Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a desktop Linux distribution, based on Debian GNU/Linux.

Finally StarCraft: Broodwars on Ubuntu Linux

Sure linux will play the latest and greatest games out-2-date, yet loading up a decade old game like StarCraft has been a teeth pulling experance. Enough! Check out PlayOnLinux for an (almost) pain free installation AND patch set-up. "PlayOnLinux is a tool to help Linux users run Windows games on linux, via the use of wine. This tool is free and written in bash. [It has a graphical user interface.] It already supports more than 30 games; anyone can help development (by posting new script which allows games to run)."

Twitter for Ubuntu (Linux) Users

While a client or plug-in to tweet is typically unneeded, the Twitter IM has been broken for ... ever? *cough* Time to get something working. "Czarphanguye: Looking for a nice desktop twitter app (for linux.)" Thanks for the feedback @cawlin @embee @PatiNet

Gimp Alternatives; postr, fotoxx, & mypaint

GIMP

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This brief blog entry will give you a snapshot of a few modern, and of course free, graphic editors available to Linux users. The inspiration is primarily caused due to frustrated w/ running oudated Photoshop version in WINE or resorting you GIMP.

Easy Peasy VMWare-Player (VMPlayer) on Ubuntu Hardy 8.04

This brief blog entry will note the steps to set-up (re-install) VMPlayer (VMWare Player) on Ubuntu Hardy 8.04. VMware Player is a freeware virtualization software product from VMware, Inc., a subsidiary of EMC Corporation. Player can run guest virtual machines produced by other VMware products; it cannot itself create new virtual machines. VMware provides free virtual disk images of several pre-configured operating systems and applications, many of them community-contributed. Freeware tools and websites (such as EasyVMX) also exist for creating VMs, mounting, manipulating and converting VMware disks and floppies, permitting users to create, run and maintain virtual machines free of charge (even for commercial use).

Wine-0.9.58 Adds Postprocess Effects to Guild Wars

I just took notice (and you should too) that the wine-0.9.58 now supports DX9 (Direct3D) Post-Process effects. Thank you Wine (or Google's $$) Simply open the options (F11) -> Grphics -> ENABLE Post-Process Effects (no restart required). "This option will improve the quality and realism of a scene, as well as achieve some specific effects, such as scene-wide blurring. In Direct3D, image processing is usually performed as a postprocess after the rendering is completed. An application first renders its scene onto a texture, then processes the texture with a pixel shader to produce a different image with the enhancement or alteration. The use of pixel shaders makes this operation very efficient, so it can be performed in real time." [more on C++\Direct3D\PostProcess]

GW Post-Process 1

GW Post-Process 1

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GW Post-Process 0

GW Post-Process 0

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