I’m creating a new development server on VirtualBox. I was using VMWare until recently, but since upgrading to Ubuntu 9.04 64bit, I’ve decided to try VirtualBox instead. I also recommended VirtualBox to my brother, so by using it myself I’ll be better able to support him if he has any issues.
Installing a new virtual machine [...]
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VirtualBox host to guest networking
Posted in Open Source, Techy Also tagged bridge networking, host only networking, ubuntu 9.04, ubuntu jaunty, virtualbox 3 Comments
Mounting LVM vmware disks
I’ve spent a couple of weeks trying to recover some data from an old vmware machine. I didn’t want to install vmware on my new OS, so I looked into the vmware-mount program. The documentation refers to vmware-mount.pl, but I couldn’t find that file at first. It looks like since VMWare 2.0, vmware-mount.pl and vmware-loop [...]
Posted in Techy Also tagged libcrypto.so, libcrypto.so.0.9.8, libfuse, libfuse.so.2, sslloadsharedlibrary, suspend, vmdk, vmware, vmware-loop, vmware-mount, vmware-mount.pl, vmware-server 2 Comments
Considering a Kindle
I’m considering the purchase of an Amazon Kindle 2. I like reading books but books a’re big and bulky which doesn’t fit very well with my current nomadic lifestyle. I’ve spoken to a few people who recommend the Kindle.
However, I just read this. Amazon has allowed publishers to restrict whether a book can be read [...]
Skype on Ubuntu 8.10
Every time I reinstall Skype on Linux I lose sound for some reason. I can hear the other side, but they can’t hear me. I fiddle with the volume settings, and after a while it starts working. This time, I paid attention and made note of how I got it working. This post is as [...]
Zend Studio garbled chars fix
Following my post about installing Zend Studio 5.5.1 on Ubuntu 8.10, Gyorgy posted a comment about a problem with garbled characters. I had noticed the problem myself, but only briefly, I don’t tend to work with very large files. As yet, I hadn’t gotten a chance to look into it.
I spent some time on it [...]
Posted in Techy Also tagged garbled chars, netbeans, Ubuntu 8.10, Ubuntu Intrepid, zend, zend studio, Zend Studio 5.5.1 8 Comments
Full encryption is go!
This post comes to you from Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, upon a fully encrpted 500GB disk. So if my laptop should fall into the wrong hands, my customers, family and friends can rest assured their data, passwords, photographs or emails are (for all practical purposes) secure.
Thus far I haven’t noticed a performance cost. The system [...]
Posted in Open Source, Techy Also tagged encryption, full disk encryption, grc, intrepid ibex, laptop security, security 3 Comments
Mobile broadband is go!
I bought a Huawei E220 last week. It took a week or so to arrive. Then I wanted to get myself a 3 mobile broadband account. That turned out to be a pain in the ass. You need to sign a contract, so you have to go through a credit check. As I don’t have [...]
Posted in Techy Also tagged 3g, e220, huawei e220, net monitor, networkmanager, three, umtsmon, vodafone mobile connect Leave a comment
Ubuntu lock screen on laptop close lid
In Fedora 8 when I closed my laptop lid, my screen would lock. Under Ubuntu 8.04 this doesn’t happen. After a bit of digging, I found a solution. The gconf setting is “/apps/gnome-power-manager/lock/blank_screen”. When set to true, closing the lid will lock the screen. Luvvvly.
Zend Studio 5.5.1 on Ubuntu
I had some challenges with Zend Studio so I’m posting this for anyone with the same problems (and for my own records). I found the solution here. The issue is related to compiz. Additionally, Sun’s java5 needs to be the default java (set with `sudo update-java-alternatives`).
Ubuntu is go
I have installed Ubuntu. It all seems to be running quite smoothly. VMWare is working, which is nice. I had some initial sound issues with Skype but it looks like it was a volume issue, sorted now. Waiting for Zend studio to download, hopefully that will be an easy install.
Overall, the process was rather painless. [...]
Early adventures with Ubuntu
I’ve been thinking about switching from Fedora to Ubuntu. I downloaded the latest Ubuntu version a few weeks ago. Today I took the plunge and booted it up.
First thing I noticed, no wireless networks. It detected my card and it seemed to work, but no networks were listed by NetworkManager. I unplugged the power and [...]
Posted in Open Source, Techy, Videos Also tagged Fedora, Linux, livna, Open-Source, truecrypt, ubuntu versus fedora 4 Comments
