Long-term usage review and report 7 of the Slimbook Executive laptop, with Kubuntu 22.04 LTS as the operating system, covering severe power management problems due to broken kernel and firmware updates - no screen dimming, no wallpaper rotation, and mouse pointer reset, log spamming due to disabled IPv6 connectivity, various bugs and issues, subsequent set of updates that partially resolves power management woes, everyday usage, overall confidence in the platform, other observations, and more| www.dedoimedo.com
Short guide showing how to make the Kate text editor in the Plasma desktop environment save work sessions by using a startup configuration override| www.dedoimedo.com
Short tutorial showing how to prevent Network Manager (in Linux) from trying to obtain IPv6 addresses on systems with disabled IPv6 connectivity causing system log noise, including global and per-network workarounds, command-line and GUI tricks, and more| www.dedoimedo.com
Review of Fedora Kinoite 41 immutable distribution with the Plasma desktop environment, covering basic concepts of immutability - security and reliability, existing examples and projects, attempted failed installation on physical hardware, successful installation in a virtual machine, look and feel, customization, software management using Discover and command-line, Flatpak and OSTree packages, official and unofficial sources, bandwidth utilization, availability of third-party programs, stabi...| www.dedoimedo.com
Long, thorough review of Fedora 41 KDE edition, tested in a multi-boot Windows and Linux setup on a laptop with AMD processor and integrated graphics and SSD storage, covering live session, installation and post-install use, including counterintuitive setup wizard, deficient Wayland-only desktop, look and feel, customization, mediocre fonts, problems and artifacts with HD scaling, fast package management with extra repositories and software sources (Flatpak, optional snap, proprietary RPM arc...| www.dedoimedo.com
Overview of the current state of readiness of the Wayland display server protocol for everyday usage, tested on two physical systems with integrated AMD and hybrid Intel + Nvidia graphics using the Plasma 6 desktop environment, with comparison to X11 across multiple aspects of functionality like stability, responsiveness, HD fractional scaling, mouse behavior, program compatibility, suspend & resume, session restore, login time, display calibration, driver support, and more| www.dedoimedo.com