One of the comments left after the article raised a good point, why hasn't there been a major security breach of Mac OS X? Now that the Mac's market share is growing there would be a lot of publicity for whoever writes the first widespread security threat, so where is it? is this luck, or is Apple doing something right?

Per continuare la saga di VirtualBox OSE, se avete letto questo articolo, stiamo continuando a tenere i pacchetti svn di VirtualBox sul repo di M0rF3uS, consapevoli dell'utilità di avere la versione Open Source Edition (OSE) aggiornata il più possibile, specie quando ci sono fix importanti.

Per ora abbiamo deciso di tenere, compresi i sorgenti, solo le ultime 5/6 versioni compilate per non avere spazio occupato inutilmente.

La scelta di avere un nostro repository (non ufficiale) è ovvia perché la versione ultima comincia a avere piccoli problemi, che comunque verranno risolti nella release successiva, e il nostro pensiero è quello di essere utili a chi voglia usare e provare la versione Open Source, priva (o quasi) da vincoli e sicuramente più fresca, anche se occorre rinunciare alle caratteristiche (USB, RDP) della versione PUEL (Personal Use and Evaluation License).

Interessanti a questo proposito le discussioni di questo topic, riguardanti la natura del progetto, con frasi tipo:

"The problem for me is how the Sun team have lobotomised the OSE version compared to the PEUL version"

"IMHO, VBox is not really a community project, hence there are no community developers"

Per tornare a noi, Il processo è ormai quasi standardizzato, anche se a volte piccoli ostacoli vengono superati con l'aiuto del forum di virtualbox e le mailing-lists -users e -dev.

La penultima versione è stata ricompilata a causa di un errore che impediva all'utente normale (pur inserito nel gruppo vboxusers) di poter eseguire VirtualBox, l'errore si presentava così:

error: "effective uid is not root"
VirtualBox: SUPR3HardenedMain: effective uid is not root (euid=1000 egid=100 uid=1000 gid=100)

Sul forum c'era già la soluzione, bastava configurare con l'opzione "--disable-hardening" :)

Nel nostro caso, occorreva però effettuare le modifiche nei files della directory debian, prima di usare dpkg-buildpackages. Abbiamo quindi modificato il file vbox/debian/LocalConfig.kmk cambiando il valore da "1" a "0" nella riga:

VBOX_WITH_HARDENING        := 0

Questa modifica è disponibile a partire dalla versione 13003,

I pacchetti si possopno installare sia su Debian etch/lenny/sid che su Ubuntu hardy/intrepid

Per farlo bisogna aggiungere al file /etc/apt/sources.list le righe:

#M0rF3uS+adoldo
deb http://www.ilportalinux.it/repository/ hardy binary
deb-src http://www.ilportalinux.it/repository/ hardy binary

Se invece siete pigri e volete solo avere gli pacchetti, potete scaricarli da:

virtualbox-ose_2.0.51+svn-1-adoldo-13104_i386.deb

09-Oct-2008 11:47

5.6M

virtualbox-ose-dbg_2.0.51+svn-1-adoldo-13104_i386.deb

09-Oct-2008 11:46

18M

mentre i sorgenti sono disponibili in:

	virtualbox-ose_2.0.51+svn-1-adoldo-13104.dsc	09-Oct-2008 11:49	663
	virtualbox-ose_2.0.51+svn-1-adoldo-13104.tar.gz	09-Oct-2008 11:51	83M
	virtualbox-ose_2.0.51+svn-1-adoldo-13104_i386.changes	09-Oct-2008 11:51	1.0K

Considerando che i links che vedete rimarranno solo per qualche settimana ;)
Sarebbe gradito un feedback, solo per la nostra soddisfazione.

Enjoy :)

VMplayer was very slow and took me some time to figure out how to install the network, and file sharing never worked.

Now I use Sun's VirtualBox, which I strongly recommend:

1. download .deb for Gusty at http://www.virtualbox.org/
2. install with dpkg -i and that's it. No compilation, no kernel modules, no tons of configuration.
3. no painful registration
4. run VirtualBox and install your OS. It allows for a resizable disk, unlike VMplayer
5. network was recognized immediately, unlike VMplayer
6. file sharing requires installing "Guest additions" (Devices menu in the tool bar), which is painless and quick. Then go to Devices -> Shared folders... and share your Linux folder
7. VirtualBox (as VMplayer) deals with the mouse pointer seamlessly. Really cool.
8. I haven't tried to enable USB, but I've found recipes on the internet.
9. I allocated 700 Mb for Window$ and I think I could use even less (unlike VMplayer)

However, with two packages "bridge-utils" and "uml-utilities" the chore of setting up a bridge interface on Ubuntu (and maybe even Debian) is almost pain free.

DISCLAIMER: This might not work for your particular setup or distribution.  If it does, you can shout woo-hoo and thanks the good folks at Debian and Ubuntu.  If it doesn't work, then consult this file:

zcat /usr/share/doc/bridge-utils/README.Debian.gz | less

Now, on to the good stuff.

- First we need to install the necessary packages:

sudo aptitude install bridge-utils uml-utilities

- Edit your /etc/network/interfaces file to look something like:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto tap0
iface tap0 inet manual

auto br0
iface br0 inet dhcp
  up ifconfig $IFACE 0.0.0.0 up
  down ifconfig $IFACE down
  tunctl_user dheebner bridge_ports eth0 tap0

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet manual 

- When the system is back up, drop to the terminal and issue an "ifconfig /all" and see if your bridge (br0) and tap interface (tap0) are listed.

- Fire up Virtualbox, set your network interface to "Attached to: Host" and fill in "Interface Name: tap0" (unless you named your tap interface something else. 

Virtualbox Network Configuration

- If you are going to use Vurtualbox as a non-root user (recommended) then you will need to give the proper permssions to the device file "/dev/net/tun" and/or add your name to the proper groups:

sudo usermod -a -G vboxusers username

sudo usermod -a -G uml-net username

- Fire up your virtual machine and see if you can reach the network.

Yay!

Un système qui présente une imposante suite de logiciels
On me pardonnera ce court paragraphe à l'intention de ceux qui sont un peu étranger à tout ce verbillage technique. Vous dire tout de suite que mes sentiments sont partagés quant à Linux. Disons dans un premier temps que plusieurs applications incluses avec le système pourraient  suffir à quiconque désire en faire un emploi courant, c'est-à-dire lire ses courriels, en rédiger, naviguer sur le net, retoucher ses photos, visionner ses films et écouter sa musique. Même une suite bureautique, appelée Open Office, est offerte avec la distribution (c'est ainsi que la faune de fans Linux appelle les différents types de système). Ajoutons des applications fort efficaces telles que l'agrégateur de fils rss, le gestionnaire de photos, l'application de messagerie instantanée et une dizaine d'autres aussi utiles que simple d'utilisation viennent compléter la suite.

Sentiments partagés parce que je suis exigeant envers mes logiciels. Sous Windows, j'utilise la suite CorelGraphic autant que des logiciels d'animation 3d, j'aime à monter mes films et mes bandes sonores et j'utilise Access pour la création de bases de données. Les retouches photos se font sous Photoshop Element et je publie mon blogue grâce à LiveWriter. Ajoutez Flock pour naviguer et gérer mes fils RSS et vous avez l'équipement logiciels de base sur lequel j'ai l'habitude de vivre.

Les application 2.0
Le choix de me convertir à Linux est venu avec la multiplication des outils disponibles en ligne, tout autant que le stockage de photos et de documents qui peuvent être accessibles du navigateur où que l'on se trouve. Ajoutez le fait que Vista n'est rien venu faire pour simplifier la performance des machines comme la mienne et que la suite Office 2007 présente des documents qui sont incompatibles avec tout un lot d'autres suites bureautique. On peut toujours vous me direz sauvegarder en versions antérieures, mais rarement sans y perdre en mise en page.

Quand les voix se font rassurantes
Depuis plusieurs mois qu'on m'invite à faire le grand saut, j'ai donc décidé aujourd'hui de me débarasser du dual boot et d'aller complètement confier mon travail à Ubuntu. Complètement? Pas si vrai, j'ai fait le geste sur la foi que Virtualbox saura gérer un système Windows imbriqué. Certaines applications autrement me manqueraient cruellement.

Donc ce soir une longue et pénible traversée, je vous la raconterai demain, parce qu'il me fallait me débarasser de tout ce que je viens de vous expliquer. Permettre surtout, à mes lecteurs moins au fait des technologies, de voir de quoi en retourne ma traversée! Allez, à demain!

I offer no warranties or guarantees, either expressly stated, implied, or otherwise.

To start, you'll want to go into a temp directory. I usually like ~/Downloads. After that, you'll need to get the RPM from the VirtualBox site and install it.

cd ~
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/2.0.2/VirtualBox-2.0.2_36488_fedora9-1.x86_64.rpm

If you're using a 32-bit system (you might see it as 386 or just x86), you need to change the x86_64 above to i386. If you're not sure, use i386.

Next, you'll want to install the RPM file. You can do this with the following command:

rpm -ivh filename

filename is the name of your downloaded file. Mine added a string of characters to the end for some strange reason.

If you received an error about qt4 after trying to install the RPM file, use the following command to resolve the dependency.

sudo yum install qt4-x11

Now, make sure you have the right development tools. You'll need them in order to perform the next step.

sudo yum install make automake autoconf gcc kernel-devel

Next is to configure VirtualBox. Do this with the following command:

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

Now you need to be an authorized VirtualBox user. This is done with the usermod command, and it's really quite easy.

usermod -G vboxusers -a username

That's pretty much it. Good luck!

This tutorial has been adapted from a previous work in an attempt to update the information to the latest release of both VirtualBox and Fedora. You can view the original tutorial here. It is written for Fedora 8 and VirtualBox 1.5.4.

Las distribuciones, del sistema operativo que cumple 17 años,  OpenSUSE y Fedora están disponibles en versión beta.

OpenSUSE 11, beta, trae consigo las ultimas versiones de OpenOffice 3.0, VirtualBox y Mono 2.0. Así como las ediciones actualizadas de KDE, Gnome y Compiz. La versión final de OpenSUSE 11 estará disponible en diciembre 18 de 2008.

Fedora 10, beta, será el único beta de esta nueva distribución. Se mejoro el tiempo para arrancar el sistema, se actualizo el instalador y gestor de paquetes. Las versiones Gnome 2.24 y KDE 4.1 han sido incluidas. La versión final de Fedora 10estará disponible en noviembre 25 de 2008.

Links:

• OpenSUSE 11.
• Fedora 10.

Fuente: Genbeta.

Nota relacionada: Ubuntu 8.10 beta ya disponible (http://quenosoygeek.com)

As a Techie I understand the benefits of virtualization, but I’ve struggled on finding ways to present the topic to the non-technical crowd. While an hour long format might not be the best scenario for communicating such a complex and beneficial presentation, Mr. Johnston did an excellent job.

In its basic format, virtualization is using one physical computer to run multiple Operating System instances. Server virtualization has become common practice allowing system architects and engineers the flexibility to utilize server hardware more efficiently. The ability to run multiple instances of a server Operating System on a single physical server reduces hardware costs, power consumption and physical space. Additional benefits are realized though ease of back-up, better disaster recovery options, simplified administration and increased utilization of hardware investments. With all the benefits it’s no question why technical folks embraced virtual servers, but what about desktops?

Virtual Machines have similar benefits to virtual servers, and can be utilized in several  types of scenarios. Uses for virtual machines include running legacy applications, testing new software, isolating user environments, or training. Because Virtual Machines are not tied to any specific hardware and are contained within a single file they can be:

• Stored as a template, quickly replicated, and reused for multiple needs
• Backed-up as a single file and restored quickly
• Copied and replicated on multiple machines
• Moved between machined without additional configuration

Best of all machine virtualization software packs a punch while maintaining a reasonable price tag. Some options for machine virtualization include:

• Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 – Free – Windows
• VMWare Workstation – $189.00 – Windows
• VirtualBox –Free – Linux
• Parallels –$79.99 – MAC

One consideration before jumping on the virtual machine bandwagon is your hardware. As Mr. Johnston pointed out during his presentation, virtual machines are software machines within hardware machines. In order to run virtual machines your hardware must be robust enough to support the host operating system, the virtual machine software, and the guest operating system. For example if your machine runs Windows Vista as the host (Normal) operating system, and you want to run Windows XP as your Guest (Virtual) operating system you will need a minimum of 1.5GB of RAM. Keep in mind these are minimum requirements, 3GB is a more realistic configuration. You can get more information about virtual machine hardware requirements at Microsoft’s Virtual PC site. Even with the hardware considerations it’s easy to see where a RAM upgrade is less expensive than buying multiple machines.

Considering the decreasing cost of computer hardware, the benefits of virtualization should be a consideration. Server and workstation virtualization are just the tip of the iceberg. While I haven’t discussed them; Application Virtualization, Virtual Appliances, and Storage Virtualization bring their own benefits. Regardless of your environment, it’s a good bet that virtualization can help fulfill one or more of your current or future technology needs.

For more detailed information regarding Virtualization Technology, check out these links:

• http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/virtualpc/sysreq.mspx
• http://www.vmware.com/virtualization/
• http://www.networkworld.com/topics/virtualization.html
• http://www.sun.com/storage/virtualization/
• http://www.citrix.com/english/ps2/products/product.asp?contentID=163057

Phiên bản mới nhất của VirtualBox hiện nay là 2.0.2. Bạn có thể tải về tại http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

Cách cài đặt Windows XP trên VirtualBox phải gọi là vô cùng đơn giản. Bạn chỉ việc làm những thao tác đơn giản như dưới đây (với các OS khác bạn làm hoàn toàn tương tự).

Tạo ổ đĩa ảo

Mở VirtualBox, chọn New -> Next đến phần VM Name and OS Type.

• Name: đây là tên ổ đĩa ảo. Cứ đặt là WindowsXP hay WinsXP tùy bạn.
• OS Type: Windows XP

Click Next đến phần Memory. Đây là dung lượng RAM bạn cấp cho Windows XP. Tùy vào lượng RAM của máy mà bạn chia sẻ cho phù hợp -> Next.

Virtual Hard Disk là phần tạo ổ đĩa ảo. Nếu chưa tạo bao giờ thì bạn chọn New... -> Next -> Image Type.

• Dynamically expanding image: xài đến đâu, dung lượng phình ra đến đó. (nên chọn)
• Fixed-size image: tạo 1 dung lượng sẵn cố định.

-> Next ->

• Image File Name: đây là nơi sẽ đặt ổ đĩa ảo. Mặc định là tại ~/.VirtualBox/VDI. Bạn có thể chọn ở vị trí khác. Điều này là cần thiết nếu bạn muốn chia sẽ ổ đĩa này cho nhiều tài khoản sử dụng (nếu đặt trong ~ thì tài khoản khác sẽ không thể dùng được.)
• Image Size: dung lượng ổ đĩa tối đa. Nếu bạn chọ Image Type là Dynamically expanding image thì sau khi cài ổ đĩa chỉ có khoảng 1.5GB thôi.

-> Next -> Finish.

Thế là xong bước 1.

Cài đặt Windows XP, bạn chỉ việc bỏ đĩa Windows XP vào ổ đĩa, mờ VirtualBox lên, chọn WindowsXP -> Start và cài đặt bình thường.

Chú ý: có 1 phím dùng để điều khiển con chuột giữa máy thật và máy ảo, gọi là phím Host. Mặc định của VirtualBox là phím Ctrl phải.

Chia sẻ file.

Việc chia sẻ file giữa máy thật và máy ảo trong VirtualBox rất đơn giản, thậm chí không cần phải gõ bất kì 1 dòng lệnh nào (như rất nhiều tài liệu hướng dẫn). Các bạn làm như sau.

Tạo 1 thư mục dùng để "liên lạc" giữa máy thật và máy ảo. Giả sử mình tạo thư mục SharedFolder trong ~.

Trong VirtualBox, chọn WindowsXP (bên trái), click vào Shared Folder (phần Details bên phải). Cạnh bên phải của bảng Setting chọn Add New Shared Folder (Ins) và chọn thư mục SharedFolder vừa mới tạo -> OK.

Khởi động Windows XP lên. Mở My Computer, trên thanh Menu chọn Tools -> Map Network Dirver...

• Driver: tên phân vùng dùng để chia sẻ. Bạn có thể chọn bất kì chữ cái gì trừ những chữ đã "có chủ".
• Folder: chọn \\BOXSVR\SharedFolder

Finish. Lúc đó trong My Computer bạn sẽ thấy ổ đĩa SharedFolder trong phần Network Drivers.

Thế là xong!

Kinh nghiệm:

- Bạn có thể mount 1 file *.iso mà không cần phải burn ra đĩa. Trong cửa sổ WindowsXP, chọn Devices -> Mount CD/DVD-ROM -> CD/DVD-ROM Image...

- Muốn có âm thanh trong máy ảo, chọn Audio trong Setting -> Enable Audio -> Host Audio Driver: ALSA Audio Driver.

- Nếu cần thiết, tất hết CD-ROM, USB, Network để tránh trường hợp virus xâm nhập. Con đường kết nối duy nhất là SharedFolder.

- Các phím tắt có trong mục Machine trên thanh Menu. 1 số phím tắt thường dùng là Host+F, Host+L, Host+Del.

Thấy đơn giản chưa! :D

Chúc vui!

It is possible, I will install eeepcxubuntu in a bootable SD 8GB card or even in SDA1.
I invested time and money in ASUS eeepc P900 and I feel it would be better to apply it in a normal 14 inches notebook, or better in a HP 12 inches, with windows Vista or XP.

Dalam ilmu komputer, virtual machine diartikan software implementasi yang memungkinkan operating system (OS) dijalankan di atas operating system yang lain. Misalnya di Windows XP kita bisa jalankan Linux, Windows 2000, atau Mac OS. Ini bukan dual-boot, dimana satu komputer mempunyai beberapa OS dan kita pilih mau boot yang mana. Dalam dual-boot, kita harus reboot untuk pindah dari satu OS ke OS yang lain.

Dengan virtual machine, beberapa OS bisa jalan bersamaan, bisa di shutdown atau reboot sendiri tanpa mempengaruhi OS yang lain. OS dasar, seperti Windows XP contoh diatas,  disebut host machine dan OS yang lain disebut guest machine. Lihat snapshot dibawah ini, dimana kubuntu linux jalan diatas XP.

Virtualization software yang saya coba adalah Sun xVM VirtualBox yang free and open source. Host computer harus punya cukup RAM dan hard disk space, apalagi kalau guest OS nya perlu banyak RAM untuk bisa jalan, misalnya semua Windows operating system. Guest yang saya coba adalah kubuntu linux dan saya alokasi RAM cuman 256MB dan HD 8GB. Bisa jalan smooth..... no problem. Mouse dan keyboard bisa di share oleh XP dan kubuntu, hanya perlu pejet hot-key (Control key sebelah kanan). Untuk setup VirtualBox sangat mudah, tinggal create new guest machine dan alokasi HD. Lihat VirtualBox GUI yang sederhana dibawah.

Selamat mecoba, kalau tertarik, kalau tidak tertarik... ya sekarang kalian mengerti apa itu virtual machine. Setelah baca artikel ini bisa sok-sok an ke teman, bilang kamu ngerti virtualization. Siapa tahu bos kamu tertarik dan minta kamu implementasi untuk di kantor. Naik pangkat dan tambah gaji kan lumayan.

You can download this new image from here!

I love using Ubuntu for everything, and I don't want to deal with having to reboot my computer every time I want to use windows and then reboot it again to go back to Ubuntu. So to solve this issue I have done some researching and decided to go with an application called Virtual Box.

A quick sum up of what Virtual Box allows the user to do is this. Virtual Box allows any user to run a separate operating system while in an operating system. Some of you windows users may remember Virtual PC? It was an application Windows developed back in 2004 to allow windows users to run multiple operating systems at the same time. Flaw was that you could only run Windows Operating Systems. Kind of shooting themselves in the foot there. Anyways Virtual box does just that but you can run any operating system and it's all while your running Ubuntu. As a side not I would also like to say that if you have the desktop cube effect enabled you can have different operating systems running at the same time on separate desktops (how freaking cool is that)

Ok now that you know what it does lets get to explaining how to get it installed and going

First make sure your ubuntu machine is fully up to date.
Next go to System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager
Click Search
Type: Virtual Box OSE
Right Click On Virtual Box OSE
Click Mark For Installation
Click Apply
A window will come up
Click Apply again

Now once ubuntu does it's magic your almost there
Now go to Applications>System Tools>Virtual Box

Now before you say "I can take it from here James"
Listen to what I have to say about this application
In my experience to avoid data loss and other issues it's best to create a fixed disk size instead of dynamic. Don't ask me why just do it.

So decide what operating system you are going to load. If you choose XP I would set at least 10GB to it.

So to do this we click File>Virtual Disk Manager
Then Click New
Set the size and please give it a smart name
It will then create a VDI file which will be used as a HDD for your virtual system
Once you have done that Click OK
Then at the top of the screen Click New
Click Next
Type a name for your virtual machine (I usually just use the OS name)
Then click the drop down box and select what type of OS it is (I'll choose Windows XP)
Click Next
Now you are prompted to give a size for your base memory. This can be a little tricky because it's not virtual memory it's going to use up your actual RAM. So you want to use as little as possible, but at the same time you need to give it enough for the OS to function. So for Windows XP I will use the default setting of 192 MB
Click Next
Click the drop down box and select the virtual HDD you want to use (this is why I said give it a smart name)
Click Next
Click Finish
Click ONCE on the virtual machine you just created
Click Settings
Then Click CD/DVD Rom
you can do one of two options here
A: Mount the actual CD Drive (I would recommend also enabling passthrough)
B: Select an ISO image file to mount as a CD Drive

Once you do that click Okay
Click Start
And go though you typical OS Installation procedure

Although this application is available I would highly recommend trying to use Ubuntu for anything. I would only recommend using this application if there is something that you MUST do that is not offered through open source.

You can download the image here

Voraussetzungen:

• Wenn möglich das alte/Quellen- Home-Verzeichnis als Backup auf einem zugänglichen Speichermedium (Netzwerk Share oder USB Platte).
• Installationsmedium für Hardy Heron
• Internetzugriff

Folgende Schritte:

• Installation Hardy Heron
• Internetzugang konfigurieren
• Updates installieren

Firefox migrieren

Dies ist einer der ersten Schritte, da ich viele Informationen in Form von Bookmarks gespeichert habe, und auch einer der einfachen:
/home/name/.mozilla vom Backup kopieren

CPU-Skalierung aktivieren (Guide):

CPU Type herausfinden:

cat /proc/cpuinfo

liefert: model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz
passendes Modul checken:

sudo modprobe speedstep-centrino

funktioniert leider nicht, auch wenn es eigentlich lt. Doku sollte - aber dafür tut:

sudo modprobe acpi-cpufreq

Scaling Modules dazu:

sudo modprobe cpufreq_conservative
sudo modprobe cpufreq_ondemand
sudo modprobe cpufreq_powersave
sudo modprobe cpufreq_stats
sudo modprobe cpufreq_userspace

Die verfügbaren Governors anzeigen:

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors

ergibt dann: ondemand userspace powersave conservative performance

Module beim Start laden:hinzufügen in /etc/modules :

sudo gedit /etc/modules

acpi-cpufreq
cpufreq_conservative
cpufreq_ondemand
cpufreq_powersave
cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_userspace

Utilities laden:

sudo apt-get install cpufrequtils

Testen:

cpufreq-info

Scripte schreiben um den Governor manuell zu ändern:
powersave.sh:
#!/bin/bash
cpufreq-set -c 1 -g powersave
cpufreq-set -c 0 -g powersave
conservative.sh:
#!/bin/bash
cpufreq-set -c 1 -g conservative
cpufreq-set -c 0 -g conservative
Scripte entsprechend ausführbar machen. Einen Shortcut anlegen, mit gksudo das Script aufrufen.

Standard Governor definieren (Guide):

gconf-editor

ausführen, dann: -> apps, gnome-power-management, cpufreq.
Schlüssel für policy_ac und policy_battery auf powersave ändern

Funktionstaste für Touchpad enable/disable belegen (Guide):

Backup der xorg.conf anlegen:

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup

xorg.conf mit su-Rechten editieren, folgende Zeile muss in der Sektion "Server Layout" enthalten sein:
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad" "SendCoreEvents"
in Sektion "InputDevice" von "Synaptics Touchpad":
Option "SHMConfig" "on"

Grafiktreiberinstallation

Dafür wähle ich das Tool "Envy":

sudo apt-get install envyng-gtk

Backup der xorg.conf, wie oben beschrieben, ggf. mit Timestamp, je nach Gusto.
Danach in -> Anwendungen, Systemwerkzeuge, Envy aufrufen, ATI treiber automatisch installieren, und WICHTIG: danach NICHT die restricted Drivers anziehen, wenn die Auswahl im Benachrichtigungsfeld oben eingeblendet wird - sonst läd der Treiber neu runter und Direct Rendering tut wieder nicht. Falls man das doch gemacht hat, per Envy den Treiber deinstallieren, Backup der xorg.conf einspielen, Reboot, Treiber nochmal per Envy einspielen.

Check per

glxinfo

Desktopeffekte nach Bedarf aktivieren: System -> Einstellungen -> Erscheinungsbild

Installation der Multimedia Komponenten via Medibuntu:

Kommandozeile:

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install w32codecs

Installation nfs Dienste für nfs-mount auf dem Homeserver:

sudo apt-get install nfs-common

mounten:

sudo mount 192.168.x.x:/pfad/zum/share /home/name/vorhandenesverzeichnis

Wenn man den Befehl als Shortcut anlegt, entsprechend gksudo verwenden.

Java installieren (Guide):

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre

Lizenzvereinbarung annehmen
Auswahl der Java Version (wenn mehrere installiert) über:

sudo update-alternatives --config java

VirtualBox installieren (Guide):

sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose virtualbox-ose-modules-`uname -r`
sudo adduser $USER vboxusers

Kopieren von /home/name/.VirtualBox vom Backup.

Damit steht im Großen und Ganzen die Basisinstallation und man kann die anderen Applikationen nachziehen:

Installation Mediaplayer:

sudo apt-get install mplayer mozilla-mplayer smplayer

Check

"Bildschirmschoner abschalten" deaktivieren (Guide), sonst gibt es u.U. eine lästige Pause bevor das Video spielt:
/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf editieren, auskommentieren von:
#stop-xscreensaver = "yes"
In den Settings vom SMplayer bzw. Mplayer: Videooutput: X11, Audio: alsa
Entsprechend in den Eigenschaften der Filmdateien den SMplayer oder Mplayer als Standard auswählen

VLC als alternativer Mediaplayer:

sudo apt-get install vlc

Einstellungen vom Backup in /home/.vlc kopieren.

Thunderbird installieren:

sudo apt-get install thunderbird

Vom Backup /home/name/.mozilla-thunderbird kopieren (Maildateien).

Gnome Commander:

sudo apt-get install gnome-commander

Einstellungen vom Backup nach /home/name/.gnome-commander kopieren.

Putty:

sudo apt-get install putty

Dann die gespeicherte Settings/Sessions nach /home/name/.putty kopieren.

Amarok:

sudo apt-get install amarok

Wine:

sudo apt-get install wine

Azureus:

sudo apt-get install azureus

/home/name/.azureus und /home/name/.Azureus kopieren, ggf. noch das Downloadverzeichnis

last.fm:

sudo apt-get install lastfm

Als Letztes noch die Daten kopieren (Musik, Filme, Bilder, Dokumente, ...).

Damit ist das System komplett installiert/migriert und kann nach Bedarf noch gepimpt werden.

連開都沒法開了, VirtualBox 該加油了!

Change log 裡信誓旦旦表明支援 64 bits client, FreeBSD 也在標準支援清單裡 (改選成其他作業系統一樣不行), 為什麼開機選單一結束就掛?! (推測是載入 acpi 模組時出問題, 但 disable ACPI 後仍然死在同一個地方)

沒做的事別誇海口, 我就不會起反感; 我最恨那種 明明不行還在硬掰, 死撐活撐的軟體系統.

Dentro do OS guest, abra o terminal no windows e digite
" net use E: \\vboxsvr\MySharedFolder"
Pode ser escolhido qualquer letra em vez de E:

Agora no windows deverá aparecer um drive conectado ao linux, pode acontecer de ficar como disconnected, mas funciona mesmo assim, um bug da microsoft.

El pasado viernes Jose nos planteaba la necesidad de instalar Windows en su Mac por dos razones: Office y P2P.

Yo soy usuario de Mac desde junio de 2006, y si bien aún tengo un PC con Windows XP en casa, apenas lo uso. Este mes lo habré encendido dos o tres veces. No es que me haya convertido en un talibán maquero y que aborrezca todo lo que tenga que ver con Microsoft, pero me gusta mucho más y me resulta más fácil y cómodo Mac OS X y los Macs que Windows y los PCs. Y lo que es más importante, para lo que hago yo con el ordenador tengo más que suficiente con Mac OS X (con alguna excepción que me obliga a utilizar el PC muy puntualmente, como cuando actualicé el firmware de la Blackberry).

Si has decidido instalar Windows en tu Mac, no trataré de convencerte para que no lo hagas, pero sí toma en consideración lo siguiente antes de hacerlo:

a) A mi OpenOffice tampoco me convence, pero existe una versión MS Office para Mac, Office 2008. Para el usuario doméstico, y si no necesitas Access, yo creo que cumple sobradamente. Si no lo has hecho ya, pruébalo, porque tal vez te evite tener que instalar Windows sólo por tener Office Win.

También puedes plantearte la opción de probar iWork 08. Es lo que yo utilizo habitualmente tanto en casa como en el trabajo, y bueno, jamás he tenido problema alguno. Es muy intuitivo y fácil de aprender y usar y, si bien la hoja de cálculo y el procesador de textos no están al mismo nivel de Excel y Word, puede servirte.

b) P2P. En Mac tienes el programa aMule, equivalente al eMule de Windows. El funcionamiento es similar, si bien la interfaz y el comportamiento del programa dejan algo que desear. Aquí tienes una guía. Aunque si estás familiarizado con eMule no tendrás ningún problema.

Si todo lo anterior ya lo has probado y aun así quieres instalar Windows en tu Mac, ya sabrás que tienes dos opciones, que sólo citaré, pues no pretendo hacer aquí una guía:

1.- Instalarlo de forma nativa, a través de una aplicación que encontrarás dentro de la carpeta de Utilidades de tu Mac, Bootcamp. La instalación es muy sencilla. Ejecutas el programa y él te guiará en todos los pasos necesarios. Sólo necesitarás tu CD o DVD de Windows XP o Vista y tu DVD de Leopard.

2.- Virtualizar Windows "dentro" de tu Mac OS X, como si fuera una aplicación más. Esto puedes hacerlo a través de tres programas: Parallels, VMware Fusion y VirtualBox. Este último es gratuito.

¿Qué alternativa es mejor?. Pues eso dependerá de las necesidades de uso de cada uno. Ten en cuenta que si instalas Windows con Bootcamp, sólo podrás utilizar un sistema operativo cada vez que enciendas el ordenador y para pasar de Windows a Mac OS y viceversa, deberás reiniciar el equipo. En cambio, si utilizas alguno de los programas de virtualización, podrás usar los dos al mismo tiempo.

En mi caso necesitaba Windows para poder utilizar un carné digital. No había controladores de Mac OS para el lector de tarjetas y la certificación sólo se podía hacer con Internet Explorer, así que para acceder a determinadas páginas o enviar correo electrónico firmado digitalmente sólo podía hacerlo con Windows.

Yo he utilizado los dos métidos. Primero a través de Bootcamp, pero era un auténtico engorro tener que reiniciar el ordenador cada vez que necesitaba hacer uso de la firma digital, así que posteriormente instalé Parallels. Y jamás tuve problema alguno de controladores ni ralentización de los SS.OO. trabajando al mismo tiempo. En la web de TaZZiTo tienes un estupendo screencast que te ayudará (de paso te aconsejo que eches un vistazo al resto de sus screencasts, por si encuentras algo de utilidad). En cuanto a VMWare Fusion y VirtualBox no los he utilizado todavía, pero las referencias de ambos programas son muy buenas. Google te ayudará a encontrar guías de instalación y uso, si lo crees necesario. Encontrarás experiencias de usuarios en los foros de Macuarium.

En el caso concreto de querer utilizar sólo Office y eMule en Windows, yo me atrevo a recomendar la virtualización, con cualquiera de los tres programas que antes he citado. De esta forma podrás trabajar con Office sin necesidad de reiniciar el ordenador si estás en Mac OS y podrás pasar los archivos de Mac a Windows y viceversa simplemente arrastrándolos de una ventana a otra. Y en cuanto al uso de P2P en Windows, no olvides asignar espacio de disco duro suficiente para poder gestionar las descargas sin sustos por falta de capacidad. Por último, yo asignaría 1024 MB de RAM a la unidad virtual. Así Windows se moverá sin dificultades.

Jaime