Virtualbox is an awesome application, allowing you to run multiple instances of operating systems concurrently. But getting full screen guest working on the second monitor doesn’t work by default, it always fullscreens on the primary. This drove me mad for a couple of hours till I figured it out. The answer is through the following steps: Fullscreen (Host+F) Hidden Menu … Read the remaining 14 words

I had a bit of a moment earlier in getting PyDev up and running in Eclipse. Installing is easy enough through Marketplace in Helios, but when I went to open a project I was denied! Anyway, figured it out, just needed to select my interpreter. When you go to open a new python project hit the ‘Please configure an interpreter..’ … Read the remaining 45 words

Over the last few weeks Mike Robinson and I have discussed and decided an SVN restructuring for improving our build and deployment processes. I would encourage you to read a bit more about that (and various other geekness) at his blog. So I’ve spent this week moving our company hosted SVN from Beanstalk to Springloops. I feel I’ve been swinging … Read the remaining 32 words

Now doesn’t that sound like a bad book title? Or even something from the Harry Potter series, which incidentally I’ve just finished listening to the audio books as read by Stephen Fry. Anyway, i digress. Following on from my previous two EeePC posts, firstly on adjusting the default desktop, then on changing to a full KDE desktop, I’m going to … Read the remaining 823 words

Since it’s only a few days since the release of Ubuntu’s Intrepid Ibex, I though I might do a quick note on how to upgrade from the Long Term Stable (LTS), Hardy Heron (if you are a Windows user and you just want to try out the new version, you can use the Wubi Installer and treat it just like … Read the remaining 272 words

In my blog post the other week I discussed how to use the terminal to add software to your EeePC. Though this is the simplest approach we find that we come across certain disadvantages. Firstly, the only way to launch our newly installed software is to type it’s name into the terminal. It is possible to adjust the interface and … Read the remaining 363 words