theringmaster's Arch Linux Blog

Penumbra

theringmaster — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:35:48 +0000

if you want a scare, then you want to play penumbra. This linux native game starts out in an abandoned mine shaft somewhere in northern greenland. You must figure out what is happening there and who or what is hiding, waiting for you down there. http://www.penumbragame.com/

people on Heroes of newerth are mean!!!

theringmaster — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:53:48 +0000

I tried to play for like 20 minutes and they were making jokes about me and telling me to leave!! WTF… Fuck that game.

follow me on twitter

theringmaster — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:39:09 +0000

twitter.com/The_Ringmaster

Opera is kicking ass!!!

theringmaster — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:46:25 +0000

Opera Unite (developer release) is out! I will be testing it for the next few days. Man what a company. I’m excited.

last post before the big move

theringmaster — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:49:44 +0000

Archlinux.me is moving to a new host, so I will back up my blogs now. Not that they are very important :S

arch sandbox testing

theringmaster — Mon, 25 May 2009 13:32:29 +0000

I am installing Archlinux in Virtualbox, once again, just keep my toes in the water. With a rolling release distribution like Arch, a person will typically install the os just once. All you have to do is Pacman -Syu after that to keep up to date.

So I install, an arch base system. Then comes X.org followed by any number of desktop managers. Some tiling, some windowed (like kde 4!). This time around I installed xfce4. I use xfce on my desktop machine so I thought I would give it a go.

When you just update your machine (like I do on my desktop) you miss out on the layout changes. Xfce 4.6.1 no longer uses the two panel design, but instead it uses just one panel at the bottom with only the most common plugins. I find this to be a cheap way out. EVERY other linux and not to mention windows uses a one panel approach: fluxbox, kde, jwm, et cetera.

I’ll post a screenie when i find the time. I also just installed the windows 7 RC on my laptop. You’re thinking, “No Linux on the Laptop?”. No, my laptop doesn’t play well with any kind of linux and to be honest I like how the trackpad works with windows (alps trackpad) better than in linux.

stupid laggyness…

theringmaster — Sun, 24 May 2009 01:53:51 +0000

It was my own fault.

You ever find yourself relearning things after you have stopped doing the action for a while. To put it into perspective, today I installed regnum online (again) and tried playing it. Two seconds into gameplay, it was lagging terribly. I could barely shut the game down!

The solution you ask? WELL… Just remember to turn OFF compositing before starting up any opengl games. XFCE will have to deal with it for now. lol

baldy

theringmaster — Sun, 17 May 2009 15:02:31 +0000

last night, I experienced an urge to shave my head. I have done so, and now I can’t stop touching the minisqule hairs. MMMM clean…

anyone else like to shave their heads from time to time?

print("Hello, world!")

theringmaster — Sat, 16 May 2009 02:57:05 +0000

This is The Ringmaster’s first trial post here on archlinux.me. The blog is obviously powered by wordpress. I don’t know wiether or not this is a locally hosted wordpress blog or if it is from wordpress.com’s service.

Any woot, indeed I could use this new method of communication to sing the praises of my beloved Archlinux. I could do that. Yes it is clear to me now. That has been my life’s calling all along………. wait…. no….. that was just gas.

Have a laugh or maybe a cry, but The Ringmaster is here to stay and for good too.

P.S. thank you Dave Crouse for giving me this opportunity to express my love for Archlinux; if Arch hadn’t come into my view, I would be floating in the pool of ubuntu with all the other fat and smelly children still to this day.