May 21 2008

Setting Up VirtualBox with VMDK and USB Support on Ubuntu

So yeah, I’ve managed to bring up VMware (which was removed because compatibility issue with Ubuntu 8.04). But then again, someone in id-gmail mailing-list came up with an opinion that VirtualBox is much better than VMware, because it is faster, has USB support, and so on. So in the name of curiousity *grin*, I’ve decided to give it a try but with disk image (vmdk) that I’ve previously built on VMware.

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May 13 2008

Running Vmware on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

I upgraded my Ubuntu box to 8.04 Herdy Heron couple weeks ago. And I quite notice that my VMware Server was removed from the menu. Yeah, you got it right! VMware server hasn’t support Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron with its Linux 2.6.24-17 kernel. But anyway, I need OS virtualization. And having few days out of the office, I just got recently succesful in bring the application back to my desktop.

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Apr 28 2008

Upgrading to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy Heron

Yup. I’ve succesfully managed to upgrade my ubuntu box from 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon to 8.04 LTS Hardy Heron. Well, it is somewhat fun and quite easy to upgrade. I haven’t got the chance to try new installation, but what good will it bring when you could –just– upgrade, anyway?

So, for you who might want to upgrade without have to reinstall from scratch, this is what you gotta do. Turn on you update manager (System – Administration – Update Manager). Update. And you’ll get notification of new version available, which is Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. Click it, and let the magic happens.

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