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Linux Mint 18 “Sarah” Xfce released!

August 2, 2016 by John Cartwright

The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 18 “Sarah” Xfce Edition. Linux Mint 18 Sarah Xfce Edition Linux Mint 18 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2021. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable […]

Intex Sailfish mobile phone running Linux released in India.

August 2, 2016 by John Cartwright

There is a new mobile phone available in India. The Intex Sailfish device runs a Linux based operating system and has an ARM CPU. This apparently supports Android *.apk packages, allowing the installation of Android apps. This phone could possibly run normal Linux applications as well as dedicated apps for the phone. This phone features. … Read more

Glavinas Vaszilis on Install the Youtube Red app on Ubuntu and watch Youtube videos.April 28, 2024
how to run the command?
Random Guy on How to get a list of all YouTube videos on a channel with yt-dlp.January 13, 2024
Oh WordPress ruined the command formatting. I think you can figure this out.
Random Guy on How to get a list of all YouTube videos on a channel with yt-dlp.January 13, 2024
Both things can also be achieved with just yt-dlp. Print chapter titles: yt-dlp --print "%(chapters.:.title)#l" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1jv509M8Zg Print 15 latest videos:…
slermcat on Another look at the NeXTSTEP source code.January 4, 2024
I used to administer a nextstep machine (color pizza slab, 24MB ram). Wrote display postscript demos and screensavers for it.…
slermcat on Amazing new shooter game that runs in awk.January 4, 2024
yeah good example of how simple raycasting a-la wolfenstein is i write fun stuf in bash but i'm less cool…
slermcat on How to get a nice waveform display with the MPV media player on Linux.January 4, 2024
mpv --config=no --audio-device=pulse/alsa_output.usb-0c76_USB_PnP_Audio_Device-00.analog-stereo --quiet --vo=tct --lavfi-complex='[aid1]asplit[ao][a1];[a1]showcqt[vo]' /media/sdc2/Projects/Music/NSF/amazingmusic/NSF_Archive/Chiptune_Artists/Originals/* showcqt ftw! thanks!
Sherfvip on The Stalker 2 dev build has leaked on the Internet.December 7, 2023
Hi.. does the launcher comes in english..also in game options not working Thank you
Sherfvip on The Stalker 2 dev build has leaked on the Internet.December 5, 2023
I got to launch in english...but the launched in Russian...also option menu is not active in game...could you please help...thank…
Sherfvip on The Stalker 2 dev build has leaked on the Internet.December 5, 2023
Hi..I am installing it right now...thank you for replay One question...is it available with English language Thank you
John Cartwright on Some information I found about the Internet Explorer browser of old.December 4, 2023
Maybe, easier than Windows XP. IE is spread across the whole OS it seems with the Active Desktop crap. But…
Iván on Some information I found about the Internet Explorer browser of old.December 4, 2023
Do you think it's possible to build a standalone executable of IE5 from the win2k source code? I built calc.exe…