Tag archives for Dedoimedo
Linux: Backing the wrong horse or beating a dead horse?
Random musings triggered by Dedoimedo's recent Linux, product and the art of essence, a philosophic piece on the “tragic self-sabotage that hampers the potential growth and proliferation of the Linux…
He’s not right, but he’s not exactly wrong, either
This is a quick and belated answer to Dedoimedo’s Why Ubuntu? And the answer is, why not. It's not a rebuttal. He’s not necessarily wrong. But he can't fundamentally be…
I never thought I’ll prefer ONLYOFFICE
I never liked ONLYOFFICE. I hated that it has a unique binary that you have to launch, instead of separate apps for documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. I found its ALL-CAPS…
Dedoimedo honored me!
Despite not having been gracious with him, Dedoimedo included my blog to his hall of fame: Greatest sites on the Internet. Latest entries: January 2026: Homo Ludditus, JWZ I quote…
Upscaler: upscaling the easy way
As I was browsing Flathub, it recommended Upscaler to me. Its website is proud to announce to the world that the developer of this app is a mentally insane individual:…
SPECIAL: Migration from Linux delayed; stranded on MX/Debian
① On Sept. 21, I said that Linux will soon be history for me. ② On Oct. 13, I found more proofs that Linux has become a joke. ③ On…
Masochistic me: Win11 IoT on a 2016 laptop slower than N100
Despite my previous post Should we stop wanting to hack-install Win11 on older CPUs?, in which I established that Win11 would be a better fit for my newer Acer, and…
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will make snaps unavoidable
Canonical's vice-president for engineering, Jon Seager, gave an interview to The Reg. The news are all bad, although some of the bad things won't happen that soon. But I'm saddened…
A €20 Linux tax: cui et quantum prodest?
After 😾 30 Years Defending Linux — Until I Called It Quits and Linux: More Proof It’s a Pathetic Joke, the post 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu…
I still prefer VMware to VirtualBox
Everyone swears by VirtualBox for Type 2 virtualization, most likely because it has always been free. But it's a complete piece of crap, and never was anything but a pain…
😾 30 Years Defending Linux — Until I Called It Quits
Yeah, I know, the title seems written by a chatbot. Rest assured, the content is not. As announced almost four weeks ago, it's time for me to bid Linux farewell…
DistroWatch Weekly as a shithole (plus two tips)
I am banned from commenting on DWW for years, and I don't remember exactly why. I don't remember to have had any interaction with Jesse Smith, but Ladislav Bodnar didn't…
The shortest distro bashing and appraisal in a long while—now with added Dedoimedo!
Not long ago, I tentatively said that “I will keep using AlmaLinux with KDE on the mini-PC and on the newest laptop, at least for some time” and “For the…
KDE5, KDE6, tiling and other rants
To some extent, this is a sort of follow-up to the previous extra-long feature Epic disappointments with Linux (not for the mentally retarded), which proved to be too complex a…