u/goldfishdev

Zaurus users: what would you want from a modern linux distro?

Hi, I'm working on a (non-vibecoded) modern Linux distro for Zaurus clamshells (and possibly other models eventually).

I'm planning to make a new window manager for PDA usage, but it will also support "normal" WMs/DEs (mileage may vary with the old hardware).

What features would you want? What kind of UI?

reddit.com
u/goldfishdev — 1 day ago

WIP multiplatform offline wiki reader

hello!

I've been working on a custom wiki format and reader. Right now I support Unix-like CLIs and DOS. Here's it running on a HP 200LX! I'll start working on a Windows CE and Pocket PC port soon.

questions and suggestions are appreciated!

u/goldfishdev — 25 days ago
▲ 13 r/openbsd

Unable to fw_update on arm64

Hi.

I've installed OpenBSD 7.9 on a Raspberry Pi 4B. After the install, I tried to run fw_update so I could get wifi (bwfm) working. That failed, and I'm not sure why:

$ doas fw_update
fw_update: add bwfm failed (bwfm-firmware-20200316.1.3p5.tgz); update none
Failed to register: /var/db/pkg/bwfm-firmware-20200316.1.3p5 is not firmware

I'm not sure what that means. I ran fw_update -F to download the files to disk then ran fw_update -p and it had the same error. I tried downloading them on another computer then transferring them via usb, same issue.

If I run doas pkg_add -D unsigned bwfm-firmware-20200316.1.3p5.tgz, it'll install it fine, and I can use wifi. This works but I'd still like to be able to fw_update!

reddit.com
u/goldfishdev — 2 months ago

Hello!

I made this simple shoot 'em up as an example of game development for Pocket PC and Windows Mobile.

I hope it will inspire somebody to start working on PPC programs :)

And, of course, it's open source! https://codeberg.org/goldfishdev/shmup

Feel free to fork, modify, or just look at the code. I'd love it if people would contribute or base their own projects off of it.

I'm not going to work on it much farther, as I have my own projects to tend to, which you'll be seeing soon :)

u/goldfishdev — 4 months ago