About the Author
I'm Stephan, a Linux user with a passion for open-source, UI/UX design, and exploring what makes fiction work.
In my spare time, I focus on (and write about):
- Programming (mainly in Python and Rust)
- Retrocomputing (mostly DOS but, as of January 2023, I also own a machine running Mac OS 9.2)
- Reading and Reviewing Fiction
- The odd bit of UI/UX design or literary theory
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Category Archives: General
Fixing Applications Which Resist Feeling Platform-Native
NOTE: I will update this post as I run into more application frameworks which need a little encouragement to feel native on my KDE desktop. While a lot of the technologies covered are strongly associated with Linux, they do still … Continue reading
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Learning Materials for getting into Windows 3.1 programming
As with my other recent post (Learning Materials for getting into C programming for MS-DOS/PC-DOS/DR-DOS/FreeDOS), I’m also gearing up to do the Windows 3.1 hobby programming I wanted to do as a kid but couldn’t, and that means collecting learning … Continue reading
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Learning Materials for getting into C programming for MS-DOS/PC-DOS/DR-DOS/FreeDOS
For a while now, I’ve been wanting to get into some DOS hobby programming using Open Watcom C/C++ (or maybe gcc-ia16), but, given that DOS programming was on the wane before the Internet came around, and my childhood programming stuff … Continue reading
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How to Hack gtk3-nocsd Into Flatpak Applications
WARNING: Use at your own risk. This is NOT a supported configuration and you’ll want to turn this off and re-test before reporting any bugs. (i.e. Report bugs gtk3-nocsd fixes, not ones it causes.) OK, so you’ve got a desktop … Continue reading
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Update to Update to My Flatpak CLI Shortcut Proof of Concept
Well, it’s a bit silly, but I got nerd-sniped by how it was taking a little over six seconds to regenerate my Flatpak CLI wrappers with the shell script version I just announced yesterday, so I rewrote it in Python. … Continue reading
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Update to My Flatpak CLI Shortcut Proof of Concept
This morning, I finally got around to rewriting my update_nvidia helper to unbreak the whole “defer driver updates until reboot to keep the kernel module and libGL in sync” thing I have going and, this afternoon, while working on something … Continue reading
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Fanfiction – Wyvern
Wyvern by ack1308 Length: 128,724 wordsStatus: Ongoing …and here’s that Worm fic I mentioned I’d be reviewing soon when I did my feature for ack1308. In it, Taylor is a Changer with a Hulk-esque trigger she needs to learn to … Continue reading
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