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
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