PCem is an IBM PC emulator for Windows and Linux released under a GPL license. Unlike other solutions such as DOSBox or SCUMM, it doesn't simulate an operating system or game environment. It is a classic emulator designed to emulate 8/16/32 bit x86 hardware used by IBM and other clone manufactures. Therefore it requires originals… Continue reading PCem: Emulate the Tandy 1000 & MS-DOS on an 8088.
Run Ubuntu 16.04 on Windows 10 Creators Update
UPDATE (November 2017): If you are using Windows 10 1709 (Fall Creators Update) or newer, I wrote two updated guides Ubuntu Linux on Windows 10 how to and openSUSE Linux on Windows 10 how to. The article here covers the installation of WSL beta which is not supported by Microsoft and uses a different install method to the… Continue reading Run Ubuntu 16.04 on Windows 10 Creators Update
Run Ubuntu Linux and Bash on Windows 10
An updated revision of this guide exists for users of Windows 10 Creators Update (1703) released in April 2017. As of release 1607* Windows 10 includes the ability for desktop users to install and run a copy of Ubuntu terminal from within Windows! Officially called the Windows subsystem for Linux it usually goes by a… Continue reading Run Ubuntu Linux and Bash on Windows 10
Assignment to read-only properties is not allowed in strict mode
Using JavaScript to apply CSS to Internet Explorer/Edge returns 'Assignment to read-only properties is not allowed in strict mode' I encountered a silly mistake on my behalf the other day when programming some JavaScript DOM. This simple JS code to apply a style to an HTML element works fine in Chrome and Firefox. But breaks in Microsoft's… Continue reading Assignment to read-only properties is not allowed in strict mode
Turn a Raspberry Pi into an always on, BitTorrent client with Snappy Ubuntu Core
Update, August 2016 This guide is for the late-2015's release of Ubuntu Core for Raspberry Pi 2 that is based Ubuntu 15.04. Canonical has since made that release redundant with their newer Ubuntu Classic for Raspberry Pi 2 which is based on Ubuntu 16.04. Unfortunately the instructions below do not work with Ubuntu Classic. Introduction… Continue reading Turn a Raspberry Pi into an always on, BitTorrent client with Snappy Ubuntu Core
Nginx as a Reverse-Proxy to Apache Tomcat
Why a Proxy? Apache's Tomcat is a complex beast whose primary role is to render JavaServer Pages. While it can be configured to use and serve the modern web it's often an unnecessarily complex procedure. By using a dedicated reverse-proxy server such as nginx it allows you to separate web applications from the task of web serving. Use a Solo Instance of… Continue reading Nginx as a Reverse-Proxy to Apache Tomcat
Add to and change Ubuntu’s MOTD
Ubuntu's Message Of The Day or MOTD is the name given to the welcome screen users see when they login to a Ubuntu server using a remote terminal. On the surface the output looks like it is sourced from a basic text file but it is a collection of modular shell scripts being executed. In this entry… Continue reading Add to and change Ubuntu’s MOTD
