2015: Rigs of Rods is not dead
It has been a while since I laid hands on the great vehicle simulator "Rigs of Rods" on Linux. I still remember that the program was very sluggish, pushed the limits of my system very hard for no apparent reason…
Converting a decade-old Snitz forum to modern software
*sigh* Looks like I haven't written anything for a long time. The cause of this may be the fact that I took ownership of a pretty cool website in the middle of December. Apparently their admin didn't want to do…
Access a website in bash and react to it
Sometimes specific scripts I wrote run for years and suddenly I realize, that essential parts are missing in them, which breaks everything. I wrote the article Host Windows games on a Linux server a while ago - the setup described…
SimpleScreenRecorder: Record audio with ALSA only (no Pulseaudio, no JACK)
I've started recording video game sessions a while ago, since I think they're fun. Needless to say that I don't want to just see the screen, but also hear and record the game. The problem with this is: A screen…
List of recommended DOS Games
I just found this on the world wide web - nostalgic feelings fill my heart! I'm so happy that I still have an old IBM T21 with Windows 98SE lying around. Even the battery still works. Time to play! :-)
Blood II: Nightmares – MEGA Mappack 2
DOWNLOAD This mappack contains 76 maps that were scattered in files all around the web. I made them into a single package - just copy the .rez file into the "custom" directory inside Blood 2 and select it in…
I’m so sad now.
It just says "Nobody is reading your blog" I guess it is meant for all hipsters and fashion bloggers out there. Some people do read my blog, which makes me proud. :)
ClockworkMod 6.0.3.7 for the ZTE P752D/Smart Chat 865
My journey of Android ports continues! Until I can seriously start programming the core Android system I need a backup solution in order to be able to restore the flash memory of the device, in case anything goes wrong. ClockworkMod…
ZTE P752D / Vodafone Smart Chat 865 – Porting
I've just started porting Clockworkmod and Cyanogenmod 10.2 onto the Vodafone Smart Chat, the successor of the ZTE Tureis. Only the kernel is booting up for now, but that feature alone was very difficult to accomplish. My first opinion of…
Mesa 10.2.2 and -git on Slackware64 + Multilib
I am a gamer! I don't miss any Steam Summer-Sale and especially the indie games scene has a big place in my heart. Gaming and Linux don't have to bite each other, thanks to the free graphics library Mesa. Mesa…