Skin of Stars

Machines, Media and Miscellanea

by Kevin Carmody

Blog Entries

Virtualbox Ubuntu Fullscreen Second/Dual Monitor

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

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Upgrading to Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex

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

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Making your own webdev environment on Ubuntu desktop

These machines aren’t all fun fun fun, sometimes you have to use them for some more serious work. In this post I’m going to tell you how to make your own php/mysql web development environment on your own Ubuntu desktop. Once you’ve done this you won’t need to keep uploading files to your server just to check if something works. … Read the remaining 379 words

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os freefall

Its got to that time of the month where I have to reinstall my operating system. I can’t blame the system, it is each and every time, without fail, my fault. I can’t help but keep tinkering and playing with them till they fail on me. I remember when I first started playing with the things I would have to … Read the remaining 196 words

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Every Little Helps

Ubuntu coming to a Tesco near you. http://linkpot.net/kidnap/ http://linkpot.net/chastened/

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Its hard to go back

For one of my school projects I have to write programs for Microsoft (R) Windows (TM). I know that this makes sense, lets be honest its in most peoples homes. The problem I have is that I didn’t have it in my home. I’ve been using Ubuntu (a linux thing) on all my machines for more than six months now … Read the remaining 275 words

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