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Virtualbox: virtual networking anywhere

For lack of a better title, ever had the problem with Virtualbox where you’re working happily in the guest OS, unplug your laptop, get underway, and see the end of your guest OS access. It’s always either Internet access or … Lees verder

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Using Open Office 3.0 (and make Ubuntu play nice)

UPDATE: Due to updates of the old 2.4 package this trick does not work anymore. But this install  guide says how you can make it work. As an improvement on this post below a quick and clean Open Office 3.0 … Lees verder

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Watch command does not support ‘utf-8′ characters

This issue was found on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) Desktop. If your coding in python and trying to write utf-8 encoded files, save yourself some time. The ‘watch’ command on Ubuntu Hardy does not display utf-8 characters when watching the … Lees verder

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Netbeans on Ubuntu

Do you feel lost in the java forrest when you want to install these marvelous IDE’s out there? Me too. Try apache’s FOP on Debian if you want a real challenge. Anyhow .. This article is about Running Netbeans on … Lees verder

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