Posts for: #Guide

Call of Duty: United Offensive Linux Server and Other Goodies

Call of Duty: United Offensive Linux Server and Other Goodies

I’ve been planning for a long time to write a guide about one of my favorite games, Call of Duty United Offensive. For me, this was the best game back in the day alongside MoHAA, because IT HAD TANKS!

We played the hell out of it on Kursk, Carentan, Fox, and the Bas maps.

I feel like because of all the fun I had, I owe it to the game to not let it disappear into obscurity, so below I’ll describe how to set up a Linux dedicated server, how to configure 1920x1080p resolution, which ports need to be opened, and maybe I’ll even have time to cover mods.

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World of Warships – Open Beta

World of Warships – Open Beta

Some of you already know that World of Warships has entered its open beta phase. If you liked World of Tanks, you should definitely give WoWS a try.

 

I participated in the closed beta test as well, and I thought I’d share my experience with the different ship types and provide some tips.

When you start the game, you begin with a cruiser. Basically you can only play against bots until you earn enough experience points and reach the appropriate account level that unlocks random battles.

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Installing OpenVPN server on Ubuntu server

Installing OpenVPN server on Ubuntu server

I searched the internet a lot before a friend recommended this script, with which you can easily set up your own secure OpenVPN server.

What you’ll need:

  • PuTTY or any other SSH client capable of establishing a connection
  • A server/VPS running Ubuntu 18.04 or 19.04
  • For VPS: enabled TUN/TAP modules
  • Minimal command-line knowledge

 

First, you need to download the script, which you can do by running the following command:


curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/angristan/openvpn-install/master/openvpn-install.sh && chmod +x openvpn-install.sh

Run the script with root privileges:

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