matthew - retroedge.techApr 30
SDL3 now supports MS-DOS.

https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/pull/15377

hat tip: @icculus

#SDL #SDL3 #msDOS #DOS #RetroEdge
Add DOS platform support (DJGPP) by AJenbo · Pull Request #15377 · libsdl-org/SDL

This is the combined work of @icculus @madebr @glebm @jayschwa @ccawley2011 and me rounding it off with stability fixes and missing features, thanks to everyone for pitching in. This is a fairly c...

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matthew - retroedge.techApr 22
New Tractor With 12-Valve Cummins and Zero Electronics Goes Back to the Basics

Ursa Ag, out of Canada, is building farm equipment that's both affordable and serviceable by independent shops.

The tractor is new, but the Cummins engine is "re-manufactured" and sourced from used engines from an earlier time.

I think this is a really good way of going about it. Kind of #RetroEdge in re-purposing something of quality from a while ago and mixing with new parts.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/new-tractor-with-12-valve-cummins-and-zero-electronics-goes-back-to-the-basics
New Tractor With 12-Valve Cummins and Zero Electronics Goes Back to the Basics

Ursa Ag, out of Canada, is building farm equipment that's both affordable and serviceable by independent shops.

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matthew - retroedge.techFeb 27
Experimenting with more Artix Linux "spins" (that the right word?)

This is a USB live boot of Moksha desktop environment. Moksha is interesting to me as it is a continuation of the Enlightenment Desktop, written in C and with BSD style software license. Very #RetroEdge.

As configured, and with the choices of included software, it definitely would not be a daily driver for me, but I can see tweaking it a bit would make it more appealing.

#Linux #Artix #xLibre #Moksha
Show threadmatthew - retroedge.techFeb 18
You've given me some things to consider.

So far, I really have had a good experience with Linux Mint Debian Edition and also with recommending and supporting it for customers.

I am certainly open to trying and testing other things.

For #RetroEdge, I think I've settled on the i3 Window manager as my preferred desktop experience.
Show threadmatthew - retroedge.techFeb 18
Given my focus on #RetroEdge and interest in #BSD, I am much more interested in Xlibre as a continuation of X11 than I am in WayLand.

#xlibre
matthew - retroedge.techFeb 17
Anyone have any experience with Adelie Linux ?

Instead of systemD, it uses openRC or s6 for init.

Adelie Linux can run on all kinds of older and current hardware. Would be cool to see some High Performance Computing examples.

https://www.adelielinux.org/

#Linux #RetroEdge
matthew - retroedge.techJan 27
FLinux is a Linux distribution with desktop environment entirely built in FLTK 1.3

https://flinux-distro.sourceforge.io/

.iso download is less than 50MB ! - 32bit only

#linux #retroedge #fltk
FLinux

Show threadmatthew - retroedge.techJan 12
It may struggle on larger resource heavy websites, but customer has been fine with it, even uses to watch video websites.

The Core 2 Duo line can still do quite a lot. It was my focus when I first started doing "RetroEdge Tech".

#Intel #Core2Duo #RetroEdge
matthew - retroedge.techNov 25
Typeframe PX-88

#retroedge #retro #retrocomputing

RT: https://mastodon-belgium.be/users/dirkdierickx/statuses/115604649035842750
matthew - retroedge.techOct 29, 2025
Lagrange is a cross-platform client for browsing Geminispace (and Gopher). It offers modern conveniences familiar from web browsers, such as smooth scrolling, inline image viewing, multiple tabs, visual themes, Unicode fonts, bookmarks, history, and page outlines.

https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/

#gemini #gopher #retroedge
Lagrange