Speaking of VM…
Microsoft is going after VMWare, according to a Reuters report. Microsoft’s virtualization product, code-named Viridian, is scheduled to go into Windows Server 2008, and slated to ship 6 months after Server 2008 does. The MS ‘hypervisor’ manager is supposed to work with Viridian, VMWare and XenSource… ‘embrace and extend’ tactics?
Jump-starting Ubuntu networking?
So, Ubuntu is running OK, but not connecting to the network under Parallels for some reason, even though all the Net settings - DHCP and the gateway - seem to be set OK. Anybody have experience solving this? Guess it wouldn’t be Linux without at least one config problem…
Woo hoo… Ubuntu running in VM
So we found the Parallels 3.0 uninstaller (lacking any response from Parallels support) and found our Parallels 2.0 .dmg package, and took 3.0 off our Core Duo Mini - its kernel panics making it a basically useless $59 ‘upgrade’, and decided to hope for the best with the older, but previously reliable Parallels 2.0.
Sure enough, […]
Red Hat High
Red Hat High is an attempt to bridge the digital divide driven by Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik. Linux.com has the story. Brazil is attempting to use open source software in its attempts to do the same on an even bigger scale. Seems like a good idea to me…
Getting World HQ back into shape
Last night we upgraded our Core Duo Mini’s copy of Parallels to 3.0. Just ast a dialog popped up announcing our WinXP drive image was being upgraded to 3.0, the MIni crashed with one of those ‘gray box’ screens ‘You must restart your computer…’
When the computer did come back, the WinXP drive image was gone, […]
40 great free applications
CNET blogger Matt Assay and Linux Today point to this list of 40 great apps, (including some open source). Interesting list… software is definitely headed to ‘free’…
SCO loses
Slashdot and Groklaw point to a key ruling by a Utah Federal Court that SCO doesn’t own the UNIX copyrights - Novell does. All of SCO’s other claims should fall like dominoes in light of this ruling. It’s over, SCO loses… even WSJ has the story…
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