Chaslinux
@chaslinux.bsky.social
Project manager for a not-for-profit computer refurbishing project. We refurbish computers with Linux. Occasional gamedev using gamemaker, aseprite, gimp, inkscape, and other software on Linux. Started computing with a c64. Canadian.
Fedora KDE 42 on a Core 2 Duo-based iMac.
October 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Fedora KDE 42 on a Core 2 Duo-based iMac.
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This is the window manager that used to ship with Mandrake as one of its options to KDE: IceWM 3.8 Brings New Optimizations & Changes - Phoronix
IceWM 3.8 Brings New Optimizations & Changes
For those preferring an X11-based desktop experience on Linux, IceWM 3.8 released on Sunday as the newest version of this lightweight X11 window manager focused on speed and simplicity.
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June 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is the window manager that used to ship with Mandrake as one of its options to KDE: IceWM 3.8 Brings New Optimizations & Changes - Phoronix
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"Another visitor. Stay a while... stay forever!" ~ Impossible Mission
June 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"Another visitor. Stay a while... stay forever!" ~ Impossible Mission
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Sly Stone, the funk-legend leader of Sly and the Family Stone, dies at 82
www.ctvnews.ca/entertainmen...
www.ctvnews.ca/entertainmen...
Sly Stone, the funk-legend leader of Sly and the Family Stone, dies at 82
Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s and ’70s and beyond with such hits as “Everyday People,” “Stand!” and “F...
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June 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Sly Stone, the funk-legend leader of Sly and the Family Stone, dies at 82
www.ctvnews.ca/entertainmen...
www.ctvnews.ca/entertainmen...
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Intel Pentium II commercial (1997) featuring the Bunny People!
June 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Intel Pentium II commercial (1997) featuring the Bunny People!
@flyingsquirrel.ca they borrowed your nick... We don't get up that way often, you've probably seen this before?
May 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
@flyingsquirrel.ca they borrowed your nick... We don't get up that way often, you've probably seen this before?
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useful fact: JIS screwdrivers work in Philips screws just fine. Philips screwdrivers will destroy a JIS screw in short order. this leads to lots of stripped screws on old ham radios
If you’re working on Japanese things, (cameras and stuff) they often use JIS screws, not Philips. 👍🏼
February 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
useful fact: JIS screwdrivers work in Philips screws just fine. Philips screwdrivers will destroy a JIS screw in short order. this leads to lots of stripped screws on old ham radios
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I helped make a very small part of #Crashlands2 and it allowed me to see the incredible amount of love poured into it by fantastically talented people! And I am overwhelmingly proud of the work they've done: store.steampowered.com/app/1401730/...
Its out today!!! #GameMaker #GameDev #IndieDev
Its out today!!! #GameMaker #GameDev #IndieDev
Crashlands 2 on Steam
Slap your way across a vibrant world where interstellar friendships are the key to your survival. Befriend eccentric aliens, craft bizarre weaponry, and stick it to the man in this sequel to the award...
store.steampowered.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I helped make a very small part of #Crashlands2 and it allowed me to see the incredible amount of love poured into it by fantastically talented people! And I am overwhelmingly proud of the work they've done: store.steampowered.com/app/1401730/...
Its out today!!! #GameMaker #GameDev #IndieDev
Its out today!!! #GameMaker #GameDev #IndieDev
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ICYMI back in February we (@chequered.ink) released a free ready made word guessing game you can use in your own projects or just to learn #GameMaker chequered.ink/ready-made-w... #gamedev #indiedev
Ready Made Word Guess
Learn how to make a word guessing game in GameMaker with our ready-made project!
chequered.ink
April 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
ICYMI back in February we (@chequered.ink) released a free ready made word guessing game you can use in your own projects or just to learn #GameMaker chequered.ink/ready-made-w... #gamedev #indiedev
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Many thanks to O. & Co. Games (the developers of TetherGeist) for this great tutorial on setting up Steam stats and achievements in your GameMaker games 👾
📺 youtu.be/sv-ak0Kz7BU
🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/2474430/...
📺 youtu.be/sv-ak0Kz7BU
🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/2474430/...
March 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Many thanks to O. & Co. Games (the developers of TetherGeist) for this great tutorial on setting up Steam stats and achievements in your GameMaker games 👾
📺 youtu.be/sv-ak0Kz7BU
🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/2474430/...
📺 youtu.be/sv-ak0Kz7BU
🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/2474430/...
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Seven years? I can't wait to get my hands on this: GIMP 3.0 Released: A Major Overhaul After Seven Years in Development
GIMP 3.0 Released: A Major Overhaul After Seven Years in Development
GIMP 3.0 is here with a modern GTK3 UI, non-destructive filters, improved file support, enhanced color management, and more.
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March 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Seven years? I can't wait to get my hands on this: GIMP 3.0 Released: A Major Overhaul After Seven Years in Development
Good times past, with good friends. Still being able to work with Linux at work every day, priceless!
March 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Good times past, with good friends. Still being able to work with Linux at work every day, priceless!
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I'm putting together a Canada game dev starter pack in response to this idiotic tariff war so people can support Canada-based game devs through follows / purchases if they choose to.
Reply if you're a game dev in Canada and you want to be on it. Please repost. Thanks!
Reply if you're a game dev in Canada and you want to be on it. Please repost. Thanks!
March 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I'm putting together a Canada game dev starter pack in response to this idiotic tariff war so people can support Canada-based game devs through follows / purchases if they choose to.
Reply if you're a game dev in Canada and you want to be on it. Please repost. Thanks!
Reply if you're a game dev in Canada and you want to be on it. Please repost. Thanks!
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Godot just released Godot 4.4, and this may just be the best #GodotEngine release yet.
gamefromscratch.com/godot-4-4-re...
#gamedev #indiedev
gamefromscratch.com/godot-4-4-re...
#gamedev #indiedev
Godot 4.4 Released – GameFromScratch.com
The Godot Foundation have released Godot Engine 4.4 loaded with new features like Metal rendering, Jolt Physics and Typed Dictionaries
gamefromscratch.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Godot just released Godot 4.4, and this may just be the best #GodotEngine release yet.
gamefromscratch.com/godot-4-4-re...
#gamedev #indiedev
gamefromscratch.com/godot-4-4-re...
#gamedev #indiedev
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Mozilla's attempt to put lipstick on a pig: An update on our Terms of Use | The Mozilla Blog
An update on our Terms of Use | The Mozilla Blog
On Wednesday we shared that we’re introducing a new Terms of Use (TOU) and Privacy Notice for Firefox. Since then, we’ve been listening to some of our
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March 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Mozilla's attempt to put lipstick on a pig: An update on our Terms of Use | The Mozilla Blog
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Be sure to tune in tonight for the #MARCHintosh 2025 kickoff stream. Hear what others are planning, and share your ideas with the community!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkbs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkbs...
#MARCHintosh 2025 Kickoff Spectacular mac-o-rama-thon!
YouTube video by Ron's Computer Videos
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February 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Be sure to tune in tonight for the #MARCHintosh 2025 kickoff stream. Hear what others are planning, and share your ideas with the community!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkbs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkbs...
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"Christoph Hellwig, one of the Kernel maintainer, has revealed that Linus Torvalds privately expressed his intention to merge Rust code into the Linux kernel, even if some maintainers object": Linus Torvalds Reportedly Plans To Merge Rust Code Into Linux Kernel
Linus Torvalds Reportedly Plans To Merge Rust Code Into Linux Kernel - OSTechNix
Christoph Hellwig has revealed that Linus Torvalds privately expressed his intention to merge Rust code into the Linux kernel.
buff.ly
February 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
"Christoph Hellwig, one of the Kernel maintainer, has revealed that Linus Torvalds privately expressed his intention to merge Rust code into the Linux kernel, even if some maintainers object": Linus Torvalds Reportedly Plans To Merge Rust Code Into Linux Kernel
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Today we check out NESFab a new programming language for a very old platform, the NES or Nintendo Entertainment System. Giving C like abstraction with closer to Assembly level performance.
gamefromscratch.com/nesfab-progr...
#gamedev #indiedev
gamefromscratch.com/nesfab-progr...
#gamedev #indiedev
NESFab Programming Language – GameFromScratch.com
NESFab is a new programming language for a very old platform, the NES or Nintendo Entertainment System, a C like language with assembly speed
gamefromscratch.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Today we check out NESFab a new programming language for a very old platform, the NES or Nintendo Entertainment System. Giving C like abstraction with closer to Assembly level performance.
gamefromscratch.com/nesfab-progr...
#gamedev #indiedev
gamefromscratch.com/nesfab-progr...
#gamedev #indiedev
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Oh, you’re a gamer? Well, how long did it take you to beat THIS?!
February 16, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Oh, you’re a gamer? Well, how long did it take you to beat THIS?!
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More grid based CRPGs!
Just chilling in the woods of Underkeep..
You can wishlist the game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2411200/...
#screenshotsaturday #pixelart #dungeoncrawler #retrogaming #crpg #gamedev #indiegame
You can wishlist the game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2411200/...
#screenshotsaturday #pixelart #dungeoncrawler #retrogaming #crpg #gamedev #indiegame
February 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
More grid based CRPGs!
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Finally got back to doing some work on this project. Made a little acrylic GPU support. Now I need to do something a little more elegant than zip ties on the back.
February 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Finally got back to doing some work on this project. Made a little acrylic GPU support. Now I need to do something a little more elegant than zip ties on the back.
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Too sick to program or do brain-thinky things, so while trapped in bed, I'm sketching out tilesets.
#gamedev #indiegame
#gamedev #indiegame
February 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Too sick to program or do brain-thinky things, so while trapped in bed, I'm sketching out tilesets.
#gamedev #indiegame
#gamedev #indiegame
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"This version includes important security updates to Firefox": New Release - Tor Browser 14.0.5 | Tor Project
New Release: Tor Browser 14.0.5 | Tor Project
Tor Browser 14.0.5 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory.
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February 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"This version includes important security updates to Firefox": New Release - Tor Browser 14.0.5 | Tor Project