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…
Download whole directory as a zip file (Apache2)
If you're hosting many little files but don't want to setup GIT/rsync/FTP etc. for other people, Apache and CGI may just suit you perfectly. Or any other webserver out there which is able to handle CGI. This little bash script…
Make the Xbox Classic controller usable in Wine
I am more of the occasional gamer, but sometimes I want to enjoy titles that are only running in Wine and don't have a Linux port yet. As most of the games for PC's are optimized for using the Xbox…
Host Windows games on a Linux server
Don't you hate running an extra computer with Windows on it just to start up the server application of an old game? Or do you want to host a server for a game but there is no Linux binary available?…
Youtube and SoundCloud without Flash on Linux
Yeah right - that's the title! And that is what I wanted to achieve this time. My regular readers know that I am running Slackware64 -current since...years. One thing that has always bugged me was Firefox not having H.264 and…
Better Stereo to 5.1 upmix on Linux/ALSA/.asoundrc
Recently, I discovered how to generate a perfect 5.1 upmix out of a stereo signal on Microsoft Windows. I also wanted to do this on Linux which is way more complicated and involves editing a text file called .asoundrc. But…