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 »
Removing WINE file associations
Posted: 2015-04-18 Filed under: desktop, misc, system | Tags: file association, wine Leave a commentI keep WINE installed for the sole purpose of playing StarCraft – BroodWar if I happen to be in a nostalgic mood. Annoyingly, WINE tends to “steal” a lot of the file associations from other programs. Read the rest of this entry »
ALINE: colouring, numbering and annotation
Posted: 2015-04-06 Filed under: academic | Tags: aline, annotation, colour, msa, numbering, protein, sequence Leave a commentAline is an extensible WYSIWYG protein sequence alignment editor for publication quality figures. It can read common sequence alignment formats which the user can then alter, embellish, markup etc to produce the kind of sequence figure commonly found in biochemical articles. Read the rest of this entry »
Slackalaxy 