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WLUG Meeting tonight (Virtual) at 7PM, usual Jitsi location.

by Tim Keller

Hey Gang, Enough people have reached out to me privately that they want to attend remotely, that I think it makes sense to do the meeting virtually this month. The meeting will be at the usual virtual place: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA <https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA>@7PM. Speaking with Frank WPI is off the table as a meeting location. Tonight I think it warrants a conversation about where we'd like to do physical meetings. They are going to happen, I'd like to pick a spot that works for everybody. I'm sure lots of other topics will come up as well. See ya there! Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Sept. 9, 2021

Re: Inertia Blast

by Dennis Payne

There is "-w" for windowed mode. It is really small on most displays as it is 320x200. It never really bothered me but I played it again focusing on the background drawing. I think it is caused from being stretched to a different aspect ratio. The old X11 implementation had a double screen size mode. I have that in Troll Bridge which is the code I based the Inertia Blast drawing code on. I'll try to add that in. Adding a full screen with black borders to keep the aspect ratio would be good too. I'll have to look into that. On Wed, 2021-09-08 at 22:48 -0400, John Stoffel via WLUG wrote: > > > > > > I pulled this down, and once I had installed all the sdl2 -dev libs > on > my Linux Mint 20 system it built just fine, nice and clean. > > Unfortunately, the full screen blocky graphics weren't as good, but > more annoying was the constant flicker the screen as it was > refreshing > things. > > Maybe it needs to be a smaller window? I didn't bother to install > it, > I just ran it from the build dir, which was super nice to be able to > do. Congrats on the update! > > John > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/JKRFY…

Sept. 9, 2021

Re: Inertia Blast

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Dennis" == Dennis Payne via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: Dennis> Thrust is an old C64 game. I never played the original but Dennis> enjoyed an svgalib version a long time ago. Svgalib was used Dennis> for games when people didn't have machines that could Dennis> reasonably run X. It requires root to run and can't run under Dennis> X so it isn't something people do now for the most part. The Dennis> version I played now has an X version but it requires pseudo Dennis> color so it is not usable. Dennis> I updated the code to use SDL. I replaced some images that Dennis> seemed to have been copied from the original. I renamed the Dennis> game to Inertia Blast. Of course this included adding Dennis> Gamerzilla support but it is minimal at the moment with only Dennis> two achievements. Dennis> http://identicalsoftware.com/inertiablast/ I pulled this down, and once I had installed all the sdl2 -dev libs on my Linux Mint 20 system it built just fine, nice and clean. Unfortunately, the full screen blocky graphics weren't as good, but more annoying was the constant flicker the screen as it was refreshing things. Maybe it needs to be a smaller window? I didn't bother to install it, I just ran it from the build dir, which was super nice to be able to do. Congrats on the update! John

Sept. 9, 2021

Re: Reminder! Meeting this week on Sept 9th!

by John Stoffel

Tim> We've got a meeting this week on Sept. 9th! Cool! Tim> Do people want to do in a meeting in person or virtual? Virtual is for the best right now I think. But I'm not sure I'll be able to make it due to other commitments. We will see.

Sept. 9, 2021

Re: Reminder! Meeting this week on Sept 9th!

by Keith Wright

Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > We've got a meeting this week on Sept. 9th! > > Do people want to do in a meeting in person or virtual? Where do in-person meetings happen? It's my understanding that we (or anyone) can not go to WPI without a damn good reason and a nose swab. No matter. I don't drive and can barely walk. I don't want to be stuck at a meeting all night, but if it is done by video chat then I will check it out at 7pm (right?); hang out for an hour or two; then, with a point and a click, be teleported back to my living room in time for supper. -- Keith PS: I may try one more time to use the Linux laptop. Stay calm.

Sept. 9, 2021

Re: Reminder! Meeting this week on Sept 9th!

by hammerron

I'm likely to be working Thurs night..If so can't do either *frowns* On 9/7/21 4:49 PM, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > Hey Gang, > > We've got a meeting this week on Sept. 9th! > > Do people want to do in a meeting in person or virtual? > > Thanks, > Tim. > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/JLWAV…

Sept. 8, 2021

Re: Reminder! Meeting this week on Sept 9th!

by Joel

This month I am up for virtual. Could easily be in minority and that's not a problem. Joel On September 7, 2021 4:50:24 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hey Gang, > > We've got a meeting this week on Sept. 9th! > > Do people want to do in a meeting in person or virtual? > > Thanks, > Tim. > > -- > > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers". > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/JLWAV…

Sept. 8, 2021

Reminder! Meeting this week on Sept 9th!

by Tim Keller

Hey Gang, We've got a meeting this week on Sept. 9th! Do people want to do in a meeting in person or virtual? Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Sept. 7, 2021

Inertia Blast

by Dennis Payne

Thrust is an old C64 game. I never played the original but enjoyed an svgalib version a long time ago. Svgalib was used for games when people didn't have machines that could reasonably run X. It requires root to run and can't run under X so it isn't something people do now for the most part. The version I played now has an X version but it requires pseudo color so it is not usable. I updated the code to use SDL. I replaced some images that seemed to have been copied from the original. I renamed the game to Inertia Blast. Of course this included adding Gamerzilla support but it is minimal at the moment with only two achievements. http://identicalsoftware.com/inertiablast/ -- Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@dulsi

Sept. 5, 2021

Re: Happy 30th birthday linux!!

by Jared Greenwald

On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 3:46 PM John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > Tim> It was 30 years ago today Linus sent out his fateful email about > Tim> his os he didn't think was going to turn into a "big thing." > > Amazing stuff. And amazing how many OSes I've worked on over the > years that have fallen to the wayside of mainstream use: HPUX, AIX, > SunOS, Solaris, Ultrix, DEC OSF/1, Digital Unix, TOPS-20 (there's an > emulator online!) Irix, ConvexOS, and others I'm sure I've forgotten. > Oh wait, ConvexOS (which morphed into HPUX when they bough Convex), > Cray's Unicos. All systems I've supported and worked on over the > years. > > With Linux in various flavors and distributions being the core of my > work for the past 15 years I would say. Though Solaris has lasted the > longest of the mainstream vendors, even though Oracle has pretty much > killed it off now. We tried to keep sparc alive a little longer at least by releasing Oracle Linux on sparc as recently as 2017. Now that arm is the new hotness that's where the "alt" releases are. > > > Tim> This is an amazing group full of quirky, smart and enthusiast > Tim> linux users! I hope in some way we've helped to make linux a > Tim> success! > > Quirky is right! I'm certainly quirky! *grin* > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/GC4JK… >

Aug. 27, 2021