be delayed while I get all of the posts related to it done. Yes, plural, there is way too much to fit into a single post without making it a novel. The current working title is called "New Tax Rules for Gig Workers and Maybe FOSS Developers in the US", subtitled, Why you might just want to become a