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Toradex now has their Robin modules for purchase here. The modules have ultra low power consumption with an embedded Atom CPU(up to 1.6GHz), onboard RAM (512MB), onboard GPU (1366×768 output) and onboard SSD with up to 2GB in storage and they start at $163! Did I mention it’s the size of a credit card? The [...]
Filed under: Intel Atom, device, linux, medical devices, prototyping, technology | 2 Comments
(Time required = 30 minutes) Scroll down to Setting up Automatic Activation to see the process if you are not interested in the background.
Background
When I first setup my VMware Server to run an existing Windows Install from a physical partition, I was asked to reactivate Windows XP before I could use it as a [...]
Filed under: dual boot, linux, microsoft, ubuntu, virtualization, vmware, windows, windows activation | 42 Comments
I saw a post this morning showing you can run Windows applications from a virtual Windows install on your Linux Desktop. Although this may seem like it’s not that big of a deal, anyone who virtualizes another OS such as Windows from within VMware knows it can sometimes be a hassle to switch between [...]
Filed under: desktop, dual boot, linux, ubuntu, virtualization, vmware, windows | 17 Comments
Timekeeping with VMware on Linux
If you’re like most users, you have some form of power management installed in Linux, especially if you are using a laptop. These power management applications typically scale down the processor speed resulting in your guest OS’s clock running faster than your host’s clock (source).
If you have VMware Tools installed, you can go [...]
Filed under: linux, ubuntu, virtualization, vmware, windows | 1 Comment
When running VMware and you want to shut down or restart the guest OS, it is very tempting to sometimes just use the buttons in the “Power Toolbar”. One thing you should realize is that shutting down or restarting your OS using these buttons is the equivalent of cutting off power to your PC and [...]
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Google Desktop on Linux
If you have ever used the default search that you find in the file browser of Ubuntu or even the “find/whereis” function from the terminal you know that it can be very frustrating trying to locate a specific file on your system. Although, there are several utilities already available for Linux users to [...]
Filed under: desktop, google, linux, ubuntu | 4 Comments
Enabling Audio in VMware Server
In my previous post I showed you how to emulate an existing Windows install in Linux using VMware server. Now that you have your Windows OS running and you can run all your basic apps, it’s time to improve the functionality of your virtual OS by adding sound so that you can listen to [...]
Filed under: dual boot, linux, ubuntu, virtualization, vmware, windows | 21 Comments
I promised before that I would do a write up of a simple way to run an existing install of Windows XP from within Linux. Many people run a virtual Windows install from within Linux which is pretty good but is sometimes a burden if you have an existing physical Windows install because you [...]
Filed under: dual boot, linux, ubuntu, virtualization, vmware, windows | 99 Comments
When thinking of Intel and operating systems, one of the first thoughts that comes to mind is “Wintel”; Intel computers running Windows. Nevertheless, Intel has been working very hard over the past years to get away from this image as much as possible and this involves giving the Open Source community full support. Whether it [...]
Filed under: battery, dynticks, gutsy gibbon, intel, kernel, linux, open source, performance, powertop, ubuntu | 4 Comments
Check out this video of the latest features to be added after the Compiz/Beryl merge. The effects look stunning, especially the cube reflection, very clean.
Filed under: beryl, compiz, desktop, linux, ubuntu | Leave a Comment
At least that’s what Apple claims (http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/features/bootcamp.html) on their bootcamp website. When Apple unveiled Leopard they introduced a concept called “Fast Switching” (Google cache of Apple’s site: Image) but when you visit the same site now, there is no mention of this fast switching. So what’s the big deal here? How is Leopard the most [...]
Filed under: Apple, Leopard, Mac, OS X, bootcamp, dual boot, linux, parallels, ubuntu, vmware, windows | 1 Comment
Clean up your GRUB
If you dual boot or multiboot your computer with linux and other operating systems, chances are you are using GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader) to select which OS will be launched. GRUB resides in the first 512bytes of your hard disk (also referred to as the MBR – Master Boot Record) and is the first [...]
Filed under: dual boot, grub, linux, ubuntu | 1 Comment
System Monitoring for Linux
Conky is a light-weight system monitor that allows a user to quickly view their system status. The best part of using conky is the fact that you can see so much information and only sacrifice about 0.5MB (my current configuration). Using conky, you can monitor items such as CPU usage, memory usage, network [...]
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