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>Welcome from the MacBook Pro and Another Welcome from Refurbished Computers UK

25 May 2008 ian Comments 0 Comment

>It arrived a day late and is looking pretty cool so far. So I’m typing this with MarsEdit first of all to see how I get on what that. What have I noticed about the new machine. Some random comments made in no particular order. Here’s the low down on the specs of the Machine. Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro4,1 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores:…

>Ubuntu / Vista / VMware / Xming

22 May 2008 ian Comments 4 Comments

>OK, I’ve been using this setup for over a week. I’m a developer /sys admin who needs a Linux environment and who is stuck with just a Vista laptop. So here’s my solution. Certainly not a perfect solution but a lot better than some I’ve used in the past. The idea is that we run Ubuntu (or any Linux disto) within a VMware machine (I assume the free VMware player would work for this, but i’m using VMware workstation). We…

>Cygwin Permissions Under Vista

6 May 2008 ian Comments 5 Comments

>Was somewhat surprised to discover that although my account is an administrative account, I can’t edit system files from within cygwin by default. To change this right click on your Cygwin shortcut, go to the Shortcut tab, click on Advanced and select “Run as administrator”. This is not just limited to Cygwin apps by the way – you’ll get the same glorious issue if you try and edit hosts using Notepad.