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StarCraft (1998 version) on Slackware64

Posted 06-14-2021 at 02:03 AM by rkelsen
Updated 09-22-2023 at 11:07 PM by rkelsen

This requires a working installation of Wine.

Step 1. Mount the StarCraft CDROM
Step 2. $ wine /mnt/cdrom/setup.exe
Step 3. Exit installer. Do not click on Play Starcraft at this point - you'll be disappointed with the results.
Step 4. Copy /mnt/cdrom/install.exe to /home/user/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Starcraft/StarCraft.mpq
Step 5. Umount & eject the CDROM
Step 6. Obtain the v1.16.1 (last official) patch from Blizzard: http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/starcraf...PC/SC-1161.exe...

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Brother printers & Multi-Function Centres in Slackware64-15.0

Posted 06-13-2021 at 10:14 PM by rkelsen
Updated 03-17-2024 at 03:54 AM by rkelsen (added a bit about jamming)

Brother printers & Multi-Function Centres in Slackware64-15.0

Step by step. [Scroll down for instructions on installing Scanner drivers]

For printing to work, your user must be in the "lp" group. Check that they are, with the "groups" command. This group is included by default if you press the up arrow at the 'additional groups' stage when adding a user with Slackware's adduser script.

Also, before starting, ensure that the printer...

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email to tech support

Posted 06-13-2021 at 05:56 PM by Skaperen

too many businesses block email to tech support even when they send responses to you by email. you know that "noreply@example.com" email address. if they have a way to manage support tickets, then they can include email responses.

give tech support a subdomain like support.example.com. then have the mail server accept email addresses to "<ticketnumber>-<code>@support.example.com". make that be the reply address. that way customers can use either...

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presbyopia

Posted 06-10-2021 at 10:47 AM by slackmensch (The Old Charvari)
Updated 12-24-2021 at 07:08 AM by slackmensch (belated literary pretension)

At the age of 0x2A, I begin to discover that HD and beyond monitors just suck for anything other than watching movies. I pull out a tape measure and calculate DPI but it seems that the correct value just makes the screen look like a billboard.... Then I try adjusting font sizes because everything is way too small, or displayed by default with a super-low-contrast solarized (sc. "washed out") color scheme.

Before you could easily customize your colors (Win 95 to XP, Mac...

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Playstation 2 soft modding (for playing backups) from a GNU/Linux user's perspective

Posted 06-09-2021 at 12:57 AM by TheOuterLinux

Tags games, linux

Cross-posted from: https://theouterlinux.gitlab.io/Public/Articles/PS2.TXT

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