Long-term usage review and report 4 of the Slimbook Titan laptop, with Nvidia RTX 3070 graphics and Kubuntu 22.04 LTS as the operating system, including latest round of updates that led to occasional system freezes due to a kernel bug, inconsistent and confusing firmware update process, inconsistent distro upgrade messaging, everyday use, gaming, fun element, and more| www.dedoimedo.com
Long-term usage review and report 2 of the Slimbook Titan laptop, with Nvidia RTX 3070 graphics and Kubuntu 22.04 LTS as the operating system, covering hardware, resolved problem with suspend & resume, performance, noise, battery life, one-time crash, software compatibility including Windows programs through WINE, Windows games through Steam Proton, Logitech G27 steering wheel set, 3D rendering programs, Samba speed, general positive change in overall usability, some other observations, and more| www.dedoimedo.com
Review of hardware specifications and compatibility of my new test box, a T400 notebook with VT and VT-d capable 64-bit Core 2 Duo T9400 processor, 4GB RAM and 80GB SSD, considerations for future setup, potential installation candidates for testing, including Linux distributions like Xubuntu and CentOS, serious bugs with the Wireless-N and graphics card drivers, and why I decided not to use it after all| www.dedoimedo.com
Tutorial showing how to enable connectivity with Broadcom Wireless cards in Manjaro, including overview of the problem, manual and automatic loading of kernel modules with necessary parameters, other tips and tricks, and more| www.dedoimedo.com
Super long, detailed review of Manjaro 18.0.4 Illyria Plasma edition, tested in a dual-boot configuration on a laptop with Nvidia graphics, covering two separate live sessions and installations with free and nonfree drivers respectively, plus post-install usage and tweaks, including network support - Wireless, Bluetooth, Samba sharing and printing, multimedia support - HD video and MP3 playback, smartphone support - Android, iPhone and Windows Phone, partitioning, home directory re-use, packa...| www.dedoimedo.com
Review of Manjaro 20.2 Nibla Plasma edition, tested in a triple-boot configuration on a laptop with AMD processor and Vega 8 graphics, including live session, installation, post-install usage and tweaks, look and feel, ergonomics, fonts, fractional HD display scaling, Samba connectivity, printing, multimedia playback, audio quality, boot speed, network speed, performance, resource utilization, power management, battery life, stability, various bugs and niggles, some other observations, and more| www.dedoimedo.com
Important article explaining how to fix the read-only BIOS/UEFI on Lenovo (and other) laptops caused by Linux distributions, using Ubuntu UKUU tool to install the mainline kernel 4.14.10 and unbrick the firmware, the sequence of necessary steps including GRUB bootloader update/install, several other pointers, and more| www.dedoimedo.com
Very short article about my failed attempt to boot and use modern Linux distributions on an 2010 HP Laptop with Nvidia graphics| www.dedoimedo.com
Tutorial showing how to fix screen brightness via Fn keys and fan control issues on Asus eeePC, including GRUB2 bootloader parameter tweaks, the use of sensors and pwmconfig, some other tips and tricks, and more| www.dedoimedo.com
Tutorial explaining how to fix the screen brighteness issues in the Unity desktop environment in Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver, including overview of the problem, GRUB2 defaults and X11 configuration changes, ACPI tweaks, some other tips and tricks, and more| www.dedoimedo.com
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 tutorial explaining how to troubleshoot and fix problems with the Realtek RTL8723BE Wireless card & driver in Ubuntu Trusty and derivatives, covering kernel module tweaks, compilations, additional reading and resources, and more| www.dedoimedo.com
Review of usability and hardware compatibility of openSUSE, various Red Hat, Ubuntu-based and other distributions on a Lenovo G50-70 laptop, with focus on UEFI, Secure Boot and GPT, multi-boot with Windows 10, networking, peripheral device detection, performance, stability, resource usage, battery life, and more| www.dedoimedo.com
Short tutorial explaining how to work around suspend & resume problems on some hardware with Nvidia graphic cards running Linux due to ATA link resets by changing the use of the hard disk controller from AHCI to IDE, some other tips and tricks, additional reading, and more| www.dedoimedo.com
Grumpy, mostly negative review of Kubuntu 24.04 LTS, tested on a 10-year-old laptop with hybrid Intel and Nvidia graphics and recent SSD upgrade, covering live session, installation, and post-install usage, including bland look and feel, sluggish mouse pointer, non-intuitive partitioning and encryption step, blurry installer wizard slides, enormous difficulties with the graphics driver setup, lack of GUI-driven drivers utility, use of CLI-driven drivers tool recommended autoinstall option and...| www.dedoimedo.com