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VirtualBox 4.1.4 on Windows 7 with Ubuntu guest
Installing over older version was not that hard this time. First I created snapshots of each VM in my VirtualBox. Next create a restore point for Windows 7, just in case VB destroys stuff. Then I...
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Network access to VirtualBox VM?
How I set up a new VirtualBox VM running Ubuntu that could be reached from the local network. I first used the Bridged Network setup, which did not work. This is on VirtualBox 4.1.4. I have other VB...
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Screen capture in Ubuntu running in VirtualBox
Screen capture was not working in a new install of Ubuntu in VirtualBox. The attempts would result in an image of the desktop background. Weird. Since the default app didn’t work, I installed various...
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Virtual Machine Applicance for development environment
Configuration of a development environment can be very time consuming, error prone, or difficult. This is especially true when investigating or getting up to speed on a new technology or framework. In...
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Ubuntu 12.04 in VirtualBox 4.2.* on Windows 7
I updated my VirtualBox to 4.2.2. I previously updated Ubuntu to 12.04. Everything is working fine. My only problem is VirtualBox Guest Additions. I updated it, I think. Or did I? How would I check? At...
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Ubuntu install in VirtualBox gets compiz error
I tried installing Ubuntu 12.04 into VirtualBox 4.2.4 on a Windows 7 laptop and kept getting graphics errors. Tried again, but this time after creating the VM and before installing Ubuntu, I set the...
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How to update ONLY installed apps in Linux?
When I used Ubuntu recently via VirtualBox an Ubuntu update would keep making the system larger. Finally an update would fail since the VM image size would be exceeded. Attempts to prune temp folders...
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