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Dedoimedo RSS is a personal blog at dedoimedo.com about programming and productivity. Since 2010, 124 different Hacker News readers have linked it 238 times, most often “Fedora 18 review - Bad Bad Bad ”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Sometimes recommended · 6 of 40 sampled comments recommend it?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Dedoimedo's reviews of Linux distros and desktops, and its critiques of Firefox, GNOME and Unity, to back up their own points.
- Recommended for · 6 comments
- called a good summary of one argument and a fair summary of a commenter's views; others say interesting or helpful
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 40 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Dedoimedo is a website dedicated to technology and software education, science, art, and (dark) humor. Its mission: to provide most detailed and accurate guides and articles you will find on the Web, on a wide range of topics, including operating systems, application reviews, security, and more
Most-linked posts?
- Fedora 18 review - Bad Bad Bad 4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2013-01-22
- My Asus eeePC still rocks in 2024 (with MX Linux)4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2024-09-23
- Gnome 40 – The anti-desktop desktop4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-03-29
- Wayland vs. X11 Comparisons3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-07-07
- WordPress Gutenberg will be the end of WordPress3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2018-09-09
- Dedoimedo interviews: KDE's pointiest stick, Nate Graham3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-06-26
- Gnome 3 - This is the end, it seems3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2011-03-25
- The Year of the Linux Dissatisfaction3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-10-14
- Dedoimedo reviews Wayland in 2024 and comes to sad conclusions3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-04-18
- Welcome to the Firefox Suckfest (2013)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-05-07
What Hacker News says?
See Mistake 6 at http://www.dedoimedo.com/physics/sci-fi-mistakes.html Mistake 7 also hints about the possible shape when there are no preferred orientations. Also interesting http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a8140/what-... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/24/spaceship_design/
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on “Spaceship Generator”Submitted Linux – The beginning of the end? as a story · 127 points
HN discussionThat's if you can successfully install it ( http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/solus-1-2-review.html )
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on “Elementary OS”Submitted An early look at VLC 4.0 as a story · 101 points
HN discussionI wouldn't call it a dark pattern: there's no trickery or deception; nothing bad happens if you pressed the wrong button. It's called a "nag screen", and in many cases it's the only difference between a trial version and a paid one. Here's an example from Total Commander: https://www.dedoimedo.com/images/computers_new_2/windows-coo... (the number to press changes randomly between launches)
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on “Ok-Cancel versus Cancel-Ok”Submitted Windows 11 – There's still nothing worth my time as a story · 98 points
HN discussionIn KDE you can access this sort of thing with the built-in GUI file manager right out of the box. You don't need a third-party app. 1. Open Dolphin (file manager) 2. Right click in the Places section on the left to add entry 3. Type `fish://<the-address>` 4. Click OK https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/plasma-dolphin-fish-ssh....
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on “FileZilla now contains adware if you download from the official homepage”Submitted Long live Xorg, I mean Xlibre as a story · 84 points
HN discussion> I like MacOS. I liked the old Unity. I like Gnome 3 except for the fact that it's consumes a lot of resources. I shy away from KDE even though I hear it's now more efficient because it reminds me of Vista from certain angles. Same. Definitely don't like gnome/gnome-shell 3+ dropping the global menu, featuring a useless file picker, and overall just wasting a lot of space on my favourite notebook sizes of 13.3" and…
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on “Make Linux look like Windows 95”Submitted Microsoft Edge is starting to annoy me big time as a story · 74 points
HN discussionAt one time, Manjaro Linux came with Microsoft Office pre-installed. The apps were built with python jade application kit with embedded webviews that take you to the online version - https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/manjaro-ms-office-online...
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on “Microsoft's “Love” of Linux”Submitted AI should replace clueless managers, not workers as a story · 56 points
HN discussionTurning Firefox into a Chrome copycat* with built-in blocklists and Tor Browser Bundle features certainly didn't make it gain more users. Mozilla should've left Brave occupy that space. Brave, Pale Moon and Vivaldi deserve praise. * References: 1. https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/firefox-suckfest.html 2. https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/firefox-disable-australi... 3. https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/firefox…
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on “The Era of the Trident Engine”Submitted Modify new Gmail interface to be more like classic Gmail as a story · 54 points
HN discussion> Mozilla has always been under-resourced compared to the competition (IE, then Chrome) and taking people off improving Firefox/Gecko to work on embedding never made the cut. Yeah, sure, imitating your competition is the right way to handle that. /s References: 1. https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/firefox-addons-future.ht... 2. https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/firefox-disable-australi... 3. https://www.dedoimed…
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on “GeckoView for Android”Submitted Gnome 40 – The anti-desktop desktop as a story · 53 points
HN discussionDamn! I took the click-bait. For more on the so-called harm, here's a good summary of giorgio & wlad's pissing contest: http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/adblock-noscript.html
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on “NoScript is harmful and promotes malware”Submitted The biggest blocker to LibreOffice adoption? LibreOffice (2023) as a story · 52 points
HN discussionYou must be joking. What meritocracy? The guy who wrote systemd had already a major failed projects under his belt. PulseAudio rings a bell? Every reasonable person understand that separation of concerns is a good thing. Systemd does the exact opposite. Few articles to be familiar with regarding systemd: https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/software-development-can... "The same can be said of the init systems in Linu…
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on “System Down: A systemd-journald exploit”Submitted Moving away from Windows – It begins as a story · 52 points
HN discussionI feel like the Elementary folks have a lot of the right ideas about how to build a desktop OS and a third-party software ecosystem around it. (In particular: They have a HIG, and seem to make an effort to make their platform appealing for developers.) But it sounds like they struggle with execution in some ways: https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/elementary-0-4-loki-agai... I haven't tried Elementary, but I've tri…
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on “Elementary OS 5.1 Hera”Submitted Dedoimedo reviews Wayland in 2024 and comes to sad conclusions as a story · 49 points
HN discussionNot using a tiling WM, but especially on small notebooks I'm so desperate for compact decorations and a global Mac-like menu that I've even prolonged life of my old XPS 13 w/ Ubuntu 16.04 using Ubuntu Advantage/extended security maintenance (their old gnome2-based desktop with Unity). At least there's some hope using KDE Plasma eg. [1]. [1]: https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/plasma-look-like-ubuntu-...
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on “KDE: A Nice Tiling Environment and a Surprisingly Awesome DE”Submitted Modern software development is cancer as a story · 47 points
HN discussionWhen I read http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/software-development-canc... I considered it a bit tongue-in-cheek/satire/something. When I read about things like TB rewrite, I think maybe it was just... true?
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on “Thunderbird’s Future Home”Submitted Fedora Linux 16 with KDE: surprisingly high-quality as a story · 46 points
HN discussion> And yes, it was a deliberate decision, but not for the profit motivations you're suggesting. It was based on maintainability and developer velocity, when we realized we were not going to out-compete Google with engineer headcount. We had to simplify and reduce our nonessential complexity overhead. How naive to think that copying your competitor makes you gain many users! Edit (references): 1. https://www.dedoimedo…
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on “Engineering code quality in Firefox”Submitted Linux World Map as a story · 37 points
HN discussionIt's really hard, because the author is not only against limited user accounts, he is also against ISO files. https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/easyos-2-3.html
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on “EasyOS: An experimental Linux distribution”Submitted Firefox 89 – Another redesign, another rollercoaster as a story · 31 points
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