Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine
Wed, 5 Aug 2009 08:44:18 +0100
Anyone installed Win 7 in a virtual machine? If so any comments or caveats?
(Thinking of doing this in Ubuntu 9.04...)
Ta! ...
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Quick, silent bootup - longish!
Sun, 2 Aug 2009 19:35:15 +0100
First some explanation so you know where I'm coming from :)
I have an AMD Geode LX-800 (running at 500MHz) and have made a minimum
debian lenny install.
I did this by using the net install iso and when prompted for what
system to install simply unchecked the default entries 'desktop' and
'standard'.
I then ...
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Security using VMs
Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:26:16 +0100
I recently read this article about providing additional security through
the use of VMs: http://tiny.cc/wTzzu [Tom's Hardware].
I'm pondering doing something similar on both my machine (running
Fedora) and the wife's machine running Vista.
Speed of booting of the VM is important; also some consideration may ...
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Any mail client as good as OUTLOOK EXPRESS for dialup?
Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:00:01 +0000 (UTC)
The only windows client I'm familiar with is Outlook Express,
though I didn't fully appreciate its features until I went
looking for something similar to use under Linux.
I've looked at Thunderbird, Claws, and Opera mail, but these
seem seriously lacking in some features essential for convenient
*dial-up* inter ...
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Detecting whether to use su or sudo
Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:42:31 +0100
Is there a reliable way for a script or program to detect whether it
should use su or sudo to run a child process with root privileges? All I
could find on Google was something that detects whether su is available,
but I don't think that's good enough because it can be installed on a
system which should use sudo.
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NFS Mount fstab issue - give up and move on please!
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:19:13 GMT
I have file server which I don't always turn on, yet I like to the client
automatically try it.
Thus I have this line (and tried various other attempts) on the client:
spiderman:/home/Media /home/Media nfs users,rw,suid,soft,intr,exec,sec=sys,bg,retry=1,retrans=0 0 0
However I want to tell mo ...
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Linux and USB cellular internet access?
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:48:18 +0100
Has anyone had any joy getting a linux box to work with any of the
current 3G provider's USB mobile internet devices?
Any particular devices that just work with something like Fedora 11 'out
of the box'?
Jim ...
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ssh problem - Bind: address already in use
29 Jul 2009 11:18:25 GMT
I'm trying to set up ssh to a remote machine with:
ssh -f -L 6000:localhost:4499 campbell@91.204.208.39 -N
This works on two machines without problems. On the third (sod's law -
the one I really want to use), when I type the password I get:
bind: Address already in use
channel_setup_fwd_listener: cannot li ...
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Linux and amateur radio
Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:03:59 -0700 (PDT)
Hi,
Does anyone know of a newsgroup which specifically deals with Linux
and amateur radio, or should I just post here?
Thanks!
Paul
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Linux as a media centre
Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:10:22 +0100
I was thinking of getting a Squeezebox and NAS for sound streaming, but
now wondering whether it is such a good idea.
I currently have a DVD player that I also use to play music. I don't
have a surround system (yet), neither does my TV accept anything other
than SCART or S-VHS.
I have a laptop running Ubun ...
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