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Matrix is a secure, decentralised, real-time, communication protocol that allows you to send messages and pictures free from the encumberments of a centralized authority. You can look at Matrix as an alternative to using Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, etc. Confusingly, Matrix is a protocol not a client. There are many clients you can choose, the most … Continue reading Nheko | Matrix Client written in Qt on openSUSE
This Linux Saloon was very education in the realm of all things relating to CentOS, Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the way they all interact. Without question I learned a lot. At 33 minutes into the show, Neal, a developer and enthusiast of Fedora and CentOS, explains the relationship CentOS has with Red … Continue reading Linux Saloon | 25 Feb 2023 | CentOS Stream 9
Seems like I've been doing a lot of SteamDeck writing lately. It's well overdue. I have a backlog of things that I need to clear out that are all partially done. My experience of Project Killswitch by dbrand is one of those items. I received it, after I purchased my JSAUX case and am really … Continue reading Project Killswitch Travel Case Review | SteamDeck
The SteamDeck is a great retro gaming platform. I have loaded it up with many of my retro games and one of my favorites to play on it is Super Mario World but in a widescreen format. I have seen this done elsewhere but wanted to do this for myself. After a few tries, I … Continue reading Super Mario World Widescreen on the SteamDeck
One of the games that I think is a great accomplishment is the direct port of "Sonic the Hedgehog" from the SEGA Master System to the Commodore 64. This was manually converted from Z80 to 6502 assembly by Mr. SID. The game plays great on real hardware with a RAM Expansion Unit or REU. I … Continue reading Sonic the Hedgehog on TheC64 with SNES Style Gamepad
The conversation that was wrapped around immutable operating systems and Wayland went a lot deeper than I thought it would. Adam Grubbs presented to the panel how he builds and deploys a custom Fedora Silverblue image with the hardware tweaks necessary for his Asus laptop. His solutions is obviously not one that everyone can do … Continue reading Linux Saloon | Open Mic Night | Wayland, VanillaOS, Twitter 2FA
I have spent a disproportionate of my time looking at CPU Benchmarks because numbers are fun. There are a lot of ways to benchmark and test your system and frankly most of them are too complex for me to really care. I like numbers but when they get into real nuanced details my eyes glaze … Continue reading Easy CPU Benchmarking on Linux
This week the panel of presenters brought an app they use to share. Instead of choosing a specific application to try out or explore the panel decided that we would all bring something interesting that we use to share with others and explain why it was interesting. There are links to all the applications brought … Continue reading Linux Saloon | Application Appetizer Potluck
This machine looks nearly identical to an original Commodore 64 but without the legacy ports that were on it. There is no Expansion port, RF modulator, Analog AV out in the DIN connector, IEC port, Tape deck or Userport. The traditional joystick ports are also absent on this machine. Instead, you have HDMI for video … Continue reading TheC64 X-Windows Mod
I recently purchased some hardware for my Commodore 64 to enhance its usefulness in day to day activities. Sure, my favorite modern implementation tends to be TheC64 for recreation type activities but when it comes to doing productivity, the Commodore 64, especially with the RAM Expansion Unit with 16 Mbytes really makes the pluckly 1980s … Continue reading Commodore 64 as a Modern Word Processor