Coding, retro-gaming, and other projects
Ubuntu/Xubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint 13, and Joli OS 1.2 have been updated with the following changes: Kernel 3.2.32 with fh kernel module for reading/writing efi flash. Latest XBMC ‘re-touched’ skin from Jezz X. Distribution Package updates.
News from http://xbmc.org – http://xbmc.org/zag/2012/10/05/10-anniversary-for-xbmc/ Note that this news is written as a perspective from XBMC not XBMC4XBOX (Although it’s a 10 year celebration for us too). Thanks and a big congrats to Team XBMC for their hard work building XBMC, and taking it from the XBOX onto other platforms. Kudos! Happy Birthday To Us! … Read more
Thanks to XPhazer, we have a handy realtime conference chat system set up, using TeamSpeak so that users and developers can chat about the project, and other things. A good way to discuss ideas, as well as get to know other users. TeamSpeak is a communication system including high quality voice communication, text chat, file … Read more
In the last two and a half months there has been a lot of progress with XBMC4XBOX. This project site has improved, with better integration (visually) of the forum, as well as a brand new bug-tracker at http://redmine.exotica.org.uk/projects/xbmc4xbox which includes all the data from the old Sourceforge hosted Trac. The restoration of the wiki is … Read more
Sunday, 24 June 2012 v57 of the High Voltage SID Collection has been released by the HVSC Team. The collection now contains 42,212 SIDs. You can download the complete collection or use the web based search interface to browse and search the collection, as well as stream mp3/ogg recordings on demand. Note that we just … Read more
Linux Mint 13 is now available for download. Due to the on disk size of Linux Mint, the install is cut down somewhat with removal of some packages including banshee, mono and libreoffice. Ubuntu/Xubuntu 12.04 and JoliOS 1.2 images have also been updated, with kernel v3.2.20 and a config fix for florence, that fixes the … Read more
Linux Mint 12 is now available. It includes the latest development version of MATE Desktop Environment and boots to MATE by default. Gnome 3 is included, but the Gnome 3 shell does not currently work on EMGD. Libreoffice, GIMP and VLC were removed to save some space. Updates for other distributions are also available. New … Read more
Ubuntu 11.04, Linux Mint 11, and Joli OS 1.2 were all updated with new features and usability improvements. Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric is in the pipeline, but due to the new “Unity” interface not being very usable on the Joggler touchscreen, a Lubuntu release will also be made that will use the lighter LXDE desktop. A … Read more
New images released with Linux Mint 11. Linux Mint 11 is still heavier on the Joggler than Ubuntu, but may have a more familiar interface for some. It can also be slimmed down easily. Joli OS and Ubuntu Natty are also updated. Updates include: New EMGD v1.8 – xbmc now works without having to build … Read more