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Software - Default Installed

openSUSE 11.4 Evergreen, 32 bit. (Support to July 2014.)

KDE 4.6.0-6.17.1 (updated from 4.6.00, to 4.6.0-6.8.1)

Linux kernel 3.0.58-30.3 (updated from 2.6.37.6-0.5/2.6.37.6-0.7.1/2.6.37.6-0.9.1/2.6.37.6-0.11.1/2.6.37.6-0.20.1/2.6.37.6-24.1/3.0.42-28.1/3.0.58-28.1)

uname -a updated: 3.0.58-30-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Feb 21 12:00:13 UTC 2013 (7eb6d7d) i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
uname -a updated: 3.0.42-28-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Oct 7 20:44:21 UTC 2012 (3bb0d80) i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
uname -a original: 2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2011-04-25 21:48:33 +0200 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

LibreOffice 3.5.4.13-103.1 (updated from 3.3.1/3.4.2.6-2.3.1/3.4.5.5-97.1/3.5.4.7-100.1)

MozillaFirefox 20.0.0-69.1 (updated from 5.0/6.0-2.2.1/6.0.2-0.2.1/7.0-1.2.1/7.0.1-0.2.1/8.0-0.2.2/9.0-0.2.1/10.0-0.2.1/10.0.1-0.2.1/10.0.2-0.2.1/11.0-0.15.2/12.0-0.18.1/13.0-25.2/14.0.1-28.1/15.0-31.1/15.0.1-35.1/16.0.1-41.1/16.0.2-45.1/17.0-49.1/17.0.1-53.1/18.0-57.1/19.0-61.1/19.0.2-65.1)

Software - Added

Adobe Reader (acroread) 9.5.5.4-14.1 (upgraded from 9.4.2-1.2.1/9.4.6-0.5.1/9.5.1-0.7.1/9.5.3-10.1/9.5.4-14.1)

aspel-da 1.6.20-24.1

atop 1.26-1.1

Bluefish 2.0.3

bootchart 2.1.12.4-5.1

BZFlag 2.4.0.20111030 (updated from 2.0.16-4.2)

CrossOver 11.3.1-1_i386

perl-BZFlag-Info 1.9.2-3.1

catfish 0.3.2 [removed--wouldn't run]

chkrootkit 0.49-2.2

conky 1.8.1

cpufrequtils 008-6.7.1

ddclient

Dia 0.97.1-8.3

dog 1.7 [from: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/utilities/openSUSE_12.1]

dropbox 1.4.0-1.1 (upgraded from 0.6.9-1.1)

dropbox-nautilus 1.4.0-1.1 (upgraded from 0.6.9-1.1)[actually named nautilus-dropbox]

eLinks 0.11.995-1.2

emacs 23.2-7.4

fbreader (E-Book reader) 0.12.10-20.1

festival 1.96-129.1

fetchmsttfonts 11.4-1.2.1

findutils-locate 4.4.2-11.1

get_iplayer 2.80-1.2

GIMP 2.6.11-13.62.1 (upgraded from 2.6.11/2.6.11-13.18.1/2.6.11-13.58.1)

Google Chrome Stable 26.0.1410.63-192696 (up/downgrade from stable 15.0.874.121-109964/Beta 20.0.1132.34-141824/Unstable 21.0.1180.0-142910/Stable 20.0.1132.57-145807/Unstable 21.0.1180.0-142910/Unstable 22.0.1221.1-149058/Unstable 22.0.1229.12-152477/Beta 23.0.1271.26-60934/Stable 22.0.1229.94-161065/Stable 22.0.1229.94/Stable 24.0.1312.70-18175/Stable 25.0.1364.172-187217/)

Google Chromium 24.0.1304.0-288.1 (upgrade from 15.0.860.0/17.0.945.0-72.1)

hello 2.3-87.2

htop 0.9-11.1

kimgrycat 0.2-2.1

iftop 0.17-137.138.1

imagewriter 1.8-4.1

InkScape 0.48.1-8.1 (updated from 0.48.1-5.1)

iotop 0.4.1-3.1

iwscanner 0.2.4-1.1

kernel source 2.6.37.6-0.7.1

Java (SUN) 1.7.0_17-fcs-i586; Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 23.1-b03, mixed mode) from jre-7u17-linux-i586.rpm (replaced 1.6.0.u29-0.2.1/1.7.0_05 build 1.7.0_05-b06)

John (the Ripper) 1.7.6-2.1

Kate 3.6.0

kdiff 0.9.95-11.1

ktimer 4.3.1-3.4

kwave 0.8.6-1.1

laptop stuff

patterns-openSUSE-laptop 11.4-6.9.1
patterns-openSUSE-kde4_laptop 11.4-6.9.1
laptop-mode-tools 1.53-8.1
patterns-openSUSE-lxde_laptop 11.4-6.9.1

links 2.2-9.1

lynx 2.8.7-8.1

LXDE 03.03 (?)

meld 1.5.0-5.1

memtest86+ 4.10-3.1

Midnight Commander 4.7.5.1-4.6

MPlayer 1.0rc4_r34735-2.1

MozillaThunderbird 17.0.5-57.1 (updated from 3.1.12-0.11.1/3.1.14-0.15.1/3.1.15-0.17.1/3.1.16-0.19.2/3.1.18-0.23.1/3.1.19-0.25.1/3.1.20-0.15.4/12.0-18.1/13.0-21.2/14.0-24.2/15.0-27.1/16.0.1-33.1/16.0.2-37.1/17.0-49.1/17.0-41.1/17.0.2-45.1/17.0.3-49.1/17.0.4-53.1)

Multimedia via 1-Click

MyPaint 0.9.1-2.1

nmap 5.12-6.1

npapi-vlc 2.0.2_git201206081001-1.1

Opera 12.15-52.1 build 1748 (updated from 11.11 build 2109/11.50-0.31/11.51 build 1087/11.52-0.2.1 build 1100/11.60-0.2.1 build 1185/11.61-0.3.1 build 1185/11.62-16.1 build 1347/12.00-22.1 build 1467/12.01-25.1 build 1532/12.02-28.1 build 1578/12.10-36.1 build 1578/12.11-40.1 build 1661/12.12-44.1 build 1707/12.14-48.1 build 1707)

opensuse-tuning_en-pdf 11.4-6.10.2

Pattern: Base Development

Pattern: C/C++ Development [with above needed to compile and install from source]

pdfmod 0.9.0-6.3

pdfsam 2.2.0e

powertop 1.13-2.1

pure-ftpd 1.0.29-8.11.1

pwgen 2.06-90.1

rar 4.0.1-1.pm1.1

Rootkit Hunter (rkhunter) 1.3.8-4.2

rpmorphan 1.10-8.1

sensors 3.2.0-9.12.1

Skype 2.2.0.25 (Beta)

Smooth Tasks Plasmoid 20101106-4.1

sl (Steam Locomotive - Ultimate Joke Command) 3.03-1.2

Tor 0.2.2.35-1.2 (upgraded from 0.2.2.32-1.2)

unetbootin 0.0.575

VLC 2.0.3 TwoFlower (2.0.2-93-g77aa89e)

whois 5.0.10-4.1

wireshark 1.8.6-41.1 (upgraded from 1.4.11-0.2.3/1.4.12-0.10.1/1.4.14-0.19.1/1.4.15-0.22.1/1.8.3-29.1/1.8.4-33.1/1.8.5-37.1)

Xfig 3.2 patchlevel 5b (Protocol 3.2)

yast2-power-management 2.18.1-8.1

yast2-sshd 2.18.0-8.1

Chromium browser Extensions

AdBlock Plus (Beta)

AdBlock+ Element Hiding Helper 1.1.9.18

Auto-Translate 1.4.1

Clear Fields 2.0

No Scroll Bars Please!

Readability Redux 1.3.4

Firefox browser Add-ons/Plug-ins/Extensions

Adblock Plus 2.0.3

Adblock Plus Pop-up Addon 0.3

Adobe Reader 9.4

Clear Fields 4.0.3

Collusion 0.16.1

Compact Menu 2 4.3.1

DivX Web Player 1.4.0.233

Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.2.1

Facebook Purity 6.0.0

FireFTP 2.0.1

FireFTP button 1.1.1d

Flagfox 4.1.11

Google Talk Plugin 2.2.2.0

Google Talk Plugin Video Accelerator 0.1.44.9

Google Translator for Firefox 2.1.0.1

Java Plug-in 1.6.0_29

NoScript 2.2.9 [Disabled, again.]

NPAPI Plugins Wrapper 1.4.4

openSUSE Firefox Extensions 1.0.2

QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.6

Reader 3.1

Server Spy 0.2.1

Shockwave Flash 11.2.202.280-59.1 (updated from rpm 11.1.102.55-0.6.1/11.1.102.62-0.7.1/11.1.102.63-0.2.1/11.2.202.228-6.1/11.2.202.233-9.1/11.2.202.235-14.1/11.2.202.236-17.1/11.2.202.238-20.1/11.2.202.243-23.1/11.2.202.251-27.1/11.2.202.251-31.1/11.2.202.258-35.1/11.2.202.261-39.1/11.2.202.262-43.1/11.2.202.270-47.1*11.2.202.273-51.1/11.2.202.275-55.1/)

Shockwave "Flash Player 11.2 Plugin content debugger (TAR.GZ, 7.06MB)" downloaded from Adobe installed 27 Mar 13, reports as 11.2.202.275 on Adobe's Flash tester.

Shockwave Flash running in Google Chrome 11.6.602.180

Silverlight Plug-In 3.0.40818.0

Skype Buttons for Kopete (no version given)

User Agent Switcher 0.7.3

View Source Choice 1-0-1

VLC Multimedia Plugin (compatible Totem 2.32.0)

Windows Media Player Plug-in 10 (compatible; Moonshine Media Player)

Software - Deleted/Removed/Disabled

Akonadi

apper

claws-mail/claws-mail-lang

Kpackagekit

libapr1 (Apache Portable Runtime)

libapr-util1 (Apache Portable Runtime)

Nepomuk

knotify4

openJDK

~~preload~~ (depreciated in newer kernels)

preload-kmp-default

Zeitgeist

subversion

tracker

Software - Alien Virus Magnet Avoided

Win7 (factory installed, retained but not used; NTFS partitions commented out in /etc/fstab)

samba [would love to remove it, but apparently it is too hooked in to both KDE and GNOME to do so...sigh!!]

Little Hacks Here and There

Alias: to /etc/bash.bashrc.local added

alias a='atop'
alias c='clear'
alias cd..='cd ..'
alias copy='cp -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias ls='ls -F -a'
alias lsd='ls -hal --time-style=long-iso | less'
alias m='mc'
alias md='mkdir'
alias mtr='/usr/sbin/mtr'
alias mv='mv -i'
alias rd='rmdir -i'
alias rm='rm -i'
alias s='su -'
alias stop='shutdown -h now'
alias t='top'
alias u='uptime'
alias x='exit'

Auto Login /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN="[user]"

Cron set "DAILY_TIME=11:29" in /etc/sysconfig

Boot Options/Kernel Command Line Parameters

silent removed
splash=[something] removed
vga=0x314 removed [removes all possibility of boot splash]
ACPI: added pcie_aspm=force [said to reduce heat/power consumption in some machines--seems to in mine, maybe]

Boot timeout changed from 8 to 4 in /boot/grub/menu.lst

Firefox 11: selected tweaks from https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Firefox_Tweaks

FLASH: added OverrideGPUValidation=true to a created /etc/adobe/mms.cfg see http://blogs.adobe.com/penguinswf/2008/08/secrets_of_the_mmscfg_file_1.html

FLASH: added EnableLinuxHWVideoDecode = 1 true to a created /etc/adobe/mms.cfg see http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=468151

IPs Blocked ran (per , Sat, 1 Sep 2012 08:54:38 +0200 (CEST), [opensuse] New Trojan Backdoor Malware Targets Mac OS X)
iptables -A INPUT -s 212.7.208.65 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -d 212.7.208.65 -j DROP
route -v add -host 212.7.208.65 reject

Halt command in /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc edited as in http://tinyurl.com/72zl257

Hosts file (etc/hosts) edited to include several often used hosts. (example: en.opensuse.org, forums.opensuse.org, nntp.opensuse.org, a few pop.[whatever].com and etc)

Kernel: enable kernel multiversion via http://tinyurl.com/42fq3wy target="_blank"

KDE GreetString set: Yast>System>Etc/sysconfig/editor>Desktop>DM>KDM_GREETSTRING; goes to /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager

Launch Feedback: reduced "bouncing ball" to 5 seconds

man asked which page to show, but not after (in ~/.bashrc) export MAN_POSIXLY_CORRECT=1

Networking: added '1472' into /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0 line MTU='[xxxx]'after learning correct size from http://tinyurl.com/ydhz3pa

NTP: Following http://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/html/openSUSE_114/opensuse-reference/cha.netz.xntp.html
Selected (in YaST-NTP) "Synchronize without Daemon"
Increased interval from 5 to 30 minutes
Edited /etc/ntp.conf to add 'dynamic' to the server entry

Path: added PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin to /etc/bash.bashrc.local

REISUB: enabled

Repository priority settings adjusted IAW "RedDwarf's" how-to "The dist-upgrade way":

1-48 (see cite)
10 packman
49 updates
50 oss
51 non-Oss
52-99 (see cite)

Services [Disabled/Enabled]:

cups D
joystick D
lm-sensors E
ntp E
smartd 2 3 5 D [maybe causing KDE to not complete startup]
smb D
smolt ? [maybe causing KDE to not complete startup]
smpppd D
splash 1 2 3 5 S D [killed it everywhere else, why not here too?]
splash_early 2 3 5 D [killed it everywhere else, why not here too?]
sshd D

Suspend splash turned off with "splash = n" in /etc/suspend.conf; then "pm-hibernate" as root in terminal

Thunderbird

set ability to delete nntp messages here.
switch news.allow_delete_with_no_undo to false in about:config
for mail.server_server5.max_cached_connections (novell) was 6, set to 10 and
mail.server_server10.max_cached_connections (nlz) was 2 set to 20
use path Edit>Preferences>Advanced>General>Config Editor>I Promise
set about:config's mailnews.wraplength to 69

/tmp: empty /tmp on boot via http://tinyurl.com/yzmzp5b

Umask: add "umask 077" to ~/.profile [see here]

YaST closing: set /etc/susconfig/yast2 PKGMGR_ACTION_AT_EXIT to 'summary'

YaST/zypper set "commit.downloadMode = DownloadInAdvance" in /etc/zypp/zypp.conf to down all packs prior to beginning install