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Steam client on Linux Mint 14 working perfectly well and the future of gaming on Linux.

January 12, 2013 by John Cartwright

The Steam client on Linux is working very well now; there are not that many games available yet but the ones that are available are great examples of gaming. The upcoming Doom4 game that ID Software are working on will be available on Steam as well as other top rated titles once they have a … Read more

Doom2.exe & Doom4 ideas.

July 7, 2011 by John Cartwright

Updated the website design once again, I implemented resolution based scaling for the main content div layer, the website will fit in a 1116 pixels wide browser window now, and I probably could tweak it even further. I had some feedback that the website was requiring too wide a browser window, so now that is … Read more

The UNIX system program from Jurassic Park is very interesting.
by John Cartwright
April 18, 2024
Some information on the old File System Navigator program from 1992.
The source code for the Descent 3 PC game has been released on GitHub.
by John Cartwright
April 17, 2024
The source code for Descent 3 is now available. Get it now!
How to download a video from a website that is made of multiple blobs.
by John Cartwright
April 16, 2024
How to download a blob video from a news website using Linux and the terminal.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky COOP is now a thing. Play Stalker in MP Cooperatively.
by John Cartwright
April 16, 2024
An amazing new Stalker game that supports VR. This is amazing indeed. And Clear Sky COOP.
List all Wireless Access points near you using nmcli on Ubuntu.
by John Cartwright
April 15, 2024
Some ways to list all WiFi networks with Ubuntu easily.

Random Guy on How to get a list of all YouTube videos on a channel with yt-dlp.January 13, 2024
Oh WordPress ruined the command formatting. I think you can figure this out.
Random Guy on How to get a list of all YouTube videos on a channel with yt-dlp.January 13, 2024
Both things can also be achieved with just yt-dlp. Print chapter titles: yt-dlp --print "%(chapters.:.title)#l" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1jv509M8Zg Print 15 latest videos:…
slermcat on Another look at the NeXTSTEP source code.January 4, 2024
I used to administer a nextstep machine (color pizza slab, 24MB ram). Wrote display postscript demos and screensavers for it.…
slermcat on Amazing new shooter game that runs in awk.January 4, 2024
yeah good example of how simple raycasting a-la wolfenstein is i write fun stuf in bash but i'm less cool…
slermcat on How to get a nice waveform display with the MPV media player on Linux.January 4, 2024
mpv --config=no --audio-device=pulse/alsa_output.usb-0c76_USB_PnP_Audio_Device-00.analog-stereo --quiet --vo=tct --lavfi-complex='[aid1]asplit[ao][a1];[a1]showcqt[vo]' /media/sdc2/Projects/Music/NSF/amazingmusic/NSF_Archive/Chiptune_Artists/Originals/* showcqt ftw! thanks!
Sherfvip on The Stalker 2 dev build has leaked on the Internet.December 7, 2023
Hi.. does the launcher comes in english..also in game options not working Thank you
Sherfvip on The Stalker 2 dev build has leaked on the Internet.December 5, 2023
I got to launch in english...but the launched in Russian...also option menu is not active in game...could you please help...thank…
Sherfvip on The Stalker 2 dev build has leaked on the Internet.December 5, 2023
Hi..I am installing it right now...thank you for replay One question...is it available with English language Thank you
John Cartwright on Some information I found about the Internet Explorer browser of old.December 4, 2023
Maybe, easier than Windows XP. IE is spread across the whole OS it seems with the Active Desktop crap. But…
Iván on Some information I found about the Internet Explorer browser of old.December 4, 2023
Do you think it's possible to build a standalone executable of IE5 from the win2k source code? I built calc.exe…
jim on Very useful penetration testing tools.December 2, 2023
LOL those are so goddamned antiquated it’s not even funny. Look up Project Discovery. Replace your old shit with new…