Hacker News: anajimi

New comment by anajimi in "MinIO stops distributing free Docker images"

anajimi — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 17:58:19 +0000

Could you elaborate please?

New comment by anajimi in "M5 MacBook Pro"

anajimi — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:43:03 +0000

I suggest trying Nix on Macos, it is very nice as a package manager but also it can be used as a way to replace Docker (at least for my needs, it works very well). This days I don't even bother installing brew on my Mac, I only use Nix.

New comment by anajimi in "Show HN: Play Pokémon to unlock your Wayland session"

anajimi — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 13:19:57 +0000

Thank you for your kind comment! To be honest I saw this as a novelty project, however I think it could be more secure than a password locker, at least in some cases where the password is weak.

New comment by anajimi in "Show HN: Play Pokémon to unlock your Wayland session"

anajimi — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:50:10 +0000

Very cool idea, I may implement a hardcore mode in the future just for fun lol.

New comment by anajimi in "Show HN: Play Pokémon to unlock your Wayland session"

anajimi — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:46:30 +0000

Thank you for your kind comment! I don't have a ko-fi but I will think about creating one :)

New comment by anajimi in "Show HN: Play Pokémon to unlock your Wayland session"

anajimi — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 23:16:27 +0000

Thanks for your idea! I think it is totally possible to implement a screensaver with the ext-session-lock protocol. I will try to explore this idea when I have time in the next few months :)

New comment by anajimi in "Show HN: Play Pokémon to unlock your Wayland session"

anajimi — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 21:55:08 +0000

Thank you for the link! Hope to see more people using Wayland then :D

Show HN: Play Pokémon to unlock your Wayland session

anajimi — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 12:15:01 +0000

Hello everyone!

I've created a gameboy emulator to unlock my Wayland session and wanted to share this project to everyone here!

I've been a Linux enthusiast since I was a kid. What always captivated me was the freedom to customize my system exactly the way I wanted. With Wayland, we've reached an incredible level of performance. It's like turning your operating system into a video game! I've always been fascinated by the blend of fun and the serious, technical nature of an OS. That’s what inspired me to create this project.

I started by studying Wayland, its protocol and how to build a compositor. Then I became particularly intrigued by the concept of a locker, which reminded me a bit of an escape game. That’s when I thought: how cool would it be to solve a puzzle to unlock your session, instead of just typing a password? Since I’ve worked with emulators in the past and I’m a huge Pokémon fan, the idea of building the puzzle around that game came to me instantly!

Technically, the locker code and the wayland protocol have been implemented from scratch ( using EGL and wl_keyboard_listeners ). My locker runs a version of the gbcc emulator modded by myself. This emulator waits for one precise value to be set in a given memory address.

I have modded the Pokémon game to my needs: when the password is good, I put the good value in the good memory address so the emulator knows it needs to unlock the session.

Hope you will appreciate this project!

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