Dave Wongillies davewongillies

This is about running 8BitDo's Firmware Update tool for Windows in Wine. It can be used for updating newer 8BitDo devices that may not be supported by fwupd on Linux. This tool uses .NET Framework, so it will need Wine Mono to be installed (dotnet48 wintericks verb was tested to work as well).

This tool needs Segoe UI Symbol font, on Arch this font is provided by ttf-ms-win10-auto package. For other distributions there is install script.

You will have to let Wine access device's HID interface for updating the firmware. Most importantly it should be a boot HID interface (exposed when device is in bootloader mode, often referred to as "manual update mode" or "advanced mode"). It is also worth adding the Product IDs for HID interfaces that are exposed under different conditions (for example, Ultimate Bluetooth Controller's receiver exposes a HID interface when controller is not connected),

Patches

Those patches are to convert GameBoy ROM to .pocket ROM. This allows you to play games from the SD Card on your Analogue Pocket.
Feature like RTC and Link cable seems to be unsupported by the Analogue Pocket in GB Studio mode.

Legend of Zelda, The - Link's Awakening DX

GitHub: https://github.com/BestPig/LADX-Disassembly-Pocket

Zelda no Densetsu - Yume o Miru Shima DX

Requirements

maim
xclip

Set-up

Set this on your i3 config file ~/.i3/config

# Screenshots

Meltdown fix impact on Redis performances in virtualized environments

UPDATE: apparently kernel difference may have a serious impact, so I'll redo the test from scratch.

Test performed with AOF enabled, fsync policy 1 second, allowing the rewrites to be triggered.

Command lines used:

Update on Nov 30, 2025: This Gist is nearly eight years old! These instructions worked back in 2018 for the Pi 3, but recent comments suggest that they may not be sufficient on more recent Pi models and newer versions of Raspberry Pi OS. Be advised.

Using a rotary encoder as a volume control

On my RetroPie machine I wanted a hardware volume knob — the games I play use a handful of emulators, and there's no unified software interface for controlling the volume. The speakers I got for my cabinet are great, but don't have their own hardware volume knob. So with a bunch of googling and trial and error, I figured out what I need to pull this off: a rotary encoder and a daemon that listens for the signals it sends.

	#!/bin/sh
	# This is a script that allows you to easily launch Steam apps via Proton
	# without going through Steam.
	# It also allows you to specify specific libraries, for those who utilize
	# multiple Steam library folders.
	# Finally, it also makes use of curly braces for variable expansion,
	# which is best-practice: https://stackoverflow.com/a/8748880
	#
	# To use this script:
	# 1. Save it somewhere (e.g. ~/Desktop/LaunchMyGame.sh)

	import struct
	import time
	import hid
	import sys
	import argparse

	#
	# Constants
	#

	#!/bin/bash

	# Setup should be fairly standard for wine
	#
	# Install wine version > 5.4
	# Install winetricks
	# > sudo dnf -y install win winetricks
	#
	# For the moment I have assumed the default WINEPREFIX
	# > winetricks dotnet35sp1 win7

	package main

	import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"time"

	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/api"
	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/builtin/credential/aws"

	package main

	import (
	"context"
	"flag"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"os"
	"os/signal"