Jun
20
Converting VMware Images to VirtualBox – A Simple Method
June 20, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 6 Comments
Posted in Editorials
When I need to run a Windows based application on my trusty Ubuntu Hardy box, I don’t use Wine. Don’t get me wrong, it’s just that I don’t want to have to manage the Wine environment and prefer to have Windows and it’s associated applications tucked away in it’s own virtual system. This way if [...]
Mar
16
Build a Web Developer PC and Enable Most Media Playback Using Ubuntu Linux
March 16, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 13 Comments
Posted in Applications, Hands On, How To
For those of you who follow my other blog, you’ll know that my last Windows PC had a major failure again. You can read some of the specifics in the “When Disaster Strikes – Again” post. At that point I decided to install Ubuntu (effectively removing Windows based PC’s from the network). In some ways [...]
May
23
Browser Problems – Creating a Linux Based Virtual Box – Part 2 of 2
May 23, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 5 Comments
Posted in Applications, Hands On, How To
Earlier this month, I posted Part 1 of “Browser Problems – Creating a Linux Based Virtual Box” where the issue of being able to load different environments to test web site development was discussed. In this post (Part 2), I’ve received all the hardware (Shuttle SN68SG2) and am happy to note that the unit is [...]
May
8
Browser Problems – Creating a Linux Based Virtual Box – Part 1 of 2
May 8, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 11 Comments
Posted in Editorials, How To
I had an interesting discussion yesterday with the owner of LaLa Media (lalamedia.ca). The conversation focused on the issues of developing web sites that are cross platform friendly. Invariably the problem dealing with browser bugs came up. In particular how IE6 appears to be especially buggy and how it tends to have problems with CSS/XHTML [...]
