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Just in time for the holidays! (Well, at least, the post-holiday goof-off time before school and work starts back to full swing.)

Games Knoppix

First off, there’s a new Knoppix bootable CD distribution that’s designed specifically to pack as many games into itself as possible (”Games Knoppix“) [BitTorrent]. That adds up to 700MB of gaming quality for those of you who enjoy liesure time.

For years, the primary complaint from Windows users has been a lack of games for the Linux platform; frankly, most Linux installations outside of the computer hobbyist or geek enthusiast have been in corporate server clusters and webhosting applications. Recently, though, more people are developing games for the platform and there are a few companies developing compatibility layers specifically to run commercial versions of Windows games.

But if you’re not into hardcore diversions (i.e., if you don’t own a copy of Half-Life 2, or at least, didn’t the first day it came out), this could still come in handy for slow days at the office. Knoppix is a bootable version of Linux that runs on a CD, doesn’t install anything to your hard drives, and is fully self-contained. Great for demoing Linux to your boss, coworkers, parents, or anyone else that’s not ready to plunge head-first into a different system. This also means that in a reboot’s time, you can enjoy games–and then reboot again, pop out the disc, and behold!–you are back in your native OS.

ZSNES Emulator Release

The industry standard for Super Nintendo emulators for any operating system, ZSNES has been presumed dead (except for minor Work In Progress code updates) until just recently when the coders made another major (non-beta) release! This version emulates many of the special chips inside the system and game cartridges that were neglected in the last version. Join #zsnes on Freenode (IRC) to see the developers at work. (Check your ROMs with NSRT!)

NES Overclocking

Either way ahead of its time or almost 20 years late, the guy at Epic Gaming has overclocked (artificially sped up the CPU of) a Nintendo Entertainment System (circa 1985 in the USA). He provides a guide to show you how. Enjoy!

Just in time for the holidays! (Well, at least, the post-holiday goof-off time before school and work starts back to full swing.)

Games Knoppix

First off, there’s a new Knoppix bootable CD distribution that’s designed specifically to pack as many games into itself as possible (”Games Knoppix“) [BitTorrent]. That adds up to 700MB of gaming quality for those of you who enjoy liesure time.

For years, the primary complaint from Windows users has been a lack of games for the Linux platform; frankly, most Linux installations outside of the computer hobbyist or geek enthusiast have been in corporate server clusters and webhosting applications. Recently, though, more people are developing games for the platform and there are a few companies developing compatibility layers specifically to run commercial versions of Windows games.

But if you’re not into hardcore diversions (i.e., if you don’t own a copy of Half-Life 2, or at least, didn’t the first day it came out), this could still come in handy for slow days at the office. Knoppix is a bootable version of Linux that runs on a CD, doesn’t install anything to your hard drives, and is fully self-contained. Great for demoing Linux to your boss, coworkers, parents, or anyone else that’s not ready to plunge head-first into a different system. This also means that in a reboot’s time, you can enjoy games–and then reboot again, pop out the disc, and behold!–you are back in your native OS.

ZSNES Emulator Release

The industry standard for Super Nintendo emulators for any operating system, ZSNES has been presumed dead (except for minor Work In Progress code updates) until just recently when the coders made another major (non-beta) release! This version emulates many of the special chips inside the system and game cartridges that were neglected in the last version. Join #zsnes on Freenode (IRC) to see the developers at work. (Check your ROMs with NSRT!)

NES Overclocking

Either way ahead of its time or almost 20 years late, the guy at Epic Gaming has overclocked (artificially sped up the CPU of) a Nintendo Entertainment System (circa 1985 in the USA). He provides a guide to show you how. Enjoy!