Introduction At the start of the pandemic I started to see a lot of videos on the topic of buying older hardware, and how old hardware is sometimes more performant for the…
OBS Studio records static desktop image, no movement – Xubuntu Linux
OBS is awesome Open Broadcasting Software, also known as OBS Studio, is an awesome piece of free and open source software that lets you capture audio and video from a wide variety…
Partial Steam game list under Xubuntu
How well does game X work under Xubuntu? This was the thought I had when I started collecting games under Steam. The following is a partial list of games I own. Most…
Cheese removed from Computer Recycling Xubuntu installations
What is Cheese? Cheese is a picture-taking program for computers with webcams built-in (laptops) or attached (external via USB). Cheese is also capable of recording small videos (for larger videos, a program…
My process for updating Discord on Xubuntu Linux
Great and a pain Discord is one of those programs I love to hate. I like Discord because it’s a good way for people to connect with me about Computer Recycling, and…
Squishy and the Fishes – Linux Game Development
Introduction I’ve previously written about the state of game development on Linux. While Unity, Unreal, Gamemaker, Godot, and a slew of other tools exist for Linux, it’s pretty rare to see someone…
Install Diablo 1 from CD on Xubuntu
If you have an original copy of Diablo 1 on CD, here’s a video describing how to install it in Xubuntu.
Knights of Pen & Paper II
A dice game with a sense of humour If games like Torchlight II, Diablo III, and Grim Dawn are your thing, Knights of Pen & Paper II will seem like a snooze-fest…
Fasteroids – August Update – Bugfixes
Silence? Back on July 7th I wrote about Fasteroids, the game I developed a few years ago. In that post I mentioned that I had some significant changes in mind for a…
Initial Gamemaker experience under Xubuntu Linux
Previous Gamemaker experience I bought version 1.4 of the Gamemaker game engine on a Humble Bundle many years ago. At the time Gamemaker ONLY ran under Microsoft Windows. It was possible to…