**Kostenlosen Raum gesucht!** 
Ich suche einen Raum im Raum Köln, um Interessierten **Linux** zu installieren und zu zeigen, wie man es nutzt. 
Der Raum sollte Platz für einige Personen bieten und idealerweise WLAN und Stromanschlüsse haben.
Hast du einen Raum oder eine Idee? 
Melde dich! 
NEU bei VSG: Viele alte Spiele haben noch Jahrzehnte nach Veröffentlichung ihre Fans. Und häufig genug entwickeln diese Fans beeindruckend komplexe Mods, die die Spiele mit neuen Inhalten versorgen – oder sie sogar erst vernünftig erlebbar machen. In diesem Artikel möchte ich drei Titel mit ausgewählten Mods vorstellen, die mich seit teils Jahrzehnten begleiten.
Demo: FreeSpace 2 Open with head tracking from Viture Pro XR glasses IMU data – on Linux PC
Until now I used OpenTrack with my DIY IR tracker or the Neuralnet tracker. I knew that my XR glasses feature IMU data though and the xr_driver of the Breezy Desktop project allows to access the data via IPC on Linux PC. So I did what Linux user do: I wrote a script to access the IMU data and forwarded it via UDP to OpenTrack:
Pick your poison to watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njuumLUvqrM / https://makertube.net/w/2bNyxJhdyydTeFq17onikv
This reminded me that I also wrote a proof of concept to implement the FaceTrackNoIR (or OpenTrack) protocol into FreeSpace 2 Open on Linux PC ( https://makertube.net/w/7VtfAjW7EiAUS5aiPwG7if ) so I gave it a spin to test the data bridge. That was smooth sailing!
The mod is Diaspora: Shattered Armistice, still awesome today: http://diaspora.hard-light.net/ (Warning: This may fuel a desire to re-watch the BSG series again 
).
The bridge code can be found at https://github.com/bekopharm/xr_to_opentrack (pending changes).
It works with the Breezy GNOME xr_driver: https://github.com/wheaney/breezy-desktop (but the Vulkan one works probably too but that’s untested). It should also be compatible with other glasses that have IMU for Breezy available.
Yesterday's show at John And Peter's was a blast!
I love playing there more than I could ever fully express!
Here's the #setlist!
#livemusic #music #johnandpeters #seanfaust #Freespace #Rush #pinkfloyd #mikeymason #firefly #browncoats #moneyforthetoll
https://seanfaustmusic.com/2025/01/13/john-and-peters-new-hope-pa-1-12-2025/
uuuund ich sollte den joystick nicht am Sofa-Terminal anstecken, sondern direkt am Rechner!
Ich ziehe gerne mal schnell das Thunderbolt-Kabel, um das Terminal für ne Pinkelpause oder so zur Seite zu stellen. Wenn aber das USB-Gerät weg ist, muss ich es neu auswählen und #WCSaga/ #Freespace/ #BabylonProject neu starten?
Das nervt!
Zum Glück ist das Kabel lang genug, aber schöner wird's mit zwei Kabeln statt einem auch nicht.
https://seanfaustmusic.com/2024/11/03/browncoat-ball-2024-bethelem-10-25-2024/
Last week's set list from Browncoat Ball!
Either the Freespace fandom has no presence on Mastodon, or I'm just not reaching them. Could be both, actually. Anyway, I finally got around to actually printing that Shivan I posted a while ago.
I've done it like 7 or 8 times by this point, but it still surprises me that I can just print stuff I made in Blender like this.
How much overlap is there between the Freespace fandom and 3D printing hobbyists? If there's any at all, I made my Shivan model into a printable tabletop-sized miniature.
#3dprinting #freespace #alien #creature #scifi #mastoart #miniatures
Did someone say "obscure game villain?"
No...? Huh...
Could've sworn I heard someone way "obscure game villain."
Meh. Give us Freespace 3, Volition.
Jeeze. I thought finding references for Bloodborne's Amygdala was hard. Try finding any for these little bastards who get about 15 seconds of screen time in a low-res 1998 CG cutscene from a relatively obscure game.
I was thinking about remaking a couple of old comics I drew back in 2009 (where I'm pretty sure I may have become the first person to ever actually draw Freespace's Shivans.) Also might 3D-print it. We'll see.
