Cartenz: PROJECT FOSS

Finding Open Source Alternetives

2009-08-21T21:09:00.001-07:00

I was searching around for a vBulletin alternative and found this site that is dedicated to open source alternatives to popular propriety software. I'll chec them out more thoroghly soon, but Im pretty rushed this morning (shit its arfternnon already)

Open Source Games: FPS

2009-08-16T23:49:00.000-07:00

Due to my love of computer games I decided I would start off with a list of a few open source FPS games for you to get into, there are thousands of games projects on sourceforge alone that this list is just a quick sample of what is out there, but I will be adding more as time progresses.

D2X-XL
D2X-XL is an OpenGL port of the classic 3D Shooter game Descent 2 for Win32, Linux and Mac OS X, containing many enhancements and bug fixes while preserving full backwards compatibility.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/d2x-xl/

Hammer of Thyrion
Hammer of Thyrion is a cross-platform port of Raven's Hexen II source. It is based on an older linux port, Anvil of Thyrion. HoT includes many bug fixes, improved sound and video modes, opengl improvements and documentation among many others.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/uhexen2/

Digital Paint: Paintball 2
Paintball2 is a fast-paced first-person game with capture the flag, elimination, siege, and deathmatch (free-for-all) styles of gameplay. This project focuses on enhancing the Quake2-based engine it uses.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/paintball2/

Nexuiz
Nexuiz is a multiplayer first-person shooter. It is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Version 1.0 was released on May 31, 2005. The current version, 2.5.1, was released on May 11, 2008.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nexuiz/

I will expand this list when I have some more time, but for now that shuld keep you from getting board.

Thumbnails software

2009-08-10T11:12:00.000-07:00

I normaly make thumbnails by running a batch in photoshop but due to not having a photoshop licence for this laptop, and the continuing problems with the old workstation I decided to try Easy Thumbnails, by Fooks. I have uses Thumbs Plus many many years ago but didnt really like it, I just dont want to have to re-size hunderds of images one by one.

maybe I should just learn how to run batches in GIMP

EDIT: I have been using EasyThumbs for about a month now and Its awsome. so much time I have saved, and all those actions for photoshop I dont have to record. Its also nice and lightweight so it doesnt hog resourses on the notebook.

welcome.

2009-08-07T03:50:00.000-07:00

Hi, i have yet to start putting this blog together. come back in a while.