Sound over HDMI cable
Posted: 2015-06-10 Filed under: desktop, media, system | Tags: .desktop, alsa, aplay, asoundrc, audio, cable, hdmi, intel, sound Leave a commentMy laptop has an Intel video card and an HDMI port, that I want to use for audio signal output, as well. Unfortunatelly, sound over HDMI does not work out-of-the-box, so I searched for a solution. There are good instructions at the Arch Linux Wiki. Read the rest of this entry »
Hiding any file or folder in Thunar
Posted: 2015-06-04 Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: amplifx, clc sequence viewer, cytoscape, folders, hide, home, pspp, thunar, xfce 1 CommentUsually, programs store their configuration files in a hidden folder that resides within the user’s $HOME. Such folders start with a dot (.), and are therefore regarded as hidden by the file manager. There are however, programs that do not follow this convention and instead create a regular folder in $HOME to store their settings and system files. Its location cannot be changed, which can be particularly annoying. Read the rest of this entry »
Slackonly: an update
Posted: 2015-05-16 Filed under: slackbuilds, system | Tags: package, slackbuilds, slackonly 3 CommentsSlackonly is a repository for Slackware packages, compiled from the scripts at SBo. Compilation is done by the excellent slackrepo tool, which ensures the building of clean packages. SlackOnly is not an official repo and is not affiliated with SBo. Read the rest of this entry »
Heroes III
Posted: 2015-05-02 Filed under: game, slackbuilds | Tags: 3DO, Complete, HD, Heroes, MOD, resolution, slackbuilds, VCMI, wine 3 CommentsI like to keep Heroes III around for the old times’ sake. I have the Complete edition, which unfortunatelly has no Linux version. The Complete edition can be installed and played via WINE, but it is not stable and keeps one of my CPU cores constantly at 100%. I looked for another option and came across the VCMI project, which seems quite promising. Read the rest of this entry »
Dependencies calculator
Posted: 2015-04-25 Filed under: slackbuilds, system | Tags: hoorex, package, queues, slackbuilds Leave a commentI came across this interesting discussion at LQ, introducing a new tool called HooRex (a pun for “who requires”). The program scans the SBo repository and determines dependency relations between packages in both directions: Read the rest of this entry »
Slackalaxy 