Posts with Tag: linux

Convert your Hackberry to a GameBoy...

Convert your Hackberry to a GameBoy...

Posted on 23rd Oct 2024

...or how to play games from a linux machine, from the terminal ;) Hackberry Pi, has a square screen, which makes it perfect for Gameboy gaming. The keyboard, for sure it's not convenient as a gamepad, but still you can play simple games and it's not that you will have your HPi as a game console a...

Run AngryOxide on cyberdecks with small screens...

Run AngryOxide on cyberdecks with small screens...

Posted on 22nd Oct 2024

If you run AngryOxide on a small screen/terminal windows and got the message "Too small window".. then this post, perhaps will solve your problem. I got a Hackberry Pi which has a screen of 720x720 pixels and i prefer to use it, in terminal/tty only. I've got the desktop installed, but only for...

Hackberry Q20 custom layout

Hackberry Q20 custom layout

Posted on 22nd Oct 2024

The keyboard mapping for Hackberry is good... too good i might say. But that, doesn't mean that meets the needs of everybody. Zitao thought of that and added some custom firmware to the keyboard which can be re-mapped with Vial software, which is awesome! I mean, the possibilities are endless. You c...

Convert GGRS87 to WGS84 and vice versa...

Convert GGRS87 to WGS84 and vice versa...

Posted on 16th Oct 2024

In Greece we use also the GGRS87/ΕΓΣΑ87 coordinate system and it's a pain in the ass to convert the coordinates to WGS84, which is the standard now days. So i built a small script using YAD and cs2cs utility, from PROJ . I used a GUI like YAD, because most of the time, i have to copy/paste t...

Targeted download of MAME Roms...

Targeted download of MAME Roms...

Posted on 13th Oct 2024

Downloading all of MAME ROMs, is not useful, as many of them don't worth, as games or the emulation is not good. Also, each of us, has his personal preferences on which games he likes, remembers from his youth and has that nostalgia feeling. So, i wanted a way to download, almost, specific games, wh...