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  • Memory: 27.3 GiB of RAM
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon Graphics (integrated)
  • Motherboard: Micro-Star MS-7C95
  • Memory: 64 GiB of RAM (58.8 GiB usable)
  • Graphics: ((Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 Mini)) ( AMD Radeon integrated Graphics not currently used )
  • Motherboard: ((Micro-Star MS-7C95))

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  • Linux: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250502
  • Kernel: 6.14.4-1-default (64-bit)
  • KDM Plasma: 6.3.4
  • KDM Framework: 6.13.0
  • Qt: 6.9.0
  • Linux: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250929
  • Kernel: 6.16.9-1-default (64-bit)
  • Host Distribution documents just how the servers are built, and the only change for a desktop build is to select KDE rather than server as the base package build. The machine still needs a copy of the webstack along with the various programs listed below.
  • KDM Plasma: 6.4.5
  • KDM Framework: 6.18.0
  • Qt: 6.9.2

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    Web Services Stack

    nginx - ((Webstack - nginx|nginx/1.29.1))
    nginx - nginx ("engine x") is an HTTP web server, reverse proxy, content cache, load balancer, TCP/UDP proxy server, and mail proxy server.
    PHP - ((Webstack - PHP|8.4.13)) (Sep 26 2025 06:27:17)
    PHP - "A popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web development. Fast, flexible and pragmatic, PHP powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world."
    Heart of the web services stack.
    Firebird - ((Webstack - Firebird|LI-V5.0.3.1693))
    Firebird - Extremely robust open source database which I have been using since it's Interbase days.
    Plex Media Server - ((Webstack - Plexmediaserver|1.42.2.10156))
    Plex - Plex Media Server magically scans and organizes your files, sorting your media intuitively and beautifully - Some of the time - Needs a lot more work to manage classical music better.

    Of the three components, only the first two are actually part of the Tumbleweed repositories. Need to update Firebird manually, and 5.0.3 is available.


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  • Application Style - Fusion
  • Windows Decoration - Plastik
  • Application Style - Fusion ... for it's scroll bar
  • Windows Decoration - Plastik ... for it's clean windows header bar

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  • Cursors - Breeze Light
  • Colours - openSUSE
  • Text & Fonts - 16pt
  • Cursors - Breeze Light (54pixel) ... for it's text cursor visibility
  • Colours - openSUSE with a yellow accent
  • Text & Fonts - 16pt with 192DPI

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    (as of 04/05/2025)

    See ((Application catalogue)) for more details

    (as of 30/09/2025)


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    Active Applications
    Application
    Display
    Notes

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    System settings
     

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    Beyond Compare - 5.0.7
    Beyond Compare - 5.1.5 (build 31310) Pro Edition

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    System settings
     

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    calibre - 7.26.0-x86_64
    calibre - 8.12.0-x86_64

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    System settings
     

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    Dolphin 25.04.0
    Dolphin 25.08.1

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    System settings but I was having problems with the free disk space display on the status bar however since playing with theme options and restoring a full width status bar things seem to have been sorted
    The nice thing about the file manager today is that it does search for content in Libreoffice and ocr'd pdf files. Something that in the past did not work.

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    Eclipse IDE for PHP Developers - 2025-03 (4.35.0)  No longer functional !
    Eclipse development framework tools for PHP, including PHP language support, Git client and editors for JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS and XML.
     
    A Tumbleweed updated caused eclipse to stop working although I suspect it is just the PDT extension that is actually having trouble, so I was forced to switch to VSCode
    Firefox - 138.0 (64-bit)
    Firefox - 143.0.1 (64-bit)

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    Windows bar is locked off, and the replacement right hand corner icons are then rather small.
    Internal Theme - System theme - auto selected
     

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    FreeCAD - 1.0.0
    FreeCAD - 1.0.2

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    System settings and application icons are matching side.
     

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    Gwenview - 24.12.3
    Image management software that is a dafault on the KDE desktop.
    System settings
     
    Gwenview - 25.08.0
    Image management software that is a default on the KDE desktop.

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    JOSM - 19342
    ImageMagick - 7.1.2.1-1.1.x86_64
    ImageMagick is a free, open-source software suite, used for editing and manipulating digital images. It can be used to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images, and supports a wide range of file formats, including JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, and Ultra HDR.
    JOSM - 19439

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    System settings but applicationicons a little small
     

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    KiCAD - 9.0.0
    KiCad is a free software suite for electronic design automation. It facilitates the design and simulation of electronic hardware for PCB manufacturing.
    System settings on containing windows, but application windows too small.
     
    KiCAD - 9.0.4
    KiCad is a free software suite for electronic design automation. It facilitates the design and simulation of electronic hardware for PCB manufacturing.
    wxWidgets 3.2.8,  FreeType 2.13.3, HarfBuzz 11.2.1, FontConfig 2.16.0
    libcurl/8.15.0 OpenSSL/3.5.2 zlib/1.3.1 brotli/1.1.0 zstd/1.5.7 libidn2/2.3.8 libpsl/0.21.5 libssh/0.11.2/openssl/zlib nghttp2/1.66.0 OpenLDAP/2.6.10
    Boost: 1.88.0, OCC: 7.8.1, Curl: 8.14.0, ngspice: 43

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    Libreoffice
     
     
    LibreOffice - 25.8.1.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
    LibreOffice is open source alternative to Microsoft Office and in many cases handles even older Office documents cleaner than Office does itself.

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    MakeMKV - v1.17.9
    MakeMKV - v1.18.2

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    System settings
     

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    System settings
     

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    Windows bar is locked off, and the replacement top bar icons are then painfully small as are other icons.
     

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    qBittorrent - 5.0.4
    qBittorrent - 5.1.2 (Boost library problem since Tumbleweek killed V1_88 and installed 1_89) 

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    System settings
     

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    Thunderbird - 128.8.0esr (64-bit)
    Thunderbird - 140.3.0esr (64-bit)

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    Windows bar is locked off, and the replacement right hand corner icons are then rather small.
    Internal Theme - System theme - auto selected
     

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    Visual Studio Code (VSCode) 1.99.2
    Visual Studio Code is a free code editor which can be extended to support different programming languages. DevsensePHP extension is being used to provide verification support for PHP8.4.
    Windows bar is defaulted off, but the replacement right hand corner icons are then painfully small.
    Having lost access to eclipse which I've been using for many years, I was a little loathed to switch especially since VSCode is linked to Microsoft but while I am still learning all the quirks that are second nature for eclipse it is actually working very well.
    Visual Studio Code (VSCode) 1.104.2
    Visual Studio Code is a free code editor which can be extended to support different programming languages. DevsensePHP extension is being used to provide verification support for PHP8.4.
    Electron: 37.2.3, ElectronBuildId: 12035395, Chromium: 138.0.7204.210, Node.js: 22.17.0, V8: 13.8.500258-electron.0

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