Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Favorite Linux Program Ever!

Hello Everybody,
Today I will be talking briefly about my Top Favorite Linux program, I use it on all of my Linux Installs. It's Called Asunder, and it's a very good Audio CD ripper. It's also Available by default in most of the Ubuntu-based Software Repositories; I just Personally wish that there was a version for Windows OS. Don't know why I like the Software, probably mostly due to the cool name. You will need to install the LAMEMp3 Libraries to Encode/Rip your Audio CDs in MP3 format. If you experiment with Ubuntu Linux or any other Distro, I highly recommend using Asunder to Rip your Audio CDs.
I am also Recommending the Linux Mint Distro, as it's the easiest to use for Beginners. I personally use Linux Mint 18.1 "Serena". (Current release: 18.3 "Sylvia") Linux Mint 18.x uses Linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial" as the Base, so you can install any PPA Repo or Debian Package (.deb) that is compatible with Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial". As I previously mentioned, Asunder should be in the Default Ubuntu Repos; So, after you configure the Closest Mirrors to you, just Enter the following Command in the Terminal:

sudo apt-get install asunder 

It will prompt you for the Password, enter it (won't show the characters when typed); the hit enter.

External Links:
Asunder: Graphical Audio CD Ripper and Encoder for Linux (Official Site) 
Asunder: Graphical Audio CD Ripper and Encoder for Linux (Ubuntu Launchpad)
Asunder: Graphical Audio CD Ripper and Encoder for Linux (Linux Mint Software Portal)
Asunder: Graphical Audio CD Ripper and Encoder for Linux (Wikipedia)

Additional Links:
About: Linux Mint (Official Site)

My Local Linux Mint and Ubuntu Repository Mirror: 
Location: Rochester, NH, United States 
Mirror IP Address: 65.175.128.102 (found by the Cmd Prompt "ping" command)

Atlantic Broadband [MetroCast Cablevision] 
(Also an CentOS, Linux Fedora and Arch Linux Mirror; Hosts some ISO Install Images, as well.) 

Note: Feel free to use this Mirror if you live in the New Hampshire Area, for Faster Downloads/Updates with Software.
Note2: MetroCast Cablevision is currently Owned and Operated under the Atlantic Broadband Moniker. (As of May 2018)

Best Windows Alternative to Asunder:
Coming Soon, Needs more Testing.

Saturday, May 12, 2018

VG Console Emulation 9

Windows Command Line Programs (J:/ “Root Directory”) 
Youtube-DL v2018.04.16.0 (YouTube Video Downloader)

Windows 32-Bit Programs (C:/Program Files (x86))
Basilisk 55.0.0 (32-Bit Browser for Legacy NPAPI Plugin Support (Mostly, Unity Web Player, Adobe Shockwave for Director, etc.))
OpenMW 0.43 (Open Source Engine for Morrowind)
IMGBurn 2.5.8.0 (Default ISO Burner)
Corel WinDVD Pro 12.0.0.81  (Default DVD/BD Player) [Will Autoplay DVD-Video and Blu-Ray Discs]
NordVPN 6.13.13.0 (Default VPN Client)
CDBurnerXP 4.5.8.6795 (Default Audio CD Builder)

Windows 64-Bit Programs (C:/Program Files)
Mozilla Firefox Quantum 59.0.2 (Default Web Browser)
WinRAR 5.50  (Default Archive Manager) [40-Day "Unlimited" Trial Copy]
MPC-HC 1.7.13 (DVD Player )
VLC Media Player 3.0.1 "Vetinari" (Default Media Player)
VMWare Workstation Player 14.1.1 (Default Virtual Machine Program)
Notepad++ 7.5.5 (Default MS-Notepad Replacement)
ImageGlass 4.5.11.27 (Default Image Viewer)
Transmission-Qt 2.93 for Windows (Default Bittorrent Client)
Apple iTunes 12.7.3.46 (Media Library, Linked to VUDU and Google Play  via Movies Anywhere)

Windows 32-Bit Programs (J:/Program Files (x86))
Adobe Flash Player Projector 29.0.0.140 [Standalone/Not Installed]
RPG Maker XP 1.05a (Steam)
Chromium Web Browser 65.0.3323.0 [Standalone/Not Installed]
RawWrite 0.7 for Windows (Default Floppy Disk Image Writer)

Windows 64-Bit Programs (J:/Program Files)
7-zip 15.12 (Rarely Used; due to having WinRAR 5.50 Installed)

Games (J:/Program Files (x86)):
TESIII: Morrowind (Steam) [Using the OpenMW Engine]
TESIV: Oblivion (Steam)
TESV: Skyrim (Steam)
Fable: The Lost Chapters (Steam) [In Steam Library; Not Installed]
Fable: Anniversary (Steam)
Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 (Steam)
Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7 (Steam)
Left 4 Dead 2 (Steam) [In Steam Library; Not Installed]
Left4Dead 2 Beta (Steam) [In Steam Library; Not Installed]
Skullgirls 2nd Encore (Steam)
Skullgirls: Endless Beta (Steam) [In Steam Library; Not Installed]
Wakfu (Steam)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Steam) [In Steam Library; Not Installed]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Steam) [In Steam Library; Not Installed]
Grand Theft Auto V (Steam)
Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut (Steam)
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse (Steam)
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero (Steam)
Everlasting Summer (Steam) [Visual Novel; Hentai Patch Installed]
Victim of Xen (Steam) [In Steam Library; Not Installed]
Violett (Steam) [In Steam Library; Not Installed]
Millenium - A New Hope (Steam) [In Steam Library; Not Installed]
Final Fantasy III (Steam) [In Steam Library; Not Installed]
Final Fantasy VII (Steam) [In Steam Library; Not Installed]
Final Fantasy VIII (Steam) [In Steam Library; Not Installed]
Final Fantasy IX (Steam)
Awesomenauts (Steam) [In Steam Library; Not Installed]
Frosty Kiss (Steam) [Visual Novel]
An Octave Higher (Steam) [Visual Novel]
Sepia Tears (Steam) [Visual Novel]
Seduce Me the Otome (Steam) [Visual Novel]
The Legend of Korra (Steam)
Tales of Symphonia (Steam)

Games (J:/Program Files):
SuperTuxKart 0.9.3

Games (J:/Games):
Fable III
The Sims 4 (Origin)
Minetest v.0.4.16 (MSVC; OpenGL)

Pokémon Fan Games (J:/Games/Pokemon Fan Games):
Pokémon Full Moon Version Ep. 9.3.2 (My Top Favorite Fan-Game!)
Pokémon Reborn Version Ep. 16.2
Pokémon Rejuvenation V9.2
Pokémon RaptorEX v1.9
Pokémon Omicron v1.5.5.2
Pokémon Sage v2.0.6.1
Pokémon Generation 0 - Agatha's Story v0.7.0.1   (Game In Permanent Hiatus)

Pokémon Fan Games (J:/Games/Pokemon Fan Games/Relic Castle Game Jam):
Operation Strike Back!  v1.2 
Attack On Silph Co. v1.4
Edge Rising v1.0
Hitmon! Jam v1.3.6
Pokémon Jeff v1.1
Pokémon Fable v1.1
Pokémon Snitch v1.0

Pokémon Fan Games (J:/Games/Pokemon Fan Games/Adult Fan Games (18+)):
Pokémon Uncensored Edition 1.0.2c (GameJolt v0.4.4,  Shutdown by Nintendo)

Games (J:/ RPG Maker Games):
Bloodsphere 1.3 [RMXP]
Legionwood the Tale of Two Swords [RMVX]
Uzi's Drugged Adventures 1.04 [RMVXA]
Super Lesbian Horse RPG 1.2 [RMVXA]


Adult Visual Novels (J:/Visual Novels/Adult Visual Novels (18+)):
Homeward 1.0.1  [Ren'Py 6.13.11e]
Katawa Shoujo 1.3.1  [Ren'Py 6.10.2e]
Crusoe Had It Easy  [Adobe Flash 11]
Re:Maid 1.92  [Adobe Flash 11]

Visual Novels (J:/Visual Novels):
Moonlight Walks 2.0


Emulators (J:/Emulators):
PSX: PCSX-R  1.9.93 beta
PS2: PCSX2  1.2.1 r5875 [Not Installed]
NDS: DeSmuME 0.9.12 x64 (Git Release #92924db - 03/04/2018)
GBA: VBA-M 2.0.1 (Currrent Git Release)
GBC: KiGB 2.05 for Windows (Actually runs GB Roms in Color like a Physical GBC)
N64: Project64 2.3.2.202 (Freemium; $5 Donation required to Remove Nagging Notifications)
GCN/Wii: Dolphin 5.0 (x64)  [Playing Games] ; Dolphin 5.0-7040 (x64) [Configuration & Debugging]
PSP: PPSSPP 1.5.4
SNES: Snes9x 1.55 x86
NES: RockNES 5.54
N3DS: Citra (x64; Experimental, Mostly for Testing) [Not Installed]
Atari 2600: Stella 4.7.3
MS-DOS 7.10: DOSBox 0.74
WiiU: Cemu 1.11.0 (x64; Experimental, Mostly for Testing) [Not Installed]


Windows 10 Apps (Microsoft Store Apps):
Netflix App Version: 6.56.250
VUDU Movies&TV App Version: 1.1.55.0
Audible for Windows 10 App Version: 10.5.9.0

Current Hardware Installed (Physical):
Computer: ACPI x64-based PC
GPU: EVGA Nvidia Geforce GT 730 2GB DDR3 (Nvidia GeForce Drivers)
PSU: EVGA 500 Watt ATX Power Supply
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 640 Processor (Quad-Core)
RAM Memory (System Total): AMD Radeon 16.0 GB DDR3 (2x 8.0 GB)
HDD:  Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 ATA Device (SATA; 1 TB Hard Disk; Data Slave (J:/))
HDD 2: WDC WD2000JD-55HBC0 ATA Device (SATA; 186 GB Hard Disk; Windows 10 Pro x64 Boot (C:/))
USB Gamepad: PDP Rock Candy 037-010 Xbox 360 USB Wired Gamepad  (Xbox 360 Controller for Windows; Microsoft Drivers) [Connected/Windows Games Only]
Gamecube Gamepad: Nintendo WiiU Gamecube Adapter (4 Ports, USB; Modifyed the WinUSB driver using Zadig) [Original DOL-003 Gamepad] [Connected/Dolphin Emulator]
Bluetooth Gamepad: Nintendo Wiimote RVL-036 (Wiimotion Plus) [Not Connected; Dolphin Emulator]
Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW UH12NS40 ATA Device (SATA; Blu-Ray Disc ROM)
Floppy Drive: Y-E DATA USB-FDU USB Device (USB External; Microsoft Driver) [Not Connected]
Bluetooth Adapter: Bluetooth RFCOMM (Forced Toshiba BT Stack) [Not Connected]
LAN Adapter (Ethernet): Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller (Microsoft Drivers)
WLAN Adapter (Wireless): 802.11n Wireless LAN Card (HP; Built-In) [Not Enabled]
IR Light Emitter: PowerA Wii Ultra Sensor Bar (Wireless) [Not Connected; Dolphin Emulator]
USB 2.0 Hub: USB Root Hub (Microsoft Drivers; 6 USB 2.0 Ports)
USB 3.0 Hub: Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Root Hub (2 USB 3.0 Ports)
Keyboard: HP USB Wired Keyboard. (Microsoft Drivers)
Mouse: BlackWeb USB Wireless Blue Trace Mouse BWA15HO123 (Microsoft Drivers)
System Printer: HP Deskjet 2540 series (USB Port; HP Drivers)
System Microphone: Nintendo Wii Konami USB Mic (Logitech USB Microphone; Microsoft Driver)
Display:  Element Electronics 32" LED HDTV (ELEFW328-14 /Generic PnP Monitor; Microsoft Drivers)[Input: HDMI 2]
Audio: Element Electronics 32" LED HDTV (ELEFW328-14 (NVIDIA High Definition Audio); Nvidia Drivers)  [Input: HDMI 2]

Current Hardware Installed/Cheating Device(s): 
Datel Action Replay PowerSaves for Nintendo 3DS (USB HID-compliant vendor-defined Input Device; Microsoft Drivers) [Used with the Action Replay PowerSaves 3DS Windows Client]

Current Hardware Installed (Software Emulated):
Virtual Optical Drive: ELBY CLONEDRIVE SCSI CdRom Device (BD-Rom)
Virtual NAT Adapter: VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1 (VMware Player 14.1)
Virtual Private Network (VPN) Adapter: TAP-NordVPN Windows Adapter V9 (NordVPN for Windows; United States Server)
Virtual Printer: Microsoft Print to PDF (Feature of Windows 10; Print to File/Save as PDF) 

Actual Video Game Consoles Owned:
Nintendo GameCube [Model No. DOL-001 (USA)]
Nintendo Wii mini [Model No. RVL-201 (USA)]
Nintendo 2DS  [Model No. FTR-001]
Nintendo GameBoy [Model No. DMG-01] (Not Functional)
Nintendo GameBoy Advance [Model No. AGB-001] (Near Mint Condition)

Note: All Nintendo Handhelds until the Nintendo DS, weren't Region Locked! So, you could play a French Region Game on an North American/US Handheld.
Note2: I will go more into Actual Video Game Hardware and the Games that I own in a Future separate post.

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