Not a remake or remaster or rerelease of something old, but something inspired or influenced by something either popular or a cult classic. Also this could extend to hardware/tech too, not only media.
The French Revolution
I am a big big big Linux fan, but I feel that after 30 years, it is time for a non-monolithic kernel. I know Linus hates the idea of microkernels but the era of Rust is finally here and it shows that safe microkernels are fully possible now, and I believe the advantages and modularity can be amazing for a new era of open source computing.
Some of the devs around Linus are getting warmed up to the idea of a microkernel. Statistics have shown better boot times and better overall performance. As they put it “guess Tannenbaum was right all along” 😂.
Anyway, it should just be a matter of time now. Linus doesn’t like the microkernel idea because it risks stability for the sake of modularity. You maintain the entire code base with a monolithic kernel (drivers, FS, everything), while with a microkernel, you just maintain the kernel, everything else is modular, maintained by someone else, thus, things can go bump in the night. The former is better for stability.
Don’t break userspace.
Yep, his main motto 👍.
Those are not really the same thing. You can still run something as a microkernel and maintain it as code bases completely under your control and developed in lockstep or even in one giant repository if you really want to.
But at that point, why? Microkernels and microservices etc are best served when there is organisational separation so that teams can work in isolation of one another and for systems that are independently deployable. Device drivers depend on the kernel and to be compatible; orchestrating that as independent efforts would be painfully slow and inconsistent (not something you want for something as critical as a kernel).
The Linux kernel only has drivers in the source tree but at runtime they are separate modules loaded on demand. Given an overwhelming amount of what people see as the monolithic nature of the Linux kernel is the millions of lines of device driver code, their modular nature somewhat negates the argument for separation and ultimately I don’t see the benefit. Especially given Linux’s simpler API without the abstraction of countless user-space servers, and portability this simplicity provides.
I think the parallel of services that were architected as microservices now being refactored to be more monolithic is an interesting lens.
Not to say I’m right on this matter, just that I’m not convinced.
Microservices and microkernels are not really that similar. The great advantage of a microkernel is not so much the separation of concerns but the fact that less code needs to run unsandboxed in kernel space where every bug can potentially corrupt other parts of the kernel or lead to security holes.
I appreciate the insight - you make a good point!
I’m ready for it, but it needs to be GPL3. I’m sick of vendors like Amazon and Nvidia using the Linux kernel but not publishing their drivers. Open your drivers, or dont use the kernel, that simple.
I’ve had it on my “to try” list for a while, but haven’t set aside time yet. It looks pretty good on paper, though.
New OSes have a tough hill to climb, with a mountain of hardware drivers. Until theres a decent corpus of drivers, running on bare metal is limited to a small few number of people.
Ive tried redox before, its in a very basic state, ive never gotten it to boot on real hardware and there are only a few basic utilities and Netsurf installed
Yeah, building an OS is a lot of work. It may be a while (if ever) before Redox is a daily driver; it took Linux 10 years before it was a viable option, and another 10 before it was common… and that was back when there was far less hardware to support. Uphill battle, like I said. However, it’s actively developed, has more than one contributor, and ticks the requested boxes: Rust, micro, modern.
Windows, Mac, Freebsd, etc all use some sort of modular kernel. Linux finally going to a microkernel or even a hybrid kernel would be one of the first basic steps towards modernizing Linux. So it will probably happen in 10 years or so.
What does that mean for modularity and support?
Microkernel only refers to the core, right? Is the idea that it can make inbound guarantees on drivers and firmware? Does it not still depend on the extensions being secure even if your micro kernel is?
Obama.
Agreed, and let me add John McCain. He epitomized the grown up, think-for-yourself Republican. I miss that.
“I can’t trust Obama. I’ve read about him and he’s not, he’s not… He’s an Arab. He’s not…”
“No ma’am, he’s a decent family man, citizen, that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues, and that’s what this campaign is all about.”
John McCain, defending Obama in the midst of the 2008 campaign. Because McCain was a good, decent Republican. Sadly, one of the last.
https://abc7chicago.com/mccain-defends-obama-arab-2008-campaign-john/4058948/
Black & White 1 or 2. Game was basically made for VR but was released in 2001/2005 and was awesome. It could be huge if handled right with some AR elements.
Oh yeah, that would be a GREAT VR game!
Winamp.
There’s WACUP, but it’s not the same and you can’t run it natively on Linux.
QMMP is good enough for me on Linux, feels like basic WinAMP which is all I need.
It takes Winamp dll plugins?
Really? Wow I haven’t tried… but there are lots of skins at least, here
No, I meant it as a question, does it take Winamp plugins 😂.
Cuz I have this oddball mp3RPO plugin… sadly, I converted most of my media back in the day to mp3PRO (storage was expensive back then, I was a student, low on funds… 🤷). It’s a discontinued codec now from Fraunhoffer (the idea was the same as with HE-AAC, spectral band replication, but do it with mp3) and… I just can’t be bothered to redownload all of my collection to mp3/aac. There’s just too many titles and that’s the main reason why I still use Winamp on Linux, the mp3PRO plugin for Winamp 😔. If I could load that dll in any other player out there, I would gladly switch, but I can’t 😔.
Ah :). Hmm, well someone else had a similar situation as you, perhaps xmms with those tweaks would work?
OK, I tried loading the library on Audacious x86, no dice 😔…
ERROR ../src/libaudcore/plugin-load.cc:70 [plugin_load]: /usr/lib32/audacious/Input/libmp3PRO.so could not be loaded: /usr/lib32/audacious/Input/libmp3PRO.so: undefined symbol: xmms_cfg_open_fileIt’s just way too old, support for XMMS and everything GTK+ related was dropped a loooong time ago 😔. Maybe with some sort of a wrapper… IDK… maybe it could work… have no idea where to start though…
Oh well, back to using Winamp 5.24 with Wine I guess 🤷♀️.
Shit, I had no idea 😱… I have to find this library, it must be burried somewhere in archive.org.
And isn’t XMMS dead? Though Audicious is a decendant, I’d have to check if the library is compatible. Still, it’s a starting point!
Thank you a million times kind stranger 🤗🤗🤗!
EDIT: OK, requires a bit more work than what I was hoping for… the library is probably x86 only, so I’d probably have to use the x86 version of Audacious or any other XMMS compatible player, but still, as I said, it’s a starting point 🤗.
I would just like to play them, I wouldn’t recode them, will loose audio quality cuz this will be their second recode.
What specifically do you like about Winamp? I miss the whacky skins and even more so the Milkdrop 2 visualization system. There are some hacky ways to get it to work for Foobar or AIMP. I haven’t checked what’s the case for Linux media players though.
Nothing too fancy, I like that it can load Fraunhoffer’s mp3PRO plugin 😂. Sadly, I converted most of my collection to mp3PRO back in the day and there’s just too many titles in there to redownload everything. So basically, I just need a player that runs natively on Linux and can load Winamp dll plugins, that’s it. Well… it would be nice if it replicated the classical Winamp look as well 😁.
Though I do agree, Milkdrop 2 was awesome 👍. It runs with Winamp in Wine though, so that’s not such a big deal.
Nero’s Soundtrax application, bundled in the Nero Multimedia Suite, is capable of encoding and decoding this format into several others.
It’s available for free now: https://nero-soundtrax.en.softonic.com/
If you’re willing to run a windows VM you could probably convert them back to normal MP3s.
That’ll just make them sound awfull. I know I can, I even have an old copy of Adobe Audition 1.5 that runs perfectly in Wine and supports conversion to mp3PRO and back (Adobe Audition was Cool Edit before it got bought by Adobe), but… that will be the second time these files have been converted 😔.
I’ve been using aimp2 for many years.
On LInux? I thought it was Windows only.
Yeah on Windows. I guess it’s probably not multiplatform.
There’s winamp in the browser now
Yeah, but I can’t load I/O plugins on it… my main point of concern.
Ah, I see.
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The Sony Ericsson T105.
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Firefly
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Myth: The Fallen Lords could use a good successor using modern tech. But keep the mechanics and storyline essentials the same, it was amazing.
EDIT: And Thief: The Dark Project too. (Styx: Master of Shadows felt a bit like a spiritual successor, but not quite…)
Some truly crazy sci-fi show a la Lexx or even something like Farscape would be nice. As would a long show with proper character development and intricate long-term story planning like Babylon 5.
Gabrielle finds herself in Norway, runs into Thor’s daughter and trains/mentors her in the way of Xena. They fight against the patriarchy, ice giants, crabby elves, and world-eating snakes.
You had me at Gabrielle.
Oh another Farscape would be awesome. Imagine what the creature shop could do today.
The game series Thief is the defining experience of satisfying gameplay for me, and there are not enough games like that. Stealth as a core mechanic, with the expectation and ability to entirely avoid combat and detection, a first person perspective for immersion, and a fascinating fantasy setting and story.
The closest to a spiritual successor is the Styx series, but it’s been a while since the last one was released, so I wish for another game like that.
Isn’t Dishonored somewhat of a spiritual successor?
Brings back memories of when I used to play that on my PS4.
Daria
Diane from Bojack was directly inspired. It’s far from the same, but they share a lot of similar themes in the later seasons.
There actually sort of is. Mike Judge or his artists released a “where are they now” a while back which depicts grown up characters from the show
Homeworld
As a game there’s been a few attempts, none have captured the simple beauty of the original, even if they were good in their own right.
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
I printed out a 40 page gamefaq so I could 100% it as a kid, I liked exploring the multiplayer maps by myself 🥲 kinda liminal
Dinoriders. Live action, jj abrams.
Carebears. Live action, JJ abrams.
An RPG in a weird and alien place like Morrowind. And no, Skyrim doesn’t count.
Metal Gear Rising
