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
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
This night of Linux Saloon chat was some of my most favorite I have had since this started. I would say that the show went completely off the rails but that would imply that it was a disaster. I would say that the conversation grew and flowered from the fertile ground tilled by the various … Continue reading Linux Saloon | News Flight Night 10
Our first distro exploration for 2023 was GeckoLinux, a series of spins of openSUSE that makes an easy on-ramp to get into openSUSE with the desktop of your choice. You have the option of going with the static core of openSUSE Leap or the rolling Tumbleweed with these desktops: Cinnamon XFCE GNOME Plasma MATE Budgie … Continue reading Linux Saloon | GeckoLinux Distro Exploration
I was doing some preparation for my weekly tutoring activity and when I realized I misspelled "science" on a particular file that I end up sharing with parents. Somehow, I spelled "scoence" and almost published the file spelled as such. I realized that somewhere along the line, Dolphin, the most amazing file manager wasn't doing … Continue reading Spell Check in KDE Plasma | Specifically Dolphin File Manager
The second Linux Saloon Live was a News Flight Night with a flight of topics sourced from all around the internet from the Linux Saloon bunch. The main topic of the show revolved around a Strawpoll that Aris made asking, "Have you ever built a desktop." A simple question that made for some incredibly interesting … Continue reading Linux Saloon | News Flight Night 9
The latest Linux Saloon went off without a hitch, from a technical perspective. No issues during the streaming process, the bitrate was stable, OBS worked without issues and Zoom was crash free. It was a great way to start off the New Year. Of course, I did mess up the very beginning by forgetting to … Continue reading Linux Saloon | Linux New Year
Computers are a lot more fun when they are personal and have a bit of personaltity to them. You can't get much more personalized than 3D printing your very own retro styled computer. This was all inspired by watching an episode on the YouTube channel, Retro Recipes, where LadyFractic built herself a retro computer, my … Continue reading Building a New Retro Styled Computer
One of the aspects that first attracted me to Linux was the choice in desktop environments. What I specifically thought was great when I made the switch to Linux from Windows was the KDE option at the time. I could shape and mold it to what I wanted my desktop to be, something I had … Continue reading NsCDE | Not So Common Desktop Environment on openSUSE
I have loved the openSUSE project for quite some time and I love how it keeps my old systems relevant and working beautifully. I like to test whether or not this continues to hold true on older machines, especially those that have meant a lot to me over the years. Mothballed my D630 when I … Continue reading Dell Latitude D630 System Check and Tumbleweed Update
