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- Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6 and VMWare 2.0 Server
- The two latest and greatest free commercial host-based virtualization products from Sun and VMWare by Jason Perlow
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, VMware Inc., Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Jason Perlow, vmware, xvm, virtualbox, virtualization, linux, windows, macintosh, solaris
- Image galleries 2008-05-16
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- VirtualBox
- VirtualBoxVMs and RDPWe've been considering a similar VDI solution for our schools computer labs. (VM the xp/vista os and use thin clients to RDP to the VMed OSs) The main problem I'm run across is with streaming video over RDP doesn't work so well, which will be a problem for...
- Tags: Web site development, desktop virtualization, Web technology, Digital video, Corporate communications, RDP, VMware Inc., innotek VirtualBox
- Discussion threads 2008-09-25
- VirtualBox
- I'm once again soliciting thoughts on virtualization from ed tech readers or anyone else who wants to weigh in for that matter. I found a nice walkthrough yesterday on running VBoxHeadless on an Ubuntu server to deliver virtual machines via RDP. VBoxHeadless is a version of VirtualBox designed,...
- Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Ubuntu, VBoxHeadless, Desktop Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- Which Sun story is more important
- Which Sun story is more importantSun is done...I really wish people would just forget this company. My rep said Microsoft only works with them so as to pretend that Microsoft cares about inter-operability. After the working sessions, Microsoft goes out and blasts Sun to all customers. My rep has the...
- Tags: Sales strategy, OPEN SOURCE, Sun Microsystems Inc., OSS, xVM VirtualBox 2.0, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-10
- Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0
- Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0Re: How else are they supposed to measure it?How about a survey ?That's a good questionIt would seem that finding a way to allow a neutral, outside party to verify download counts would be a step in the right direction.Dan KHow else are they supposed to measure...
- Tags: desktop virtualization, KVM, innotek VirtualBox, Sun xVM, VMware Inc., Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun xVM VirtualBox
- Discussion threads 2008-09-10
- News to know: Apple updates; Google antitrust; SAP; Countrywide; Patch Tuesday
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Countrywide warning: Ex-employee may have sold customer, mortgage data Apple plugs gaping QuickTime security holes MS Patch Tuesday: 8 critical security holes patched ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Apple iPod, Antitrust, SAP AG, Apple Inc., Digital Music, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-09-10
- Will OS be a problem for netbooks?
- Will OS be a problem for netbooks?What version of the softwareis current? Is this the Lexia you're talking about:http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=10683[haven't yet worked out how to make links in posts...]RE: Will OS be a problem for netbooks?Apparently Vista and OSX 10.5+ are incompatible too. I wonder what code the Lexia software was...
- Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Operating systems, Lexia, operating system, wine, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-09-10
- Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0
- Last week Sun launched the newest version of xVM VirtualBox, its open source virtual machine software offering. Here's a quick review of the announcement. Snippet of Sun's press release: Here are a few lightly edited segments of the Sun release: Sun Microsystems,...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., xVM VirtualBox Software, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Operating Systems, Management, Software, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-10
- Is Google's Chrome sliding into obscurity?
- Is Google's Chrome sliding into obscurity?I don't disagree with what you sayHere is Chrome's problem though: They give the beta a lot of press and encourage everyday users to try the thing, then BAM, security alerts all over the place. If you are going to give a browser the kind...
- Tags: Web browsers, Linux, Operating systems, Google Inc., Chrome, Google Chrome, beta, obscurity, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2008-09-09
- Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications
- Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notificationsI don't know what difference it will makePeople who love Windows will still love Windows. People who hate Windows will still hate Windows. People who pirate Windows will still pirate Windows.RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Pro user, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- The biggest open source threat to Microsoft
- The biggest open source threat to MicrosoftDid he.......no...False alarm. He didn't buy a Laptop. Never mind. ;)What makes it different from Wine then?or Mono for that matter? I had worked on Win-OS2, which is a Windows 3 inside OS/2, during OS/2's heydays. It failed miserably even with IBM's...
- Tags: Operating systems, cloud computing, Storage management, Linux, Dana, open source, Face it Linux, Microsoft Windows, operating system, virtualization, HPCC, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- VMware bug causes worldwide disruption
- VMware bug causes worldwide disruption"Move the clock backwards on the server"?!!"Move the clock backwards on the server"? What kind of critical resource management is that? No processes, no interprocess, intermachine, interdepartmental, intersite dependencies--hmm, to start, NTP...--will suffer heartburn from that and/or from its later rectification?"Move the clock backwards on the...
- Tags: Patches, VMware Inc., worldwide disruption, clock backward, bug cause
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Are "instant on" notebooks the future?
- Are "instant on" notebooks the future?Instant boot into full OS...I imagine there has to be a way to perform this instant Linux boot while loading the full OS in the background and seamlessly giving you the full OS functions once its loaded. Now if the Linux community concentrated on that...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, notebook, Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- What's holding Desktop Virtualization back?
- What's holding Desktop Virtualization back?Another hold-up to desktop virtualizationWe often see companies still in the "have to POC" virtual desktops stage because they have heard rumors of slow performance or application incompatibility. At vmSight we offer a tool to measure performance, connectivity, and access control of virtual desktops that...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Virtualization, desktop virtualization, desktop, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-08-12
- Microsoft acknowledges the Apple threat in SEC filing
- Microsoft acknowledges the Apple threat in SEC filingAnd if Apple were honest...... they would mention Microsoft in their filing as their target market.Does this really justify its own dedicated post?I feel like there should've at least been some further information or analysis to go with it.....Just thinking aloud.Problems vs. OpportunityEvery...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., SEC filing, Apple Macintosh, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-08-03
- Plat'Home OpenBlockS: Made in Japan
- Embedded Linux devices have always fascinated me, because besides on the server, it's where I think the Open Source OS is going to make the most impact. From 2002 to 2004, I worked for SHARP as a developer liaison consultant on the very much before its time ZAURUS Linux/Java PDA,...
- Tags: Developer, Device, Storage, Debian, OpenBlockS, OpenBlockS266, CF, Plat'Home Linux, TheOpenBlockS, Linux, Embedded Linux, Operating Systems, Open Source, UNIX, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-03
- The myth of Windows "Workstation" 2008
- The myth of Windows "Workstation" 2008If you want a better Windows experience...switch to Linux/KDE. Sorry I just couldn't resist. I don't really believe that. I do believe if you want a better Windows experience run XP or even W2k. No matter how much I experience Vista it...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, workstation
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- My kid hates Linux
- This one irritated quite a few folks, so I figured it was worth a repost while I'm on vacation. Enjoy! My oldest son is a fairly typical 15 year-old end user. He's on the computer all the time, has a decent idea how to get...
- Tags: Computer, Linux, UNIX, 64-Bit, Operating Systems, Open Source, Productivity, Software, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Reasons to buy a Mac
- Reasons to buy a MacPerspective from iMac and Parallels owner1. If a business is supporting a Mac with Parallels environment, you're probably right. As long as the user doesn't have to support the updates and patches for the systems involved, you've increased the business support overhead without doing anything to...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, windows notebook, cheap windows notebook, Sun xVM, Mac Book, Apple Inc., Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- GNOME knows why there's no Sun up in the sky
- GNOME knows why there's no Sun up in the skyNo questionKDE is my preferred UI, but picture a new user--they'll benefit immediately from GNOME's simpler interface and pure ease of use.GNOME is a well put together GUI.ThanksAnd, that is one of the messages that we need to get out. With...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Sun Microsystems Inc., GNOME
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
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