Digital Content and Copyright

Posted by: Daerandin Dec. 22, 2022, 9:18 p.m. 0 comments

This article is going to be a little bit different from the usual stuff I write. Everything in this article strongly applies to games, but the article is also a lot more general in nature. The issues of copyright and digital content is something I consider to be of great importance to society as a whole, and I also believe it is a strong indication that human society has taken several turns for the worse. I just hope that …

Categories: Free Software

Compiling Stronghold 2 AI fix from source

Posted by: Daerandin Aug. 13, 2022, 1:14 p.m. 0 comments

A while ago I created a tool that lets you add AI opponents in multiplayer games in Stronghold 2. The tool can be downloaded for windows on this very website: Stronghold 2 fix

The files available for download are precompiled binaries for Windows. My tool also works on Linux, but you need to compile it yourself. For Arch Linux I have created an AUR package which can be found here: sh2_mp_ai_enabler

I am not going …

Categories: Programming, Free Software, Strategy, Real Time Strategy

The importance of backups

Posted by: Daerandin Feb. 19, 2022, 12:14 a.m. 0 comments

If you have ever lost data then you were probably wishing you had a second copy of that data. I had such an experience myself many years ago. I powered up my computer as usual, expecting it to boot up normally. Instead I was greeted by some weird noises, kind of like grating noises. The computer did not boot. I was greeted by my bios telling me that it could not find any bootable hard drives. …

Categories: Free Software

GNU/Linux and free software

Posted by: Daerandin Sept. 19, 2021, 9:55 a.m. 0 comments

I want to take the time to discuss around the topic of free software. And when I say free software, I don't mean free of cost, I mean software that give the user freedom. Software can be free of charge, but at the same time mistreat its users. Free software on the other hand ensures that the user have full freedom to use the software any way they want, study and modify it, and even …

Categories: GNU/Linux, Free Software

Securing your Linux system

Posted by: Daerandin July 7, 2020, 7:30 p.m. 0 comments

Since I recently performed a fresh Arch Linux install on brand new hardware, I decided to delve into a somewhat new topic for myself, security. I am not saying that I know nothing about computer security, but previously I never delved any deeper into the topic than learning security best practices. This was my journey to teach myself computer security on a slightly more advanced level. Please don't take this as a tutorial on how …

Categories: Privacy, GNU/Linux, Free Software

New Computer 2020

Posted by: Daerandin June 14, 2020, 12:24 p.m. 0 comments

I have only used laptops for the last ten years or so, primarily because I used to live in a very tiny apartment where I would actually struggle to fit a desktop computer. Now I find myself with slightly more space so I have been purchasing parts over the last few months. In May in finally had all the parts and built my first desktop computer in ten years. I've been using it for quite …

Categories: GNU/Linux, Free Software

Arch Linux Philosophy

Posted by: Daerandin April 21, 2020, 8:53 p.m. 0 comments

I've been using Arch Linux as my main operating system for close to 7 years now. Over the years I have seen a lot of people struggle with Arch Linux, and it would be a lie if I say that I also didn't struggle at first. When I first tried Arch Linux I was also fairly new to Linux in general, which means it was probably a bad choice on my part to try out …

Categories: GNU/Linux, Free Software

Slackware on Raspberry Pi

Posted by: Daerandin Nov. 12, 2019, 9:42 p.m. 0 comments

I have a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ which I so far have not really done much with. I did install Retropie (link opens in a new tab) on it, which lets you emulate old game systems. However, I ended up not having any interest in actually using it for that purpose, probably since I can do that same on my regular computer. So I'm going for somehing else, something that interests me to a …

Categories: GNU/Linux, Free Software

vbfi - Visual Brainfuck Interpreter

Posted by: Daerandin Jan. 1, 2019, 9:56 p.m. 0 comments

When I got interested in the brainfuck programming language, I decided that one way to really get an idea for how the programming language works is to actually write an interpreter. For a more detailed look at the actual brainfuck programming language, check out my previous article on it.

If you don't know what an interpreter is, then let me give you the simple version of it. An interpreter can read code for a certain …

Categories: Programming, Free Software

Linux for your home computer

Posted by: Daerandin Sept. 29, 2018, 8:02 p.m. 0 comments

Most people in this world is running Windows on their home computers. This is not surprising considering that pretty much all computers are sold with Windows pre-installed. Windows is intended to be easy to use for non-technical people, and if you are into games then it is definitely the easiest choice. Pretty much all games are made for Windows. Any support for other operating systems is mostly an afterthought for games, if such support is …

Categories: Privacy, GNU/Linux, Free Software