Today, we have a long-term usage review and report 1 of the Slimbook Executive laptop, with Kubuntu 22.04 LTS as the operating system, covering hardware, ergonomics, keyboard functionality, audio and display quality, battery life, case temperatures under different utilization conditions, day-to-day usage, software stability, gaming compatibility under Steam Proton, gaming performance and playability, various problems and niggles related to power management, odd system freeze, icon unpinning, menu shortcut binding, and konsole logs, fun and productivity factors, overall impression, and more. Take a look. https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/slimbook-executive-report-1.html Cheers, Mrk
Slimbook Executive, long-term usage report 2 From me Linux diary: a long-term usage review and report 2 of the Slimbook Executive laptop, with Kubuntu 22.04 LTS as the operating system, covering hardware, ergonomics, battery life, case temperatures, some software problems like freezes after quick suspend-wake, MTP in Dolphin, Skype & keyring, VLC crash on seek after update, TrueCrypt UI crash on mount, and muted notification sounds in the Edge browser, day-to-day usage, overall impression, and more. Happy New Year! https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/slimbook-executive-report-2.html Cheers, Mrk
I had similar VLC media player crashes. I posted in the VLC 3.0 thread, November 12, 2023. What I did, was switch Hardware-accelerated decoding 'Automatic' to 'VA-API video decoder via DRM'. This resolved the issue for both my Kubuntu systems. I don't know if one of the two chosen resolutions is better, changing the video output, or changing hardware-accelerated decoding.
Slimbook Executive, long-term usage report 3 What it's like to use a Linux-powered laptop for everyday things - beyond the nerdy dev stuff? To wit, we have a long-term usage review and report 3 of the Slimbook Executive laptop, with Kubuntu 22.04 LTS as the operating system, covering general usability, update problems with VirtualBox due to missing gcc-12 package, excellent software compatibility with WINE and DOSBox, good ergonomics, keyboard, battery life, some spurious errors, and more. Have fun. https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/slimbook-executive-report-3.html Cheers, Mrk
My advice? Stay on 5.27.9 LTS until the bugs get worked out for Plasma 6. The next thing in Linux is the upcoming PopOS COSMIC Desktop, which all the nerds are swooning over. An alpha is supposed to be released this spring.
Slimbook Executive, long-term usage report 4 Today, we have a long-term usage review and report 4 of the Slimbook Executive laptop, with Kubuntu 22.04 LTS as the operating system, covering ergonomics, stability, reliability, everyday usage, fun factor, battery life, some small problems with virtual machine resizing and use of exFAT disks, and more. Take a look. https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/slimbook-executive-report-4.html Cheers, Mrk
Slimbook Executive, long-term usage report 5 Goodness abides. To some extent. Here's a long-term no-longer-perfect usage review and report 5 of the Slimbook Executive laptop, with Kubuntu 22.04 LTS as the operating system, covering ergonomics, everyday usage, and various problems and annoyances like the Super key that suddenly and randomly stops working, inconsistent screen dimming on long media playback, printer functionality issues, intermittent Samba connectivity, inability to browse Android phone directories via MTP on first connection in Dolphin, some other observations, and more. I don't like where this is going. https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/slimbook-executive-report-5.html Cheers, Mrk
Slimbook Executive, long-term usage report 6 The Uncertainty Principle. Here's the sixth long-term usage review and report of my Slimbook Executive laptop, with Kubuntu 22.04 LTS as the operating system, covering new keyboard-related problems due to kernel and firmware issues after an update, resolution via kernel module blacklisting, everyday stuff, ergonomics, general user experience, some other observations, and more. Hm. https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/slimbook-executive-report-6.html Cheers, Mrk
