Windows 7 on Ubuntu 13.10, which VM to use?
Hello, After looking at web pages for several hours, I'm still no closer to an answer, so I'm asking here. I want to run Windows 7 on my desktop that is running Ubuntu 13.10. I've looked at VirtualBox,...
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Hello, I'm using both xubuntu 14.04 beta, and xubuntu 13.10 in vmware workstation 10 on a windows 8.1 host. As of late I have been unable to get vmware-tools running. 1. this issue appears on both...
View Articleself host 2 synchronised Webservers located in different states via the internet
Hi guys, not sure exactly how i am supposed to phrase this question, or where to place it in the forums...but here goes... I have two servers on static ip addresses that are in different states (one in...
View ArticleLxc 1.0
I just read that LXC 1.0 was released on the 20th of February which amongst other things, features "Support for fully unprivileged containers". It is now considered "production ready" according to...
View Articlevirtualbox OS installation
I'm trying to install a second-different- version of windows onto my virtualbox. I already have Win 7 ultimate running and I would like to also run Win 8 from .iso file. I've been using the win7 vbox...
View ArticleVirtual box
Hello. I want to install linux 12.04 LTS on virtual box, but i always get the following message when i load the linux kernel. atkbd.c Spurious ACK on isa0060/serio0. Some program might be trying to...
View Article[ubuntu] Problems with USB Devices in Virt-Machine Manager
Hey together, I already asked in some german forums but nobody could help me so that I hope, there is a chance for someone to help me even with my bad english. The problem is that I don't get any USB...
View ArticleBest way to experience different OSs ?
HI Everyone ! I have newly moved to the open source world and I want to experience different free OSs . Currently I have Ubuntu and I want to see how Mint , Kali , Fedora (s) , Ubuntu studio and ......
View Articlevnet devices with libvirt
Hello everyone, I use ubuntu server 13.10 as a host for several VMs. All Virtual Machines are running on KVM via libvirt. Every VM is on a Bridged network. What i dont understand is, why do i see every...
View Article[lubuntu] [WS10.x] Lubuntu 13.10 and the "Host SMBus controller not enabled!"...
Hi I installed Lubuntu 13.10 32-bit on a VM created with VMware Workstation 10.x for Windows and I installed the VMware Tools for Ubuntu 13.10. When I boot Lubuntu, this "[9.289020] piix4_smbus...
View Articleuninstall and reinstall Windows in VB
I have reason to believe my install of Windows 7 under VirtualBox (under Kubuntu 13.10) has problems. I think I'd like to just completely remove it and reinstall it. In VirtualBox I'm not finding a...
View ArticleServer as VM host
Hi everyone, I am trying to set up Server 12.04 as a VM host. install went smooth, when I was asked what type of server it would be I selected VM host. I loaded VMware player everything went fine with...
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issue with lubuntu cd customization
I'm using the guide at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization I have installed sudo aptitude install squashfs-tools genisoimage I'm using Lubuntu 13.04 desktop cd and I have it in a...
View Articlecreating Ubuntu VMs using packer
Has anyone here managed to use packer (See www.packer.io) to create Ubuntu Desktop VM packages,which can be used with virtualbox, amazon etc ? I've managed to use packer with Cent OS and Ubuntu Server...
View ArticleVPS Ubuntu backup - SSH, How?
hi everyone, i haev a small VPS, KVM, installed Ubuntu LTS 12.04 64bit I have SSH using Putty. Now, how do i do backup? this is what comes out when i type sudo lvdisplay --- Logical volume --- LV Name...
View Article[ubuntu] Is it Possible to get my WLAN Card to work as (WLAN0) Virtualbox -...
Hello. I have ubuntu 12.04 LTS installed in Virtualbox (v4.3.8 r92456) On my Dell Inspiron 15R SE 7520 with an internal Intel Centrino N-2230 WLAN (WIFI) Card. I want to to use my WLAN card as WLAN0....
View Articledropboxd on ubuntu 13.10 server
I've installed dropbox on an Ubuntu 13.10 x64 server virtual machine and, when running ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd I can't get the https://www.dropbox.com/cli_link?host_id=xxxxxxxx=en_US link that it...
View Article[ubuntu] bridging multiple ip's for KVM guests
Hi, my /etc/network/interfaces looks like this auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet static address x.x.x.242 netmask 255.255.255.248 gateway x.x.x.241...
View ArticleWife wants to keep Windows but I want Ubuntu for her
Hello All, I have been wanting to make my wife's desktop an Ubuntu machine but she really likes her Windows and wants to stick with it. What I want to know is, is it possible to put Ubuntu on the...
View ArticleSerial Ports with VMware
I've been searching all over for this and I can't seem to nail down anything that helps me. If I add a serial port through VMware, how can I determine which is which from within Ubuntu? I've found...
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