You can install much loved Linux console programs like Lynx (text web browser) and Midnight Commander (powerful file browser) on Mac OSX using homebrew program installer “Brew”. Example: Install Lynx First you must install Brew. After this, you can install other programs with Brew. ruby -e “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)” < /dev/null 2> /dev/null Now use… Continue reading Install Linux console programs like Lynx on Mac OSX
Install Sony Playstation Now (PS Now) on Ubuntu
I’m always looking at ways to play video games on Ubuntu Linux. This one is a doozy. With Playstation Now, you can play over 700 real PS2, PS3 and PS4 games on your Ubuntu computer. The technology uses streaming from remote server where the gaming console exists. Sony typically will give you a couple weeks… Continue reading Install Sony Playstation Now (PS Now) on Ubuntu
Sega Master System
If you are unfamiliar with the 8-Bit Sega Master System, the game system that Sega sold before the 16-Bit Sega Genesis – you are in for a treat. This third generation video game system debuted in 1985 in Japan as the Sega Mark III. The name wasn’t very well revived so when it debuted in… Continue reading Sega Master System
Would you like to be Google free?
By now you have probably heard that Google spys on your growing habits, searches, traveling locations, app usage and more. Google is so pervasive that it’s almost impossible to stop from being “the product” that gets sold and resold right? Wrong! Now there are great Google alternatives. Duckduckgo has setup a great guide that you… Continue reading Would you like to be Google free?
Gaming on the Raspberian Stretch Desktop
It really surprises me that there isn’t a Raspberry Pi gaming scene. I’m not talking about emulation. I’m talking about games that run native on the Pi in Raspbian. Old machines like the Atari 2600, Colecovision, ZX Spectrum and the Commodore 64 have an embarrassing wealth of new games coming out all the time. The… Continue reading Gaming on the Raspberian Stretch Desktop
Manually Install RetroPie over Raspbian Stretch
If you are enjoying a full or lite install of Raspbian on your Raspberry Pi, you can also manually install RetroPie rather than work off of a RetroPie SD image. It’s advisable to first tell your Pi to boot into console mode at boot. pi@raspberry:~$ sudo raspi-config Choose (3) Boot Options B1 Desktop/CLI B2 Console… Continue reading Manually Install RetroPie over Raspbian Stretch
Raspberry Pi as a Spotify Connect source
This is verified to work with a Raspberry Pi model 3 B+ with Raspbian Stretch on 01/20/19. It really should work with any Pi using Jessie too. The program we will use to stream music from any device to our Pi is called “raspotify“, which makes our Pi into a Spotify connect source. We will… Continue reading Raspberry Pi as a Spotify Connect source
Emulating the Sony Playstation 2 (PS2) with Windows
To run a PS2 emulator in Windows 10, you will first need: The emulator itself: PCSX2. BIOS files. Properly configured emulator. Once you install the PCSX2 emulator, you must tell it where to find the BIOS files. From the menu: >Config>Plugin/BIOS Selector Select BIOS from the left pane. Browse to your BIOS directory and select… Continue reading Emulating the Sony Playstation 2 (PS2) with Windows