I'm really not a big fan of strategy-builder games (at least not since C&C), but Sid Meier's Civilization-series are more interesting than other similar games, at least in my opinion.
The game did have some peculiar bugs (ex: not running on selected screen in multi-monitor setups), but nothing major. The screenshots below were taken on an Intel Core 2 Duo Linux-laptop.
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| DOOM 3: BFG Edition (non-steam version) - running natively on Linux. |
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| Space Hulk - running natively on Linux. |
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| Left 4 Dead 2 - running natively on Linux. |
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| Trine 2 - running natively on Linux. |
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| Darwinia - running natively on Linux. |
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| DOTA 2 - running natively on Linux. |
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| FEZ - running natively on Linux. |
sudo apt-get install xvba-va-driver libva-glx1 libva-egl1 vainfo
These libraries and drivers prevents video-artifacts/-tearing, stabilizes video-movement, de-processes video-interlacing and similar video-issues.
To whom it may concern (you know who you are):
I started this blog for myself, as a kind of rolling-release diary / project-roadmap for my digital escapades.
I did NOT start the blog to attract shallow attention from hipster blog-readers, to push up statistics and visitor numbers, that was simply an entertaining and completely unseen side-effect.
When posts seem to be aimed at specific people, it is usually friends and / or family. Certain (other) people read the blog from time to time (and enjoy my rants to a certain degree), but it's not for everyone...
Any suggestions sent to me either by commentary or e-mail, on how to:
Woke up this morning, logged onto my workstation, realized nothing was behaving like it should.
Windows were tearing, whole screens were acting weird and I could not for the life of me surf the web with ANY browser I had installed. Which wouldn't be as irritating right then and there, if it wasn't for the fact that I needed to log into my online bank-account!
After an hour of aggravation, and another hour of testing with different graphics-drivers (NVIDIA stable/current), I found out my GPU (GeForce GT520) did not play well with the new experimental driver from NVIDIA.
sudo apt-get purge nvidia-current && \
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current
After seeing the price-tag, I'm thinking I'd better look at the Korg MS-20 mini instead.
The kit is WAY too f******g expensive for me (currently studying for a Bachelor's degree).
Ok, time for a little summary of my "Steam for Linux"- / "SteamOS"-testing:
All of my current Linux-based Steam-games (50 out of 67) run flawlessly on both Linux Mint v13 (with backports) and Ubuntu Desktop v12.04 (vanilla).
Steam OS in it's early stages. Fairly straightforward installer actually no need for command-line magic or anything. It's a modified Debian GNU/Linux 7.1 ("Wheezy") distribution, maintained by Valve.
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| Bootscreen. |
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| Live-CD installer, loading components. |
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| Installing SteamOS base system. |
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| SteamOS desktop, after exiting the Steam for Linux client. |
A real-time overview of world-wide DDoS attacks :P
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| Digital Attack Map screencap, taken @ thursday Oct. 24 2013 - 2:48pm |
Funny :P Clement Lefebvre actually started using Slackware Linux in 1997, just like me :)
Here is the networkworld-article:
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/102113-lefebvre-linux-mint-274911.html
Linux' Pseudo Random Number Generator gets analyzed from a security viewpoint in this PDF-format report: http://eprint.iacr.org/2013/338.pdf
Interesting design. Wonder how it will perform in practical use.
Bash scripts for generating and viewing simplified SSH access-logs in a console.
My reason for creating sshlog (and consequently sshloglist and sshlogviewer) was to have an easily available command-line toolchain, capable of generating and viewing simplified SSH access-logs through a console (plain-text interface, usually SSH+Bash).
The previous post was about AMDs current bugdet-line mobile processors. Before that, I posted (in Norwegian) about their plans for future mobile solutions.
They are basing their new budget-line / mobile processors on the "Jaguar" microarchitecture (the pre-decessing C- and E-series are "Brazos" based), and will sport 64-bit dual- or quad-core ("Bobcat" x86-cores) with integrated Radeon 8000 graphics (80-core GPU), significantly outperforming any "Atom"-chips with integrated graphics from Intel.
The new "AMD Embedded G-series System-on-Chip" sets will be made in two versions (or architectures): x86 and ARM. Determining which architecture a chip is based on, is as easy as looking at the CPU-logo; the ARM-version will have an "A" in the lower right corner of the logo and the x86-version will have an "X" (as shown in the picture below).
I was recently asked by a family-member to look for a decent study-laptop for my sister. I'll admit I was kind of thrilled. I was playing around with the idea of finding a low-budget laptop, with decent specifications. Having done a machine-architecture report for school (x86/x64) last year, I had become thoroughly aware of what AMD has been doing lately.
I have always been a fan of AMD. Mainly because of their support for hardware-hacking (NOTE: this voids any warranty) and / or chip overclocking (in many cases also voids any warranty), and their clever innovation of techniques (amd64/APUs). And last but not least, their open and full support of FOSS.
In my report, I wrote about AMDs budget-line processors; the "Fusion" C-series and E-series, direct competitors to Intels "Atom" budget-line processors. In fact, the C-chips match similar Atom-chips in both TDP (Thermal Design Power) and clock-frequency (GHz). Whereas the E-series is higher clocked, resulting in a higher TDP, but also making it more similar to an Atom-chip system paired with a dedicated GPU (e.g. ION2).
My sisters computing-needs do not require massive number-crunching abilities, but it shouldn't be sluggish in operation either, so I went for the high-end mobile-solution: AMD E-450 (codename: Zacate) APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) used in a 13,3" LED-screen Asus model U32U laptop with 4GB DDR3 RAM.
The AMD E-450 is a 64-bit dual-core ("Bobcat" low-power x86-cores @ 1,65GHz) processor with an integrated Radeon HD 6320 GPU on the same die (which AMD markets as a so-called APU-chip), with a total TDP of 18 watts.
(The basic idea behind this type of system, is that: the stripped, low-power x86-cores (x2) does most of the general-purpose processing, but, hands over floating-point unit calulations to the GPU-cores on the same die, thereby eliminating both process load-balancing and CPU-GPU inter-communication delays.)
Asus product-link:
https://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/U32U/
This was a response to "Correct me if I'm wrong" posted by an irrate Linux FUD-er. ( http://www.zdnet.com/six-open-source-security-myths-debunked-and-eight-real-challenges-to-consider-7000014225/ )
I hadn't given it much thought, but I have been using ONE Windows-application quite extensively over the past years. WinSCP.
For a simple-faced filemanager, it has many uses. But it's main feature is to connect to SSH / SFTP / FTP servers, handle files locally / remotely, transfer files, etc. A networked client-server file-manager application.
Before the early years of 2000, there were no decent graphical file-managers for cross-platform transfers and handling. Especially not with proper support for the Secure SHell v2 protocol.
WinSCP had this from the beginning (mainly with the scp program at first, then the SFTPv2 protocol. more recently WinSCP opts for switching to SFTPv3 protocol if available, for added security).
I can't recommend this program enough for it's easy transfer, handling and other file-related operations. I have never had any serious problems with it. It just works, and it works pretty damn good too.
It's interface is a beautiful interpretation of earlier, rather similar :P command-line designer guidelines.
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You're wrong and probably never worked for a software company.
Software versions are charactized by version numbers, in my case, when I worked for Bentley Systems, a version was designated by numbers like 05.07.01.22.
Software, like Firefox makes versions for Windows and Linux among others. Basically the core parts of the program operate in the same manner and the API is different to work on Linux and adjustments are made for libraries, directories, etc.
The dirty little secret here at ZDNet and among the shills is that they blame an application for allowing an intrinsic problem or vulnerability with the OS to be accessed. Shills, Ed, and ZDNet are great at blaming the application, such as Chrome or Firefox for the problem and not addressing the core Windows vulnerability. Then, they read documentation and without knowing anything about how things are done, blame the Linux counterparts, because they are listed.
The problem is that items present in the application allow the core Windows vulnerability to be used to infect Windows. The application issue may also be present in the Linux version, but because Linux is so much more secure than Windows, there is no problem or infection with Linux. The only way Linux could be infected is if the malware could read the mind of the user and get his password.
Developers review the Windows version issue and make adjustments so it does not allow the Windows vulnerability to be addressed and also make the change across the board to all sister versions to maintain consistency. Because you are naive and see Ubuntu listed as affected, it does not mean Ubuntu ever had a security issue at all, the Ubuntu version is just having the code changed for consistency. In other words, no application for Windows is ever going to fully prevent all the Windows critical flaws from being accessed. Those application characteristics causing the Windows issues may be present the Linux version, but can't be used to attack Linux, but are being changed anyway. In most cases, the change may be an operating improvement and be more efficient.
It's so silly to ZDNet pull the same BS over and over again, year after year. If you want to believe it, you are only following the ZDNet propaganda trail, Do yourself a favor, pour yourself a strong one, and install Ubuntu or Mint on a second machine, run it as a Live DVD, or install it as a dual boot and your primary computer. Then, install, Chrome, Opera or any other open source program you like and try to get infected. Then come back here and post the Website and how you got infected. That's something that no one, in all these years of accusations has ever been able to do. Once you see that you don't get infected you;ll begin to see how ZDNet twists information and is just a stooge for Microsoft.
As far as you referencing Linux Torvalds and the linux.com issue it was related to stolen passwords. Anyone who gets poorly secured passwords an attacks a system can't be stopped. Most times the admins are storing their login information on a Windows box, that gets easily hacked by a zero-day or a crafted emai that allows access. Remember the big ZDNet push for articles about Google, which runs 100% Linux getting hacked? Well, two Chinese employees were storing data on a Windows notebook and it easily got hacked. Since then, Google forbids employees from using Windows or work. you don't hear about that anymore here, do you? Forbidding employees to do company work on Windows is the single most important any manager can make.
If you dig deeply into these articles against open source and Linux, you will find, as I have, that the core problem is Windows and you will see a critical update down the road, at a later time to silently correct the Windows problem. But that is never brought up here.