VCMI: quick and automated setup
Posted: 2015-06-20 Filed under: game | Tags: Heroes, slackbuilds, VCMI 1 CommentTo play Heroes III with the VCMI engine, the original game data and unofficial addons have to be copied (manually) to their required locations. It is not a big issue, but can be confusing at first. Read the rest of this entry »
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 »
Three years for Slackalaxy…
Posted: 2015-05-31 Filed under: misc Leave a commentIt has been three years :)
Recently I made a major revision of all posts, using code tags and cleaning up the formatting. Most of the downloads now point to Dropbox, too. I changed the theme several times and I apologize for this, I know it’s annoying.
Also, the post count passed 100, this being the 100th!
EDIT (03.06.15): I am still looking for a theme that shows posts as excerpts on the front page and has a clear code highlighting.
Quod Libet: an audio player with a XINE backend
Posted: 2015-05-23 Filed under: media | Tags: audio, backend, gst, gstreamer, player, quod libet, xine Leave a commentAn audio player that can use XINE as its backend is Quod Libet. XINE comes with the default Slackware install, and the package you need specifically is xine-lib. Quod Libet is available at SBo, but the version there is quite outdated at the moment. Read the rest of this entry »
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