I’ve tried to separate the chaff from the wheat. Here is a list of application I’ve found to be the best (my opinion) in their particular areas.  Suggestions for additional applications/ categories are always appreciated. Outlook replacement: Still looking. Evolution, Kontact, and Thunderbird (and its variants) don’t come close to the speed and usability of ...Read More

Next, I want to make sure I can play MP3s, DVDs, etc. You should first check with your local laws to make sure this is legal. I am not sure why that is listed on every site that says anything to do with MP3s and DVDs, but there it is, the disclaimer. You have been ...Read More

Now that Ubuntu is installed the fun begins. First things first: – Install all available updates – Reboot if necessary – Add medibuntu repository (check your local laws for usability) – Install VMWare Server for virtualization To install apps from the repositories (that is this great big pile of software that Ubuntu maintains for you ...Read More

You want to make sure your Virtual starts automatically when your server boots up? drop to a terminal: sudo nano /etc/rc.d/rc.local add the same command you would, as starting from the command line: vmwar-cmd /fullPATHtoVMWAREfile/thevm.vmx start

When you are running VMWare on your desktop, you are likely doing it for testing (or, like me, for running XP so I can use Outlook – please point me to a good FAST Outlook replacement – Evolution, Kontact, Thunderbird aren’t there yet). But when used on a server, for ‘production’ purposes, you are likely ...Read More

This is for VMWare Server 1.04 on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon): – From a terminal prompt, I would first create a directory to store VMWare, and from that directory: – download VMWare Server http://www.vmware.com as of 11/07/07, you can execute the following command to download version 1.0.4: wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.tar.gz – download the required patch to ...Read More

Now that you have either partitioned your hard drive, or are skipping the partitioning part, it is time to install your Operating System. Pop the CD in your PC, and turn on the computer.  With Ubuntu, it is a ‘Live CD’.  That means it will boot into the full Ubuntu OS, and you can use ...Read More

This page is under construction, but to get you started, here is my 2 cents thus far: There are a few major technologies in the Virtualization (on Linux) world. VMWare, Xen, and KVM (and KQemu, Qemu). The long/ short of it – you’ll want to end up on KVM, but will probably use VMWare Server ...Read More

http://www.ubuntu.com The latest version of Ubuntu has been released! Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) is now available. For those of you that have been waiting to try out Ubuntu, the wait is over. You can download the CD from the Ubuntu site (www.ubuntu.com). However, it has been really slllloooooowwwwww today. I have almost completed the download ...Read More

If you are not very geek, and want to simply add Linux to your existing desktop/ laptop computer (alongside Windows, probably) then you may not want to even bother with this step. Simply boot with Ubuntu LiveCD, select the option to install, and when prompted for how to use your disk space, select the option ...Read More