aiui apt will compare downloads from repositories against the repository signing key, whereas downloading a deb and installing it manually with dpkg bypasses that.

So theoretically the Debian website could get compromised and provide you a malicious deb package. That has happened to other Linux distros before so it’s not entirely unrealistic.

Practically I think that’s very unlikely.

I know apt has the --download option if you’d like to fetch deb packages on the commandline, though I’m not sure if apt compares the package with the key during this process. I hope it does. You could probably run apt in verbose mode and hopefully see this happen.

Some references:

• https://askubuntu.com/questions/131397/what-is-a-repository-key-under-ubuntu-and-how-do-they-work
• https://wiki.debian.org/SecureApt

Fun fact: Bullfrog were in such a crunch to implement Hi-Octane they didn’t have time to implement different car stats. Every vehicle handles exactly the same.

Make one with a bunch of arcade buttons and an RP2040 running the GP2040 firmware:

https://gp2040-ce.info/

However, having done this, you will learn NOT to cheap out on buttons. Cheap Chinese clone buttons absolutely suck. Once you buy a set of proper arcade buttons or keyboard switches, plus a bit of wire, you’ll have spent as much as the 8BitDo stick costs anyway.

I’ve been playing with 86Box lately to setup Windows 95 to play some old games.

Win95 has a bug where it doesn’t run on fast CPUs, so using one of the original CD images in a VM like KVM is not possible.

(I later found https://github.com/JHRobotics/patcher9x which you can use to patch the install images)

I tried Bochs but it was impossible to use, it drops to a text debugger and wants you to connect over VNC which isn’t what I wanted anyway. PCem lost a lot of momentum after going unmaintained, and there is no Linux binary.

86Box has both AppImage and Flatpak, and comes with a nice configuration GUI. It’s easy to use and works well for what I want to do.

I like how it seems to properly emulate the BIOS and specific devices, so you can use the actual original drivers too.

Yes, you just need to undo the product ID changes so the Pops emulator knows how to play the game. (that’s the problem the person on Reddit was having too)

I grew up with the PAL version (and prefer non-freedom units) so the US version always seems very strange to me because half the cars have different names.

I was helping someone on Reddit get this patch working which fixes a bunch of bugs and does tweaks, it looks pretty good:

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/mod-gran-turismo-2-plus-bug-fixes-restored-content-and-new-content-beta-7-released.378282/

I gave Tangram and Ferdium a look but the rendering engine they use is awful and makes my eyes hurt. Old Chrome/Chromium used to have the same problem years ago. I’ll stick to Librewolf pinned tabs.

It means feeling of affection, mostly used by anime weaboos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_(slang)

I keep watching reviews of devices like Retroid and Anbernic, I still think the Vita is a better experience.

Use an open source 2FA which lets you export

You can store your recovery codes as files in KeepassXC

Alphaman

https://www.mobygames.com/game/21019/alphaman/

https://www.myabandonware.com/game/alphaman-315

A humorous post-apocalyptic roguelike starring Elvis and Donald Trump (the 90s version).

I worked with the creator Jeff to release the original source code, and it’s seen a little bit more recognition in roguelike circles recently

https://github.com/superjamie/alphaman-src

The first Dune by Cryo Entertainment.

https://www.mobygames.com/game/dune

A unique mix of real-time grand strategy over the planet, with a point-and-click adventure component which unlocks more of the game as you progress through it. It works well and is enjoyable to me.

The art style is wonderful, that gorgeous French Cryo feel with some visuals taken from David Lynch’s Dune film.

One of the ScummVM developers is currently reverse engineering all the animations on Mastodon and it’s fascinating to see.

https://mastodon.social/@madmoose/110844905171293166

I got into casually speedrunning the game when the Upper Memory Block podcast covered it all those years ago. I managed under 100 game days, another podcast listener got under 50 days, and someone on YouTube has something like a 24 day completion.

The music is also great. Remi Herbulot’s HERAD music system used parts of Yamaha’s OPL synth which literally nobody else did, it is easily the most advanced FM synthesis engine for DOS, and composer Stephane Picq took advantage of it to make a beautiful soundtrack.

Stephane released a CD quality album version called Dune: Spice Opera which is my favourite album of all time, of many musician ever, and is one of my most prized possessions.

I use FolderSync app to do this, it can sync from many cloud services to phone and vice versa, heaps of sync options for which networks to sync on, how often to sync, etc:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.tacit.android.foldersync.full

There is a free version by the same author, but I haven’t used that in a long time so I’m not sure of its capabilities.

Can you force all DNS via TRR (aka DNS-over-HTTPS)?

I don’t know what Pi-Hole is capable of but that’s possible on open source routers like OpenWrt.

I agree with you, this turns me off buying any of these devices too. I look after my stuff and keep it for a long time, so I don’t want something the manufacturer is going to forget about and never update again after 6 months.

You can get replacement joysticks on AliExpress. Apparently it’s not a difficult swap. Look up guides on iFixIt or YouTube. Make sure you get the correct stick for your device, 1000 or 2000.

Mine has a similar problem, it would turn on under AC power but not battery. Maybe capacitors? I’m not sure I still have it anymore.

The joystick was terrible I agree. I loved the mods people did adding the Neo Geo Pocket joystick or a d-pad but they looked too difficult for me.

Vita for me, does everything I want.

I love following these Chinese handhelds but there is always one deal-breaker which turns me off in each device. Maybe they’ll get it right one day.

I owned a GP2x back in the day, that was a fun device at the time. Playing portable SNES was unheard of but I could do it.

This is a new release. I haven’t kept up on details but it looks like a cheaper re-shell of the 2+ with the analogs moved to the bottom.

Arcomage was released on Windows in 1999

https://www.mobygames.com/game/2815/arcomage/

There was also a recent DOS miniature version for a game jam, which I cannot find again.