Tag Archives: Ubuntu

OMG Ubuntu 11.10 and Unity

Posted on February 8, 2012 by michaelf

What on earth was Ubuntu thinking when it introduced Unity. I dislike it a lot. Infact I heard today they dropped the development team working on Kubuntu too. What on earth is going on.

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Ubuntu annoyances

Posted on December 22, 2008 by michaelf

Downloaded the Ubuntu 8.10 AMD64 alternate image. Proceeded to install. Setup LVM etc, then install continues. It then stops and prompts you to insert another disc. It would appear it wants the Ubuntu 8.10 AMD64 desktop disc. Lucky I have … Continue reading →

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HowTo Install VMware Tools On Ubuntu Guests

Posted on December 3, 2008 by michaelf

On the account I don’t do the process often, I thought it might be a good idea to document the process of what packages I need to install into Ubuntu Linux Guests so that VMware Tools will compile without error. … Continue reading →

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VMware Tools, still the best for Linux Virtual Machines

Posted on March 24, 2008 by michaelf

If it wasn’t for the VMware Tools package being as good as it was, then running Virtual Machines would be alot more difficult. Below is a screen grab from my Xubuntu install which has since had the VMware Tools installed, … Continue reading →

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