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
Long, detailed article on my use of mostly Linux and free, open-source software to write a large, complex, nonfiction military history book with 100K words and lots of images, tables and citations, covering various software, utilities and practices, efficiency and productivity factors, use of styles, navigation, quotation, annotation, highlighting and sharing tools, pros and cons of LibreOffice, Okular, GIMP, GwenView, Kate, and Octave, Android phone reading through Readera app, notes syncing...| www.dedoimedo.com
Tutorial showing how to play Pharaoh and Cleopatra RTS games on Linux systems with HD and UHD displays, covering game installation via WINE in a separate prefix, 96 DPI virtual desktop configuration, Xephyr nested X session matched to game resolution on a separate virtual display, x11vnc server scaled up to system's native resolution, Pharaoh startup in the Xephyr session on the separate display, VNC viewer configuration including encoding and color depth, fullscreen playback, old game saves,...| www.dedoimedo.com
Article discussing Linux software management problems, inspired by the recent Fedora OBS Studio Flatpak incident, highlighting numerous problems with usability and security, covering topics like distribution-owned repositories and community sources, official and unoofficial packages, chain of trust, control, centric versus distributed models, monetary incentives, numerous self-defeating paradoxes, and more| www.dedoimedo.com
Detailed review of Plasma 6 desktop environment, covering testing in a virtual machine and on a laptop with AMD processor and integrated graphics, including look & feel, new UI and theme elements, Wayland and X11 sessions, HD display scaling, new system settings, screenshots without shadows, performance, responsiveness, various usability problems and visual artifacts, problems with system monitor and search, many issues with physical hardware compatibility, broken installer, other observation...| www.dedoimedo.com
Article slash rant about a range of problems with recent Windows Updates, including slow patching, search box added without asking, unnecessary WinRE & BitLocker update that fails to install, Copilot and other AI features, metadata errors, various other annoyances, and more| www.dedoimedo.com
Short tutorial explaining how to work around the problem of game crashes when taking screenshots in Windows-only titles running with Steam Proton in Linux by disabling the screenshot sound| www.dedoimedo.com
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