Like most "Linux tinkerers" who like to customize their OS, I've spent a bunch of time over the last few weeks looking on in awe at all the highly customized, yet minimal "Tiling window manager" environments submitted over at r/unixporn. I wanted to get in on the action. So, after some deliberation and a bit of reading …

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One of the most annoying things that has bugged me for years while using an NVIDIA graphics card with Linux is the screen tearing which happens while gaming or watching videos. You can see if your current setup suffers from this by viewing the example video below in full screen. If you see breaks in the black lines …

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It's been a while since I've played with a Raspberry Pi. To me, they've always been the perfect device; you set one to do a job and sometimes completely forget that it's there. They are low cost, quiet in operation, consume low power, plus stable as hell as they run Linux. These are brilliant little SBC's (Single Board …

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Hello my fellow penguins! This guide will show you how to set up a Skyrim modding environment for the original “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” on Linux, using a modified Steam Proton run script. Note Please note, that this guide IS NOT for “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition” - it’s for the older “The Elder …

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The WebP format, which is developed by Google is becoming ever more popular on the net these days. With many popular websites and web browsers adopting it. WebP offers a modern image format that “provides superior and lossy compression for images on the web”. Having played with the file format myself, I can confirm …

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ABZU is a refreshing treat for the senses, and it's one of those games that makes you feel a little better about life after playing it. For those of you who know about the virtual content I love to create, you can no doubt imagine that this game was an instant buy for me. I've played a few games on Steam this week, but …

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