The GNU Guy

High Star Video 27.05.2026 ↓

This is a little game demo that I made some years ago. I want to port it to guile, but time is a limiting factor. If you would like to play my game demo, you can pay me $5 and I will send you the secret url and a link to the source code. http...

Debian GNU/Hurd i3 screenrecording Video 05.03.2026 ↓

Debian GNU/Hurd is running really well! I'm using it on a T420 with 12GB of RAM and an SSD! Networking is a little slow maybe 20 kb/s - 100 kb/s.

Enter the BIOS Video 04.03.2026 ↓

This video guides you on how to enter your BIOS and set your SATA mode to "compatibility" or "AHCI". The Hurd can run on either mode. Try ACHI first. If that doesn't work, then try compatibility.

Arctic Tern Question Video 16.01.2026 ↓

Trying to get the Artic Tern to work on the Talos II. Artic tern is a soft BMC that is all open source! https://www.phoronix.com/news/Raptor-Arctic-Tern-BMC

ox-commonmark.el Video 04.11.2025 ↓

I want to use org-mode with Haunt. Haunt does not support org-mode, but it does support commonmark, which is a specified version of markdown. Org-mode supports markdown. How ha...

Com Ports Have Graphics! Video 28.10.2025 ↓

I was installing Debian on a power9 computer. I had to use the com port to do it. Apparently you can have lots of pretty colors in com ports!

Update Talos Firmware Web Video 22.10.2025 ↓

Attempting to update the Talos II's firmware via the web interface. It didn't work, but the shell updater did. You can read more on my blog: https://gnucode.org

Using org file for Haunt Video 21.10.2025 ↓

Using Org files for Haunt!

sparrow video Video 29.09.2025 ↓

Trying to get sparrow wallet to work on power9 hardware. Unfortunately, I do not have a microphone on this desktop. Sorry that there's no noise.

Setting the time in the BIOS Video 30.08.2025 ↓

Setting the proper time in the BIOS. Otherwise the Hurd won't boot.

Hurd wiki edits Video 31.05.2024 ↓

This was quite a long stream!

ext2fs Video 30.05.2024 ↓

How to create a custom ext2fs filesystem on the Hurd.

terrible-mdns-responder Video 30.05.2024 ↓

This should show you how to make ssh .local work for the Hurd. Apologies for the length of the video. This email will get you up and running much faster! https://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2023-03/msg00021.html

hurd-hello2 Video 29.05.2024 ↓

Again trying to tweak /hurd/hello. It's a massive learning process...

hurd-hello Video 29.05.2024 ↓

Trying to tweak the /hurd/hello translator. Beware I've no idea what I'm doing...