Entries from Geeky Baldisms tagged with 'VMWare'
Thanks, VMWare, But It's Time to Move On
VMWare introduced me to the concept of running machines virtually, instead of physically. "Interesting concept" I thought in 2005, when I first learned about it. "But I'm not sure how it would benefit me." Well, let's just say that my...
Fixing Keyboard Mapping Issues in VMWare 2.0
I **LOVE** VMWare. And I really love VMWare 2.0. But, despite its blazing speed improvement and improved console experience, it had a problem on my Ubuntu 8.10 system. Notice I said had. My keyboard mapping was fubarred on the console...
Problems Connecting to USB Devices through VMWare 2.0?
Stolen from a forum online, placed here on my blog so I can find it: I’ve found I have to run this after connecting any usb devices: sudo chmod -R 777 /proc/bus/usb/* Otherwise when you goto device connect in VMWare...
VMWare 2.0
I just downloaded and installed the latest VMWare Server (2.0) on my Linux machine (an HP 1483w that has been blissfully freed from having to run on XP) yesterday. And I must say that I am blown away! It's a...
Upgrading to Hardy Heron
I have upgraded a couple of computers to Hardy Heron this last week. My desktop machine at work (Dell 620) went nearly flawlessly. The only hitch was weird screen resolution on one of my two monitors. That was fixed with...
Enable USB Support with VMWare
VMWare is an esential part of my migration to Ubuntu, but it's not perfect out of the box. For example, USB support is not enabled by default for your virtual machines. There's an easy fix. Either precede the following commands...
Still Need Windows? Don't Forget 2000
First of all, resist the urge to import your Windows machine into VMWare. Unless it's chock full of software you've paid for and that needs to phone home to work, instead I recommend you simply start from scratch.
From Windows to Ubuntu
Ubuntu, with its Synaptics Package Manager (and command line apt-get), was the breakthrough in simplicity I needed to finally take the Linux plunge as my operating system of choice. Adding and removing programs was as simple as checking boxes. Dependencies were solved on the fly. And the operating system felt as comfortable as an old shoe within a few days of using it.
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