Welcome to my Linux home page. Like most pages on the net, this one will be forever under construction :)

For major software development, I use the Linux operating system (Debian and Kubuntu) on Intel x86/x86_64 hardware. Have a look here for more information on Linux. Below I have listed my favorite Linux links as well as some open-source projects I've worked on.

Lately, I've also been experimenting with Mac OSX, since most of the software I maintain is available for OSX as well as Linux (and Windows). As of December 2009, I've finally taken the plunge and moved my secondary work system to a Macbook Pro. It's taking some getting used to, and doesn't always operate as fast as Linux. But in the areas where it's better than Linux, it really excels.

Because of the multi-platform nature of the projects I'm involved with, I have to keep a Windows install around. For the future, this will be in virtualization only; I haven't booted into Windows regularly in years.

Favorite Linux Links:

• Freshmeat for Linux
• Linux Games
• Linux Games Tome
• Linux Today
• Slashdot
• KDE The Linux desktop environment I use.
• Opera for Linux My web browser of choice. Fastest browser under any platform.

Open-Source Projects I've worked on:

• Stella (Atari 2600 emulator). Greatly extended functionality, added many extra commandline arguments, state loading/saving, bankswitch and NTSC/PAL autodetection, OpenGL and integrated cross-platform UI and debugger, any many other features. Ported X11 version to SDL, and created SDL ports for OSX and Windows as well. Currently the Linux/OSX/Windows maintainer and lead developer for this project.
• Harmony Programming Tool (Harmony Cart programmer). Original author and maintainer for this project. Wrote cross-platform application in C++, using the Qt4 library, including ROM bankswitch autodetection from Stella. The code is natively supported in Linux (32/64-bit), MacOSX 10.4 and higher, and Windows 2000 and higher. Ported the serial programming routines from the Philips lpc21isp utilities to platform-independent C++ classes, which can be reused in other applications (used in KrokCom for UNIX).
• KrokCom for UNIX (Krokodile Cart programmer). Original author and maintainer for this project. Wrote cross-platform application in C++, using the Qt4 library. The code is natively supported in Linux (32/64-bit) and MacOSX (10.4 and higher), but is abstracted enough to easily add ports for FreeBSD/UNIX and even Windows. As I no longer have access to a Krokodile Cart, as of December 2009 this project is up for adoption.
• Quake 2 (Linux Game). Added multiuser ability to the program. User preferences now saved in each users' home directory instead of the main directory. Now possible to install the software on a read-only file system. Added code to only use the video modes actually detected.
• Duke Nukem 3D (Linux Game). Added multiuser ability to the program. User preferences now saved in each users' home directory instead of the main directory. Now possible to install the software on a read-only file system.
• EDuke32 (Linux Game). Created initial implementation/patches for 64-bit compatibility, so that it can compile and run natively on x86_64 systems.
• Sylpheed (Email client). Added code that allows email text to be colorized based on quotation level, and the GUI code to select quotation colors.
• Knode (News reader). Added code to recognize quotation text in a news posting (lines starting with ': | }').
• GSnes9x (Super Nintendo emulation frontend). Updated programs user configuration code.
• Phamicom (Nintendo emulator). Added Game Genie emulation.
• IceWM (X11 Window Manager). Added code to use mouse scroll buttons in the taskbar, and implemented macro insertion code.
• KStella Retired (Atari 2600 emulator frontend). See my KStella page. Previous maintainer for this project, ported from KDE1 to KDE2 and KDE3 (under Linux). Greatly extended functionality, almost a complete rewrite of the program. Retired this project when most of its functionality was directly integrated into Stella.
• DarcNES (Nintendo emulator). Added joystick handling code.
• Gliv (OpenGL image viewer). Added ability to scale down larger images to fit the current screen.
• UAE (Unix Amiga Emulator). Added code to allow emulator to recognize extra keys on a Windows keyboard. Added GUI code and various bug fixes.
• Twomail email client (4th year university project).
• Other small utilities that I haven't released yet. I'm always working on something interesting, usually some retro-computing thing :)

Favorite Linux Emulation Links:

• Stella (Atari 2600 emulator).
• SDLMame (Arcade game emulator).
• ZSnes (Super Nintendo emulator).
• E-UAE (An Amiga computer emulator).
• VICE (A Commodore 64, 128 emulator).
• AtariAge The premier site for all things 'Atari'. My username there is 'stephena', where you can view the current status of all my Atari-related projects.
• Linux Emu A large collection of emulators made specifically for Linux.

Last updated February 24, 2010