Linux Matters Lets get Trippy
Jan 6, 2026
Dive into the world of gaming nostalgia as Mark explores the remake of Timesplitters, discussing its origins and modern graphics. Alan shares his experience in a coding contest, creating the innovative emoji-based navigation tool, MojiNav. He details its unique features and the challenges he faced, including a funny conflict of interest. Martin introduces Trippy, a fantastic new network diagnostic tool that beautifully combines traceroute and ping functionality, alongside gping—a graphical way to visualize ping. Get ready for a techy trip!
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TimeSplitters Rewind Delivers Nostalgic Modern Feel
- Mark has been playing TimeSplitters Rewind, a fan-made modern recreation of the classic TimeSplitters games.
- He finds it captures the original style while using modern graphics and runs well on Steam Deck with Proton.
Fan Project Grew Into Full Remake
- TimeSplitters Rewind started as a fan project with access to original engine and assets and became a full remake.
- The team's goal is to recreate the original experience and add new community content rather than radically change it.
MojiNav: Emoji-Only Navigation App
- Alan entered a ChainGuard coding contest that required an emoji-only UI for round one.
- He built MojiNav, a walking-only emoji-based map app that finds nearby amenities and provides walking directions.