Month: April 2024
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Descent 3 | Freed to Open Source
The great news of this month has been that Descent 3 has been freed to the open source. Finally, 25 years after its release, the original developers have decided to grant it a position where it can live forever, freed from the shackles of the closed source tomb. This is an exciting time for a…
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Anthias | Open Source Digital Sign Solution
I have previously written about digital sign solutions, not here, and I wanted to create an updated how-to on Anthias, which was previously known as Screenly OSE. Essentially, it is still Screenly but with its own more unique name for differentiation. Some things have changed and not all the instructions out there seem to work…
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Btop | Terminal Based Resource Monitor
It seems that just like when I am happily excited about a tool I enjoy and still think it’s the new hotness, I find out it is no longer the new hotness and I’m just an old man that is seemingly behind the times… chronically… This is a brief overview of Btop, the terminal based,…
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dysk | The Stupendous Filesystem Listing Utility
The dysk utility is a sensational addition to terminal life, providing detailed and user-friendly disk listings. With easy installation and no additional dependencies, it offers comprehensive filesystem information, including a standout feature for disk type identification. Additional options such as filtering and customizing tables make dysk a must-have for Linux users, enhancing the terminal experience…
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8BitDo C64 Edition Mechanical Keyboard
There are not many new things that really grip my attention but this, with its warm, welcoming beige aesthetic and leanings to the Commodore 64 look and feel along with the modern improvements in mechanical switches is a perfect marriage of traditional look with modern enhancements. At the time of writing, this keyboard is only…
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Steam Games Using the Discrete AMD GPU on Haswell Laptop
I have a couple of, now older, 4th Generation Intel, Haswell, Dell Latitude E6x40 machines that have discreet AMD GPUs. These laptops are going on 10 years old and truly at end of life in a modern sense but I just can’t let these machines go. They are some of the nicest laptops I have…
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Steam’s New Family Share | A Digital Dream Come True
Valve has been doing a GREAT job of making gaming better. Their push to be the primer, customer focused, gaming platform is obvious by every release of the Steam Client and update to the SteamDeck. This is about how they have taken another step to make family gaming time even better. Background One of the…
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Nearly Seamless Integration | openSUSE in a Microsoft Office 365 Environment
Almost a year ago, I took a position as an IT Manager in a Microsoft Office 365 environment. I made great effort to take on the incredible task of learning this job by immersing myself in all things Microsoft: Windows 11, Outlook, Teams, Office, and so forth. I did start to bring in a crutch…
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dbrand Framework 13 Skin
The Framework 13 is my new, all-time, favorite laptop that I believe was made specifically for me and I wanted to give it just a bit of protection with a fancy dbrand vinyl wrap. It wasn’t cheap but it is worth the cost of having some abrasion protection. The instructions are great but it didn’t…
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Framework 13 | Best Laptop Yet
The Framework 13 is the best laptop I have used to date. This is my my main computer I use for the last nine months, day in and day out at home, the office and traveling domestically as well as internationally. It runs openSUSE Tumbleweed perfectly which makes my digital living on this machine as…