Open-Source

The software in this section is released as open-source, this can be projects which are ‘delivered’ with source (alongside the program it self), or ONLY as source code.

When it’s a project where it is released only as source code, then you will have to compile it yourself, keep this in mind!

Showing all 6 results

  • R36 (WiFi) RTL8188FTV Driver

    R36 (WiFi) RTL8188FTV Driver

    This is a ready to use driver installer for R36S and R36H owners which don’t don’t have any internet access on their R36 unit but do need to install the drivers for their USB Wifi Dongle which uses the RTL8188FTV chipset (which is used by most of the cheap (Chinese) USB RTL8188 dongles)

    IMPORTANT: Please read the information bellow before downloading and/or installing this driver on your device!

    Current Version: 1.0

    Helpful Resources:
    Video Installation tutorial
    Blog Post Tutorial

    Download: 360KB

  • R36 Add-On Systems Installer

    R36 Add-On Systems Installer

    This small program/script can be used on your R36S/R36H retro console running on Linux (ArkOS) to install Add-on ‘systems’. This program will add the systems to the Emulation Station Configuration automatically, and you are also able to remove the systems with this program

    Adding the XNL Ft. system/category gives you the possibility to install all the tools/programs I’ve released into their own category in your Emulation Station main menu. This prevents you from having to go to Options->Tools->XNL Tools ever time you want or need to use one of my programs, tweaks or utils. You can of course also just install them in /roms/tools/XNL Tools, however personally we like to keep our tools/programs a bit more organized 😊.

    The Apps system/category basically allows you to put any .sh script into the folder /roms/apps and run it from the Emulation Station main menu. Some of my releases will actually require this system/category, but you can also install (or make) your own Linux/Bash start scripts in this category/system.

    Current Version: 1.0

    Please read the additional information bellow!

    Download: 173KB (SH/Bash Script + some theme files)

    A .sh script is basically an open-source script which you can just run as-is on your (in this instance Linux) machine/console. You can run it, but for example also open it in Notepad++ and view/edit the code directly.

  • R36 Linux Partition Sizer

    R36 Linux Partition Sizer

    This program can be used to assign additional storage space to the Linux/ArkOS partition on your SD-Card by taking it from the ROM’s partition. This can (and will) be extremely useful when you want to install additional packages, drivers, development tools or any other add-ons which are installed directly into Linux (instead of being a ROM/game on your ROM’s partition).

    It’s highly recommended to read more about the why and how bellow 😊

    Current Version: 1.0

    Download(s):
    Program: 792KB
    Source: 1.08MB

  • R36 XNL TermCap

    R36 XNL TermCap

    This small program/script can be used on your R36S/R36H retro console running on Linux (ArkOS) to create screenshot of Terminal based applications and scripts. This is for example useful when you have developed a program/tool which uses Dialog as user interface and you want to show some screenshots on your website/github, in your video, for manuals or tutorials etc.

    Current Version: 1.0

    Please read the additional information bellow!

    Download: 15KB (SH/Bash Script)

    A .sh script is basically an open-source script which you can just run as-is on your (in this instance Linux) machine/console. You can run it, but for example also open it in Notepad++ and view/edit the code directly.

  • XNL Compatibility Check (R36S / R36H)

    XNL Compatibility Check (R36S / R36H)

    This small program/script can be used to detect if your retro console running on Linux (ArkOS) is compatible with my R36 programs, scripts, drivers etc.

    Current Version: 1.0

    Please read the additional information bellow!

    Download: 11KB (SH/Bash Script)

    A .sh script is basically an open-source script which you can just run as-is on your (in this instance Linux) machine/console. You can run it, but for example also open it in Notepad++ and view/edit the code directly.

  • XNL TextSpec 3.0

    XNL TextSpec 3.0

    20 years ago (as of 2024) I wrote TextSpec 2.0B which was used to count words, characters and lines in a pasted (plain) text. Simply because lots of people I knew back then didn’t had Microsoft Word on their home computer, or they just wanted a small (quickly starting) tool to get this information about a piece of text fast and efficiently.

    In honor of the 20 year old version I decided to completely rewrite TextSpec from scratch in .NET with a lot more features, accuracy and other improvements.

    Interested in what this new modernized version has to offer and why I decided to rewrite it again? Make sure to check the information bellow for more details 😊

    Download: 396KB (Program/Binaries)
    Download: 470KB (Source Code)