By James, on November 30th, 2008% NetBeans is my favourite IDE for java development. I’ve been using NetBeans from version 4.1 onwards and I can’t believe that it has progressed and transformed itself so well. Right from version 5.0 onwards, NetBeans has been making amazing strides in terms of developer adoption. And the recent 6.5 release is really fantastic. It’s fast, it’s responsive and got many new cool features. Though I use NetBeans at office which runs on Windows XP, I haven’t tried that yet on my Ubuntu-8.10. So, I thought it’s time to give it a go.
Installing NetBeans in Ubuntu in very easy. . . . → Read More: And now NetBeans 6.5 is there in my Ubuntu-8.10
By James, on November 24th, 2008% WUBI dramatically reduces the gap that prevents windows users to try Ubuntu. If you are wondering what WUBI is all about, you may get some idea from my post “WUBI – A wonderful little gem that helps windows users to try Ubuntu“. Yes, with WUBI, installing Ubuntu is just like installing Firefox or Thunderbird on a windows machine.
Well, while there are so many great things that WUBI offers, there is one drawback that can make eyebrows rise. WUBI downloads the latest “iso” image from the web automatically when you run it. There is nothing wrong with that and . . . → Read More: Getting better results with WUBI
By James, on November 17th, 2008% Yesterday I asked my wife to chat with her mother using my new Ubuntu 8.10 and she happily accepted it. She quickly picked up pidgin and started chatting. But then she asked me, ” I want to speak to my mother, how can I go about?”. I told her that with pidgin you can only do text chat and voice chat facilities are not supported in pidgin. When she asked me, “Why don’t you just install Google Talk?”, I replied her, “Google Talk is not yet available for Linux”. She just went to her Windows XP notebook. Looks like . . . → Read More: Good news for Google Talk users on Linux
By James, on November 15th, 2008% Disclaimer: This blog is intended to help those who are new to the linux world (like me). So if you are a long time linux user, you might perhaps know/used the concepts explained here, but you can help me by providing your valuable comments and suggestions.
I recently installed Ubuntu 8.10 in my notebook using Wubi. As a result I started using Ubuntu regularly at home and Windows XP at office. But as I used my Ubuntu more and more, I felt the pain of living with Ubuntu’s default font rendering, especially when I browse using firefox. I tried . . . → Read More: Customizing Ubuntu to provide stunning looks
By James, on November 11th, 2008% Traditionally, windows users (including myself) are afraid of installing linux in their machine because of a fear that if something goes wrong, linux might spoil their machine or render it unusable. Not anymore.
I’m a long time windows user and in the past 2 years, linux has caught my attention.Thanks to VirtualBox, I have tried various linux distributions successfully, ranging from Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSuse, PCLinuxOS and even Solaris, a great unix distro.
Using VirtualBox is definitely the easiest way to try linux without disturbing windows, from my experience. Otherwise as a new lad to the linux world, I couldn’t . . . → Read More: WUBI – A wonderful little gem that helps Windows users to try Ubuntu
By James, on August 7th, 2008% With VirtualBox in hand, installing operating systems is just like installing firefox or 7zip. It’ so easy. Previously I use to shy away from trying linux, but now, I never miss to install my favourite linux distros in my windows xp machine. Thanks VirtualBox.
Having tried many versions of Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSuse and PCLinuxOS, I thought of trying Solaris, but it was never easy. I ordered a free Solaris DVD from Sun but it would never install inside VirtualBox. I always viewed Solaris as something very complex to setup and needs extensive knowledge about it. My experience of installing . . . → Read More: Stunning OpenSolaris running on VirtualBox
By James, on July 22nd, 2008% Ever had these questions in your mind..?
- You are a windows user but want to try linux
- You are interested in trying linux but don’t want to ditch windows either
- You want linux and windows in your machine without disturbing each other
- You are afraid of installing linux as it might make your machine unusable or might destroy your data
If your answer is “yes”, read further…
. . . → Read More: Easiest way to try linux on windows
By James, on February 23rd, 2008% I managed to install the VirtualBox guest additions for ubuntu without any problem. And as a result, I get some excellent features like “seamless mouse integration”, shared folder access etc, between my host (windows xp) and guest (ubuntu).
But when I tried to do the same for OpenSuse, I got into problem. I couldn’t run the VBoxLinuxAdditions.run from the terminal. I received an error messaage saying that “Please install GNU make, Please install GNU compiler”.
Then when I searched the web, I found this link quite useful.
As such, I executed this command in the OpenSuse terminal: sudo zypper . . . → Read More: Installing VirtualBox guest additions in OpenSuse
By James, on February 22nd, 2008% Oops…finally i managed to configure my ubuntu screen resolution to the fullest.
I have a Dell Vostro 1400 laptop with Windows xp professional. Ubuntu runs on my machine on top of VirtualBox.
But I never enjoyed working with ubuntu, since all i was able to view the ubuntu desktop at the resolution “800×600″ only.
After searching through the web, I finally managed to get the full resolution supported by my notebook. (1280×800).
These are steps i followed:
- installed the virtual machine add-ons provided by VirtualBox – opened the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and added the the resolutions “1280×800″ and “1024×768″ . . . → Read More: Increasing the screen resolution of Ubuntu-7.10 on VirtualBox
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