Tag Archives: open source

Funcamp ET Legacy and Urban Terror Servers Upgraded

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Will Foster

Recently two fun, actively developed Open Source FPS game projects have had major updates: Enemy Territory: Legacy and Urban Terror.  Over the weekend I’ve upgraded the Funcamp ET:L (2.75) and UT (4.3.1) servers to the latest versions.  Setup instructions and … Continue reading →

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Switching from Mutt to Neomutt

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Will Foster

“All mail clients suck. This one just sucks less,” so says mutt author Michael Elkins.  This is true for me over the last 10years as mutt along with offlineimap and notmuch allowed me battle the unwieldy, barbarous deluge of mailing … Continue reading →

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Manage Test/Development Linux VMs with qcow2 and Libvirt

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Will Foster

I often need to quickly revert virtual machines used for testing to a known good, vanilla state without doing anything by hand.  QEMU provides a great set of tools to help.  Here’s a simple tool to wrap all of it … Continue reading →

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Trick out your Vim Editor

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Will Foster

I’ve been a long-time vim user, dating back to when I figured out how to exit the damn thing.  Over the years I’ve tried various vimrc configurations, plugins and looks and even other editors but I’ve always come back to … Continue reading →

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Installing CentOS on the Raspberry Pi

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Will Foster

I recently acquired a Raspberry Pi 2 and wanted to run CentOS7 on it.  Here’s how I got CentOS installed and setup.  There are now official Raspberry Pi 2 CentOS ARMv7hl images available for your enjoyment.  Let’s get started.

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Learning OpenStack Networking (Neutron) 2nd Edition

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Will Foster

I’ve recently had the pleasure of editing/reviewing the new second edition OpenStack Neutron book by James Denton.  It’s published by Pakt Publishing who has also published a few other OpenStack-related books, including one by Dan Radez on OpenStack Essentials. OpenStack … Continue reading →

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Funcamp Open Source Game Servers

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Will Foster

Recently I posted guides around playing actively maintained free/Open Source games like Enemy Territory: Legacy, or Urban Terror.  I’ve set up a few game servers for the general public in my free time and I’ll list them here along with … Continue reading →

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Play Enemy Territory Legacy! (Linux, Mac, Windows)

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Will Foster

In my previous post about Enemy Territory I mentioned an active, maintained fork of this infamous Splash Damage WWII RPG-shooter from the mid-2000’s.  I found time to install, play and setup servers for Enemy Territory: Legacy – If you’re looking … Continue reading →

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Urban Terror: Fun, Free FPS Game

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Will Foster

Urban Terror is a free first person shooter based on the Open Source Quake III engine that advertises itself as a “Hollywood tactical shooter.”  It’s native for Linux, Mac and Windows like Enemy Territory, but uses realistic weapons, damage models … Continue reading →

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Play Enemy Territory! (Linux, Mac, Windows)

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Will Foster

Enemy Territory is a free, Open Source multi-player first-person shooter video game set during World War II. It was created in 2003 by Splash Damage and runs great on low-end hardware.  It features a well-designed class and progression system.  I’ve … Continue reading →

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Create vsftpd Users the Easy Way

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Will Foster

The FTP protocol has been around a long time, some of us remember using it fondly while others might shudder at the very mention of its name.  The fact remains it’s not going away, and it does what it’s supposed … Continue reading →

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