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…
First experience trying to learn Unity on Xubuntu Linux
The king of game engines Unity is considered the big kahuna of game engines. It is often cited as the best engine to learn if your end goal is to work in…
Fasteroids – An Asteroids-like game for Linux and Windows
Today I realized that, since redoing this web site, I still haven’t added any information about the game I made back in 2017-2020. Recently I revived Fasteroids, and made some changes to…
Findmonitor BASH script – identify and price monitors with one script
Note: This script is NOT compatible with systems running Wayland. We use Xubuntu Linux at our project. The idea for this BASH shell script was born out of the need to process…
Anyone can learn Linux (it’s like using a pencil)
Over the years I’ve been fortunate enough to work with people at all computer skill levels. Regardless of what others say, my experience is that people at any skill level can learn…
Xubuntu Linux – Interface Basics
Anyone can learn Linux I’ve been blessed/cursed to have used Linux in one form or another since 1997, starting with the Slackware ’96 Linux distribution. I’m doubly lucky in that I’ve been…
[FIX] Crashing after Kalypso startup screen – Vikings – Wolves of Midgard
Vikings – Wolves of Midgard (crashes after the Kalypso video) Vikings – Wolves of Midgard is a linear action role playing game (ARPG) that lets you go back and repeat quests several…
Legend of Grimrock – a better Bard’s Tale III
Bards Tale III – my introduction to 3D like adventure Back in the late 1980’s I worked for Simcoe Computer Consultants at the 400 Market, outside of Barrie, Ontario. The 400 Market…
Why does Computer Recycling still use Xubuntu Linux?
There are so many other Linux distributions Xubuntu Linux looks very old fashioned when compared to DeepinOS, Linux Mint, Ubuntu, and other beefier Linux distributions. So why does the Working Centre’s Computer…