xVM VirtualBox on Ubuntu

The install of xVM VirtualBox on Ubuntu was as straight forward as it was on the Mac.

I was able to get XP and OpenSolaris installed as guest operating systems, but at this time I am having an issue with OpenSolaris appearing to hang upon startup. I'll keep working on that one and report back.

XP is up and running and the seamless mode works well, I think it is a keeper on Linux as well. I still need to test it on and XP host system, but so far xVM VirtualBox looking good.

My Ubuntu test was as follows:
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
HP DC5000 1GB of RAM
Guests
XP Professional sp2
OpenSolaris 2008.11

xVM VirtualBox

Success!

I have OpenSolaris 2008.11, Ubuntu 8.0r LTS, and XP Professional sp2 running on xVM VirtualBox on top of OSX 10.5.6.

I would recommend you fully patch XP before attempting to install the Guest Additions. I didn't do this and had some annoying display problems initially. After fully patching, I installed the Guest Additions and everything now works flawlessly.

The seamless mode works great so it is bye bye to Parallels, xVM is now my vm solution of choice on my mac.

Next to test is Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and XP Pro sp2 as host systems.

xVM VirtualBox

So I couldn't wait to share my latest experience with xVM Virtual Box. I was able to successfully install Ubuntu with no troubles and the guest add-ons went on without a hitch. This allows you to move seamlessly between the host and guest with the mouse without having to waste key strokes capturing and releasing the keyboard and mouse.

At this point I am running both Ubuntu and OpenSolaris guests and the resource management seems to be working great. I am experiencing no lag when moving in and out of the different environments.

So far so good, one OS to go, XP.

xVM VirtualBox

I decided today to download and try xVM VirtualBox from Sun Microsystems.

I decided to start with it on my MacBook Pro running OSX 10.5.6 and try a variety of different guest operating systems. The install was straight forward, as I expected it would be and the foot print seems to be lightweight.

My first virtual guest was OpenSolaris 2008.11. As you can imagine, no problems there, everything worked the first time, which is more than I can say for my attempt at installing OpenSolaris on Parallels. I still need to try Ubuntu and XP, but if everything goes well there, I will be replacing Parallels with xVM on my Mac.

Windows 7 Beta

So... I decided to install Windows 7 Beta, but not on a PC. I installed it on my MacBook Pro and I have to say it went better than I had expected.

I used the BootCamp utility to partition the drive and start the install. Install ran, I had no problems with my beta key, and before long I was booting into Windows 7. I was also surprised to see all but one driver was there so I connected to the network and off and running. The display looked good and performance was good, better than Vista ran on this laptop with the Apple drivers installed.

The only snag so far is that I have no sound, I'll work on that and report back if I figure that one out.

Perl from the horses mouth.

Here is an interesting youtube video of Larry Wall speaking about Perl.

Larry Wall at OSCON: Open Source as a Parenting Experience

South Park

If your a fan of South Park, you may like this site. Kick back, have fun, and be creative, I had a blast with it.

South Park Mixer

Video Tutorials

Here is a nice site with a lot of different video tutorials for a wide range of programming topics.

ShowMedo

Visio Stencils

If your like me, your always looking for Visio stencils from various vendors. From time to time as I run across them and of course, remember, I will post links to them.

F5 Visio Stencils