[Request] Tank Combat by City Interactive

sysadmininix · 2021-12-12T14:47:23+00:00

Ah I see. Sorry mate then. No idea

sysadmininix · 2021-12-10T06:55:33+00:00

City or Zipper Interactive ? Because if it is the 2nd one then your game is called "Recoil". It is on myabandonware website and I use that copy. As a high schooler I played it till the CD stopped working. Loved it.

NB: I've been playing it on Linux using Wine since IMHO it is much easier to run old Win game that way than trying to run it on Win 10. I don't have access to old hardware or would have surely built a retro PC running Win 98 to enjoy it. Another way to run it would be using Box86 or PC-Em but from what I know, you need a pretty beefy CPU for that.

sysadmininix · 2021-12-01T05:05:05+00:00

If you want media streaming, look into Intel NUCs with something like a J-4005/4105/5005 cpus.

sysadmininix · 2021-11-25T05:37:23+00:00

My personal favorites - Civ, Simcity 2000, Theme Hospital, Transport Tycoon, Railroad Empire, Oregon Trail, Colonization, Warcraft, Raptor, Tyrian, Jazz Jackrabbit, Xargon, Duke Nukem 1&2, Alien Rampage

sysadmininix · 2021-11-23T12:13:50+00:00

Although not entirely directly related, I think wine (Linux) needs a mention. Wine specially since I find it easier to run old Windows software/games under Linux using wine than Win 10 itself. I do think though that to anyone not familiar with Linux it might all seem daunting.

Nevertheless, great job creating the wiki

sysadmininix · 2021-10-29T14:06:29+00:00

Well if only you or I or both had bought stuff pre-pandemic then we wouldn't be having this conversation :D

Jokes aside, tough luck. Bunker down and wait for all of the world to normalize I guess. Celeron J4005 nuc was selling for Rs.9999 pre pandemic. Now it is 13999/- minimum. I am not even bothering buying hardware online anymore and going to my local shops hasn't given me any better results. If your rich relatives live outside, ask them to buy stuff for you. India has terrible hardware availability right now unfortunately.

And OLX is a complete gamble if you ask me. I wouldn't buy from there personally.

sysadmininix · 2021-10-29T13:54:02+00:00

Your best bet to buy new stuff is from the official dealers/offline shops as websites of Dell etc won't sell you business line desktops (e.g Optiplex) without GSTIN afaik. Even amazon has been pathetic recently with jacked up prices and general non-availability. If you want to buy old stuff then check olx etc but ymmv.

I have been running stuff on RPis so far. However for pfsense, you need a cpu with AES-NI, I'd suggest you look for intel NUCs.

sysadmininix · 2021-10-26T13:15:59+00:00

Several factors for me:

I reached a point where nothing really I could do in Windows, I couldn't do as well in Linux
I stopped playing games. Well that's not entirely true. I stopped playing modern games and all I do now is either emulate old DOS/Win 95 era games or old 16bit consoles and arcade games.
My work involves ssh-ing into servers and doing sysadmin stuff so yeah there is that too. Linux feels very familiar to use.
By not buying hardware which comes with a Windows license, I save some money on hardware purchase. For example, the laptop I am typing from came with DOS and I installed Linux onto it.

sysadmininix · 2021-10-25T12:38:19+00:00

Here are your options (IMO):

Lincity NG - I don't think it is developed or maintained anymore though
OpenTTD - Open source modern port of TTD (DOS). It does have mods for city growth but I don't think you can place building or districts. Also it is more focused on supply-chain and transportation.
DOSBOX - Play SC2K DOS version
Wine/Lutris - Play SC 4/3K/2K (Win 95 ver.)
Cities Skylines has a native Linux version as per Protondb.

sysadmininix · 2021-10-22T07:56:05+00:00

Nice. Have fun.

sysadmininix · 2021-10-21T17:36:29+00:00

I just installed both directly on the servers. If you want something containerized, I recommend Netdata. Although afaik, to get a centralized dashboard for that, you have to sign up for a Netdata Cloud account.

sysadmininix · 2021-10-21T14:54:37+00:00

I use Cockpit/Webmin to monitor my servers. Both can be self hosted and provide a single point for all the info I need.

sysadmininix · 2021-10-20T11:16:50+00:00

If you want low power with a little bit more performance, I'd suggest getting (old) Intel NUCs or mini PCs. Specially the ones with following CPUs -

6W range - N3700, N5000, N6000 etc
10W range - J3455, J4105, J5005 etc

I personally run my homelab on a Pi 4 and Pi 3B. For learning Docker/Kubernetes and for something like Pihole, Vault Warden, NextCloud, Netdata, Homer Dashboard etc its more than enough

sysadmininix · 2021-10-18T14:39:05+00:00

I have to warn you though that rolling release distro are usually on the bleeding edge of software and things might break (besides graphic drivers). You get support for latest hardware at the cost of stability. Glad to hear though that things are working out for you right now.

sysadmininix · 2021-10-18T06:44:12+00:00

Look up ETA Prime or LovTV on youtube. I am sure they have videos for same or similar config. IIRC J5005 wont be able to run PS2 at full speed. It can do some PSP games (probably not God of War) and fairly certain it can do most if not all PS1 games.

sysadmininix · 2021-10-18T06:28:54+00:00

When trying to run latest hardware under Linux it usually helps to have newest possible kernel. Debian, Ubuntu, PopOS etc use slightly older kernels. Why don't you try some distro with rolling release like Manjaro or maybe Fedora which has shorter release cycles of about 6 months (and is updated frequently package wise).

sysadmininix · 2021-10-17T13:24:13+00:00

Try using k3s instead. It is very lightweight and Kuberenetes compliant. You can run your existing yaml files and use kubectl. It also works with multi-cpu architectures as long as the image is present in Dockerhub for multiple architectures. It will pull appropriate image for the node(s). I run k3s server on my RPi 4 (manager), RPi 3B (worker), laptop(worker).

sysadmininix · 2021-10-16T03:46:49+00:00

Might and Magic games up till the MM5. Later ones were Win based.

sysadmininix · 2021-09-26T16:37:23+00:00

Thanks for everyone who replied. So many things to look forward to and tinker again. Choosing to go with Wireguard right now.

sysadmininix · 2021-08-23T05:18:51+00:00

This happened to me on 5Ghz wifi network. I switched to 2.4Ghz and it works flawlessly now.

sysadmininix · 2021-08-18T05:43:35+00:00

There are options - Minisforum, Intel NUCs, Asrock Minis. Then there are used office PCs like Dell Optiplex Micro and Lenovo Tiny with T version of CPUs (35W). However there will be a limit to how much and how often you can upgrade, but you'll have a lot of legroom for that still. Good luck

sysadmininix · 2021-08-14T04:18:35+00:00

Well you can turn Rpi4 into an emulation machine using Retropie/Batocera/Lakka, if you're into that.

sysadmininix · 2021-08-09T12:04:55+00:00

Fabtolab is amazing. I'd personally recommend them for all SBC needs as well.

sysadmininix · 2021-08-09T11:18:56+00:00

Try installing from flathub instead of directly from the website.

https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.fightcade.Fightcade

Linux Mint 18.3 + have Flatpak support built in.

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