My new game project: tuxomania

GNU/Linux needs more games ! That’ s what I read sometimes from people like me who hope that one day GNU/Linux can become more popular. Anyway, there are already lots of games for this operating system, and most of them are open source. Even some commercial games are available, like Unreal Tournament 2003 I personally own. Works very well :-)

Since I also want to contribute to the free and open source world, I have decided to make one of my child dreams come true: write my own video game and publish it !

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Screen orientation or how to surf the web while lying in bed

If like me you sometimes feel tired, would like to lie down, but still want to use your computer (like a real geek ;-) ), and maybe surf the web or read ebooks.

Rotating the screen

I have already shown you how useful a trackball can be compared to a mouse, especially in this kind of situation. You might have wondered how I am able to use my laptop computer while lying on my bed. The fact is that I have changed the screen orientation to match my lying orientation. If I wouldn’t, reading the screen would be rather painful.

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