Archive for the “Unix” category
Cartoon Shader using GLSL
by enum on May 14, 2010
Here is an example of a shader written in the OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL). It is very simple shader, only assigning 4 different color values, yet the result is pretty cool. I’ll post the link to the source code once (…)
Why No Games on Linux?
by enum on May 11, 2010
Thought I would share an interesting article on why there are no games on linux. Want more games on linux? Solve these problems!
Incremental Backup on FreeBSD with tar
by enum on May 10, 2010
Recently the rsync server at work broke down, and I needed a quick solution for incremental backup using just FTP. As it turns out, the FreeBSD version of tar is not GNU tar. So in order to use the following (…)
pdnsd and NetworkManager
by enum on May 9, 2010
If you run arch linux or a similar minimal distro, you may be familiar with the local dns server pdnsd, used to cache DNS queries. If you try to run pdnsd on the same computer as NetworkManager, you may run (…)
Key Repeat in Linux Xorg Not Working
by enum on May 8, 2010
After installing arch linux on my laptop, I noticed a small annoyance. When I opened any sort of terminal in Xorg, they key repeat feature would not function (i.e. holding a key down would not cause it to continuously be (…)