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.
@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?
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!
Installed Linux Mint 22.1 XFCE on this ThinkPad T480. One of the cool things on this particular laptop is the addition of an infrared web cam. It does complicate webcam apps as they see it first over the traditional camera.
February 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Installed Linux Mint 22.1 XFCE on this ThinkPad T480. One of the cool things on this particular laptop is the addition of an infrared web cam. It does complicate webcam apps as they see it first over the traditional camera.
I still use #xubuntu on most of my machines at home because of some issues with handbrake, but one minor annoyance is that Xubuntu doesn't correctly show AppImage icons(left image). On the right is Linux Mint 22 XFCE, which does display AppImage icons.
February 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I still use #xubuntu on most of my machines at home because of some issues with handbrake, but one minor annoyance is that Xubuntu doesn't correctly show AppImage icons(left image). On the right is Linux Mint 22 XFCE, which does display AppImage icons.
The GameMaker Studio 2 beta for Ubuntu? I've been running it on Xubuntu 22.04.5, 24.04.1 and Ubuntu 24.04.1. The betas change. Sometimes there are issues, but Yoyo is really quick to fix major issues provided they're reported. I've been running the beta under Linux since August 2023 and I'm happy.
February 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The GameMaker Studio 2 beta for Ubuntu? I've been running it on Xubuntu 22.04.5, 24.04.1 and Ubuntu 24.04.1. The betas change. Sometimes there are issues, but Yoyo is really quick to fix major issues provided they're reported. I've been running the beta under Linux since August 2023 and I'm happy.
These cards were dropped off at the Computer Recycling Project. The donor even left the plastic caps on the PCIe connectors!
December 22, 2024 at 7:33 PM
These cards were dropped off at the Computer Recycling Project. The donor even left the plastic caps on the PCIe connectors!
Spent quite a bit of time working in this Antec 900 case re-routing cables. It really made me appreciate the extra routing features of newer cases... but this is still a beast of a case. Are people on Amazon a bit crazy - I see some of these have sold for $150CDN+ for just the used case?
December 16, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Spent quite a bit of time working in this Antec 900 case re-routing cables. It really made me appreciate the extra routing features of newer cases... but this is still a beast of a case. Are people on Amazon a bit crazy - I see some of these have sold for $150CDN+ for just the used case?
The chess set is starting to come together. The set can be found on thingiverse by searching for BigBadBison (creator) or spiral chess set.
December 12, 2024 at 12:58 PM
The chess set is starting to come together. The set can be found on thingiverse by searching for BigBadBison (creator) or spiral chess set.
I finally fixed a long standing bug in my hardware detection shell script (Tested on *bunting and Linux Mint, but not Debian). Also added DE to the end of the OS detection. github.com/chaslinux/ha...
December 9, 2024 at 7:58 PM
I finally fixed a long standing bug in my hardware detection shell script (Tested on *bunting and Linux Mint, but not Debian). Also added DE to the end of the OS detection. github.com/chaslinux/ha...
It looks like the king turned out okay too. I used a raft as I'm not used to the new surface on the printer and I know the bed still needs better leveling.
December 9, 2024 at 6:06 PM
It looks like the king turned out okay too. I used a raft as I'm not used to the new surface on the printer and I know the bed still needs better leveling.
Despite the bed not being very level, these came out looking okay. Left is printing the king. The pawns took about 1/2 the time to print.
December 9, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Despite the bed not being very level, these came out looking okay. Left is printing the king. The pawns took about 1/2 the time to print.
Going to test drive this Tesla this weekend. Sadly I don't believe this can compress H265.
December 6, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Going to test drive this Tesla this weekend. Sadly I don't believe this can compress H265.
This Dell XPS 8700 had some nice surprises in it: 32GB DDR3, an mSATA 256GB SSD, and a 4th Gen i7, with a Blu-ray drive to boot. It got Linux Mint Cinnamon 22.
December 5, 2024 at 10:08 PM
This Dell XPS 8700 had some nice surprises in it: 32GB DDR3, an mSATA 256GB SSD, and a 4th Gen i7, with a Blu-ray drive to boot. It got Linux Mint Cinnamon 22.
I guessed that wrong. Paper just dragged under each corner, but should have checked again... bottom left is easy out!
December 3, 2024 at 5:38 PM
I guessed that wrong. Paper just dragged under each corner, but should have checked again... bottom left is easy out!
Yesterday this awesome retro beast was dropped off. HP Pavilion 6350 with an AMD K6-2/333 CPU.
November 28, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Yesterday this awesome retro beast was dropped off. HP Pavilion 6350 with an AMD K6-2/333 CPU.
I can help with this...
November 22, 2024 at 5:14 PM
I can help with this...
Linux Mint XFCE 22, Ubuntu 24.04.1, and Fedora 41 all saw this chip's wifi (Fedora needed a bit more work). Surprisingly Linux Mint Cinnamon 22's live installer actually seems to also understand the Bluetooth portion, something none of the others seemed to.
November 22, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Linux Mint XFCE 22, Ubuntu 24.04.1, and Fedora 41 all saw this chip's wifi (Fedora needed a bit more work). Surprisingly Linux Mint Cinnamon 22's live installer actually seems to also understand the Bluetooth portion, something none of the others seemed to.
Installing Ubuntu 24.04.1 on this HP 550-029 temporarily to see if Bluetooth works. LM XFCE 22 saw the wifi chip, but not Bluetooth. Chip apparently supports both. Sadly HP doesn't provide any information about this exact model (though specs for the l model match this almost exactly).
November 22, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Installing Ubuntu 24.04.1 on this HP 550-029 temporarily to see if Bluetooth works. LM XFCE 22 saw the wifi chip, but not Bluetooth. Chip apparently supports both. Sadly HP doesn't provide any information about this exact model (though specs for the l model match this almost exactly).
Testing Handbrake encoding on this Lenovo ThinkStation TS440 (XEON E3-1245 4c/8t, 16GB DDR3 ECC, 3 x 1TB in Raid 5) under Linux Mint 22. I was hoping the E3-1245 supported QSV, but the encode failed. Used Fast 1080p30 with subtitles and got roughly 220.53 FPS - a bit better than an i5-4590 (214FPS).
November 20, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Testing Handbrake encoding on this Lenovo ThinkStation TS440 (XEON E3-1245 4c/8t, 16GB DDR3 ECC, 3 x 1TB in Raid 5) under Linux Mint 22. I was hoping the E3-1245 supported QSV, but the encode failed. Used Fast 1080p30 with subtitles and got roughly 220.53 FPS - a bit better than an i5-4590 (214FPS).