Tutorial showing how to set up and run Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic industry and city building game in Linux using Steam Proton compatibility layer, including issue with audio playback for old saves ported from Windows, resolution using different launch options and WINE DLL override, game save import tweaks, some other observations, and more| www.dedoimedo.com
Enthusiastic mini-review of WINE 9.0, the latest version of the compatibility layer software that can run Windows programs and games in Linux, with focus on improved results with MSHTML rendering in 3D software, no regressions, good performance, good integration with hybrid graphics (including Nvidia discrete card), and more| www.dedoimedo.com
Article showing the use of the Logitech G27 steering wheel and pedal set in Linux, with focus on Windows-specific games through Steam Proton compatibility layer, covering hardware auto-detection and initialization, calibration, force feedback (FFB) strength under different conditions (boot, login, wake after suspend), results with BeamNG.drive soft-physics car simulator, some other tweaks and observations, and more| www.dedoimedo.com
Article discussing the problems with LibreOffice growth and adoption among businesses and individual users, focusing on Microsoft Office OOXML file format compatibility, pragmatic necessities of everyday usage, technical issues in the office suite, and more| www.dedoimedo.com
Follow-up review of Slimbook Titan laptop, with 8-core, 16-thread Ryzen 9 5900HX processor, Nvidia RTX 3070 graphics, and two M.2 NVMe drives, running Kubuntu 22.04 LTS, focusing on hardware and software behavior after one month of use, including keyboard and screen ergonomics, fan noise, heat factor, battery life, Fn keys functionality, power management, Bluetooth, Samba speed, some niggles and small problems with remote share file locking, Dolphin by-date grouping, font in GwenView, and more| www.dedoimedo.com
Tutorial showing how to set up and run GTA: Vice City in Linux using Steam Proton compatibility layer, plus some extras like in-game display resolution tweaks, old save game conversion and import, and more| www.dedoimedo.com
Tutorial showing how to configure data backup with two encrypted hard disks in Linux, using my Slimbook Titan laptop as a usecase, covering storage consideration, LUKS encryption, crypttab file, auto-mounting via fstab, boot problems and live session troubleshooting, rsync data replication with exclusions, cron scheduling, brief look at various tools and utilities, other observations, and more| www.dedoimedo.com
Short article showing how to configure keyboard backlight options on the Slimbook Titan laptop running Kubuntu 22.04 LTS, covering BIOS features and buggy default implementation, Slimbook RGB Keyboard utility, PPA and manual configuration, pattern, hue and brightness tweaking, and more| www.dedoimedo.com