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Software bloat creating hardware obsolescence?

The Linux experience is more advanced now than ever before, with the advent of even more advanced software that is getting better and better than the old software applications that Linux users were using in the very old days of Linux distributions like Slackware and Redhat Linux 6.2. There is…

Fedora 17 Gnome 3 desktop to enable software rendering.

Fedora 17 will have a Gnome 3 desktop that will support software rendering as well as keeping support for 3D hardware, this will enable use of the new Gnome interface on older machines that do not include support for hardware rendered interfaces, which the current build of Gnome 3 certainly…

Cloning a Linux installation onto another drive is possible with Clonezilla.
by John Cartwright
June 29, 2024
I just cloned my Alma Linux install on a new SSD. Clonezilla is very easy to use.
Very useful ways to create wildcards with the Linux shell.
by John Cartwright
June 28, 2024
Some very useful tips for wildcards on Linux.
A very good tool for parsing Apache logs and gaining insight into the performance of your website.
by John Cartwright
June 28, 2024
A very nice tool for Linux to parse Apache logs and create a HTML report.
Strange happening when creating an image with AI.
by John Cartwright
June 28, 2024
AI image generators can create strange results with random prompts.
Stalker Legends of the Zone trilogy for Xbox and PlayStation now allows modding.
by John Cartwright
June 26, 2024
Stalker games on consoles now have modding support. This is great for gamers.

John Cartwright on The Stalker 2 dev build has leaked on the Internet.June 14, 2024
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David on The Stalker 2 dev build has leaked on the Internet.May 26, 2024
Hello, do you have buld 5b915c12? link: https://btdig.com/63567989c3d13b1faf5c249e5b38af17101a1b82 I'm trying to download it but it seems to be offline. If…
ChatGPT Online on How to enable Developer mode in ChatGPT and get better prompt results.May 10, 2024
Great tutorial on enabling developer mode in ChatGPT! I appreciate the detailed instructions provided. This has really helped me improve…
John Cartwright on Finding password files and other information online using Google Dorks.April 30, 2024
S3 bucket find Using Google Dorks 🌍 Here are a couple of examples: site:http://amazonaws.com inurl:". s3.amazonaws.com/" site:http://s3.amazonaws.com intitle:index.
Glavinas Vaszilis on Install the Youtube Red app on Ubuntu and watch Youtube videos.April 28, 2024
how to run the command?
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