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ScummVM

July 19, 2010 By: admin Category: software

ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data files. The clever part about this: ScummVM just replaces the executables shipped with the games, allowing you to play them on systems for which they were never designed!

Some of the adventures ScummVM supports include Adventure Soft’s Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2; Revolution’s Beneath A Steel Sky and Broken Sword I & II; Flight of the Amazon Queen; Wyrmkeep’s Inherit the Earth; Coktel Vision’s Gobliiins; Westwood Studios’ The Legend of Kyrandia and games based on LucasArts’ SCUMM (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion) system such as Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max and more. You can find a thorough list with details on which games are supported and how well on the compatibility page. ScummVM is continually improving, so check back often.

Among the systems on which you can play those games are Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Dreamcast, PocketPC, PalmOS, AmigaOS, BeOS, OS/2, PSP, PS2, SymbianOS and many more

CorneliOS

July 19, 2010 By: admin Category: software

CorneliOS, the virtual web OS – Cool, Powerful and Open Source. Run applications and manage files in your web browser.CorneliOS is a web based OS (aka “Web OS”) that runs in your web browser. All applications and files are stored on the CorneliOS server and are accessible all the time and anywhere. CorneliOS is platform and browser independent and is available as free Open Source software under the GPL as well as under a commercial license.

CorneliOS is a multi-user system, which means that multiple Web OS users can have an account on a single CorneliOS server. Each Web OS user has its own home directory and his own desktop and workspace. To make sharing and protecting files and directories possible, CorneliOS offers a virtual file system (VFS) offering many advanced features, including access control and automated backup mechanisms.

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