http://www.dedoimedo.com A place to learn a lot about a lot! http://www.dedoimedo.com/games/linux-games-part-11.html

More good stuff for you, dear fellas! Me is baked this long, thorough compilation of Linux games, including titles like Red Eclipse and Blood Frontier first person shooters, Funguloids - a 3D physics arcade, Stunt Rally - a racer, and MegaGlest - a real time strategy. Enjoy.]]> 20120203.815 http://www.dedoimedo.com/greatest_sites.html

February made me shiver, with every article I'd deliver. Now, enough Don McLean, let's focus on the bestest of the Web. I have two most worthy pages for you. One is badmovies.org, a review website dedicated to bad movies, b-movies, and cult films. It is maintained and almost exclusively written by Andrew Borntreger, Gunnery Sergeant USMC and champion of cinematic disasters, at your service. He kindly asks you not to worry about the watermelon. The other is IEEE spectrum, the website of the largest professional technology association, with a monthly magazine for technology innovators, business leaders, and the intellectually curious. Geeky and yet not so. Would you like to know more about robots, the birth of UNIX, security, and aerospace, all combined? Well, this might be your new favorite portal. Have fun.]]> 20120201.814 http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/dreamlinux-ver-5.html

Dedoimedo is a special word, because it means finger and fear in Portuguese, among other things. Lo and behold, coincidentally, I've written a rather enthusiastic review of Dreamlinux 5, a Debian-based distribution with Xfce desktop hailing from Brazil, covering live session, installation, and post-install use, including look & feel, Wireless, Bluetooth, Samba sharing, multimedia playback - Flash, MP3, dual-boot setup with Windows 8, applications, package management, system resources, suspend & resume, stability, some problems, and more. Can Dreamlinux make me stop hating Xfce? Aha!]]> 20120130.813 http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/windows-wmic.html

Here's something awesome; a tutorial about Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC), which uses the power of WMI to enable systems management from the command line, including interactive shell and non-interactive modes, with practical examples like environment and process control, a reference to Sysinternals PsExec tool, more reading, and other tips. Do take a look.]]> 20120128.812 http://www.dedoimedo.com/games/urban-terror-review.html

Boom, headshot, teabag, tea time? Ahem. Yes, please enjoy a review of Urban Terror, a free, cross-platform tactical first person shooter that blends Hollywood style elements with realism and focuses on the fun part. Indeed, we discussed the game in the past, three years back, so here's something to refresh your memory.]]> 20120127.811 http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/suse-12-two-months.html

I've written a short review of openSUSE 12.1, showcasing my experience two months after the initial release and following up on the original reviews that exposed many bugs, crashes and problems in the distribution, with focus on Nvidia graphics drivers, updates, new theme, stability, responsiveness, overall usability, second impression, and more.]]> 20120125.810 http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/razor-qt.html

Your future desktop? Maybe, maybe not. Here's a short review and tour of the Razor-qt desktop environment based on Qt technologies, with repository setup and installation instructions on Fedora 16, desktop overview, edit mode, configurations & settings, and issues like theme inconsistencies, order and look of desktop elements, natural UI flow, crashes, and more.]]> 20120123.809 http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/pearos.html

The French have a saying, it goes like this: Le critique commentaire avec turde pour Dedoimedo. In other words, I've written a review of Pear OS Linux Panther v3.0, a Ubuntu-based distribution with Gnome 3.2 desktop designed to look and behave like Mac OSX, including live session, installation and post-install use, covering look & feel, visual integration, branding, multimedia playback, dual-boot setup with Windows 8, Appstore, applications, and many problems like visual glitches, installation bugs, non-resizable control center, misleading titles, broken programs, broken package manager functionality, incomplete removal of programs, incomplete, missing or hidden application entries, English and French language mix, no use of local mirrors, no proxy support, bad visual layout on low resolution, sudo errors, several VirtualBox errors, and more. QA is a bitch. Do take a look.]]> 20120121.808 http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/centos-6-2.html

Let's do another CentOS upgrade! This article is a short review/tutorial detailing CentOS 6.1 to 6.2 in-vivo upgrade, focusing on a small error with a package duplicate, Nvidia graphics driver and kernel module configuration, system usage, and other observations.]]> 20120120.807 http://www.dedoimedo.com/life/gold-fever-igor-ljubuncic.html

No computer thingie for today. On the menu, a short fantasy story, about two men sent on a mission to steal a box from a sacred place, inadvertently releasing a magical force into the world. Ignore at your own peril."]]> 20120116.806 http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ecosia.html

If you like this planet, take a look here; a review of Ecosia, an environment-friendly search engine that contributes most of its revenue to the Amazon rainforest preservation projects. Enjoy.]]> 20120114.805 http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/virtualbox-screenshot.html

You have been waiting for this article all your life, I guarantee you that. This is a tutorial explaining how to take screenshots of VirtualBox virtual machines running guest operating systems using the VBoxManage command-line utility, plus tips on automating the procedure with scripts and shortcuts, including batch files (BASIC) in Windows and shell files (BASH) in Linux, and some additional advantages over other screenshot methods. Must see.]]> 20120113.804 http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/you-made-a-mistake.html

My noob what? Indeed. The spelling is intentional. I feel like ranting, and I'm not even angry, it's insane. Anyhow, please enjoy this very fine rant about the misplaced focus on little details and newbie bashing in the open-source and Linux world in reaction to user errors and bugs in software as an alternative to real strategic market goals.]]> 20120111.803 http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/centos-6-1.html

I've just posted an article and a short review/tutorial detailing CentOS 6.0 to 6.1 in-vivo upgrade, with Nvidia graphics driver post-installation configuration and other observations! Now, you know I've posted the article as you are reading this RSS, like duh.]]> 20120109.802 http://www.dedoimedo.com/models/f-16.html

Here's a not so perfect gallery featuring a Belgian Air Force General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon multirole fighter in 1/72 scale. I hope you'll like it, if not, feel free to ridicule or hate me.]]> 20120107.801 http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-sex-life.html

What if your sex life resembled Linux in some way? What if words like long-term support, desktop, kernel, and window manager were some kind of a naughty analogy to how our sex life looked like and vice versa? What if someone asked you to illustrate this? What would you say? No one asked me to do this, but I did this anyway. Ladies and gentlemen, Dedoimedo proud presents The Linux sex life - An illustrated story, a comic strip portraying the sex life as one big Linux innuendo. The story is available as nine individual images or one gigantic 680x4704px roll. Enjoy most profoundly. And spread the word!]]> 20120106.800 http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/kororaa.html

As the title reveals, I've written a rather enthusiastic review of Kororaa 15.1 Squirt, a Fedora-based remix with KDE desktop, including live session, installation and use, covering desktop look & feel, Wireless, Samba sharing, desktop effects, multimedia playback, dual-boot configuration with Windows 8, applications, package management & updates, system stability, resource usage, suspend & resume, some problems like program errors, wallpaper rotation and printing issues due to firewall rules, and more.]]> 20120104.799 http://www.dedoimedo.com/life/the-betrayed-sample-chapters.html

My fantasy-genre book, The Betrayed, is almost ready for print. Honest. Almost. I still have a few small items left to decide, so perhaps you can help me out here. Please take a moment and answer the poll about the preferred choice of free sample chapters that I'm going to publish. Consecutive, nonconsecutive, random, your vote counts. Thanks!]]> 20120102.798 http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/low-level-formatting.html

The first article of this year is all about hardcore stuff; a tutorial explaining how to safely low-level format hard disks, including writing zeros to raw devices and files. Read with caution.]]> 20120102.797 http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/centos-pimpage-more.html

The last article for this year. Dedoimedo concludes 2011 with 4.5 million visiting souls corrupted with crass humor and geekiness, for a splendid and rising total of 6.8 million pages. To add a tiny bit to that count, here's the third pimping guide explaining how to install additional popular software in CentOS, including Blender, aMule, DOSBox, Vuze, KompoZer, TrueCrypt, hardware sensors, and others. Happy New Year!]]> 20111231.796 http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/daz-studio.html

Let's talk art some more, shall we? Here be an article introducing DAZ 3D DAZ Studio figure illustration and animation 3D software, with ready to use models and figures and installable content. Take a look.]]> 20111230.795 http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/windows-8-settings.html

I've written a tutorial explaining how to customize and personalize Windows 8, including Metro tweaks, Windows features, download notifications in Internet Explorer 10, hidden files, new task manager, application history, gadgets, disabling the tile interface, and more. Enjoy.]]> 20111229.794 http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/best-distro-2011.html

That time of the year, the crucial moment. This article reviews the best Linux distribution of 2011, with focus on aesthetics, ease of use, stability, and long-term support. Do take a look, see what Dedoimedo thinks. Feel free to hate, disagree or just plain love me.]]> 20111226.793 http://www.dedoimedo.com/art_3d/mechwarrior.html

I've created another 3D art gallery. This time, it's a BattleTech universe robotic war machine commonly referred to as Mechwarrior, designed in Google SketchUp and rendered in Kerkythea, inspired by the Mechwarrior game franchise. For the price of none, you get three, art, sci-fi tech, and DOS nostalgia, but mostly art. Enjoy.]]> 20111224.792 http://www.dedoimedo.com/life/fanboys.html

Perhaps you will enjoy reading a rather humorous article presenting common strategy and tactical tips and tricks on how to troll and anger software fanboys. Commence!]]> 20111223.791 http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/grub-2.html

I have added several new items into the Updates section. Namely, GRUB is officially at version 1.99 and comes with a few more changes. The important cosmetic fix is that additional, older versions of the kernel are all listed under a single directory-like entry, making the menu easier to read. Moreover, Ubuntu comes with a high-resolution menu and smaller font size. But that's not all. We also have Fedora 16 Verne changes. We learn how to update the GRUB configuration file and how to edit default entry and timeout in the boot menu inside the 00_header script. If you feel there ought to be a whole new and separate Fedora tutorial, do shout. Finally, we also discuss Xen setup in a multi-boot configuration.]]> 20111223.790 http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-mint-mate.html

Hope: a review of MATE, a fork of Gnome 2 desktop environment offered as replacement for Gnome 3 and tested on Linux Mint 12 Lisa. This might actually save your bacon, your bread and your desktop.]]> 20111221.789 http://www.dedoimedo.com/games/urban-terror-troubleshooting.html

Here's an article presenting several common troubleshooting tips and tricks for UrbanTerror, including menudef.h or menddef.h not found on 64-bit version of Linux, no server list from master server, editing configuration files, clearing server cache, IP blocking software, online tracker, and more.]]> 20111219.788 http://www.dedoimedo.com/games/live-for-speed.html

I have completely retouched the game review with new screenshots in much higher resolution and better quality, plus now it comes with a whole new set of Youtube videos, captured in 1920x1080px resolution. I think you will like these more than the older batch. Plus you get some fancy effects, like slow motion and whatnot. Check it out.]]> 20111219.787