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gOS or “Good OS” is an operating system based on Ubuntu. What makes gOS special is it’s “mac” like look and feel, out of the box support for google apps like Gmail, Google Docs, Picasa, Youtube etc through a special mozilla application called prism. gOS also provides skype, wine in the default installation. Since gOS is based on Ubuntu, ubuntu users will feel right at home when using gOS. All these facts prompted me to go after gOS. . . . → Read More: gOS on VirtualBox 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 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 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 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 Working on ubuntu running on top of Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 started giving me lot of problems. Some of them are: 1. Need lots of tweaking during installation of ubuntu in virtual pc to provide even basic mouse integration. Need to enter additional parameters (i8042.noloop) during boot up and then need to configure some system settings to make the mouse work in ubuntu running under virtual pc. 2. No smooth mouse integration. You need to click inside the virtual operating system for the mouse to be effective inside and need to press “Right Alt” key to come out of . . . → Read More: MS Virtual PC vs VirutalBox |
 
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