Java Thinking

There is some great new technology coming: Enso Zenpad 5 inches  http://enso-now.com/n/index.php Alex eReader  https://www.springdesign.com/us/index.action And the return of a classic: http://www.commodoreusa.net/index.html I'm back playing with virtual machines, trying to investigate a few products that might result in productivity gains. So, I'm using VirtualBox, and here's a couple of must knows: Bios settings for hardware virtualization  http://www.sevenforums.com/virtualization/20330-how-turn-hardware-virtualization-my-bios.html Networking - the default NAT network setting allows the guest to see the internet, but other machines can't see the guest - not too useful if your guest is a server. Here are some useful references: a)  http://www.callum-macdonald.com/2009/10/28/virtualbox-host-to-guest-networking/ b)  http://paparadit.blogspot.com/2007/08/virtualbox-windows-xp-guest-in-windows.html c)  http://mydebian.blogdns.org/?p=148 One thing I'm looking...

I've found VirtualBox to be very easy to create virtual machines - it's free, open source, and available on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris. One of the features I particularly like is being able to create a virtual disk that grows as needed ( dynamically expanding image ). You can also mount an iso image for the CD/DVD drive - which is exactly what I want to do when installing the operating system on my new virtual machine. Installing on Ubuntu is as easy as: sudo apt-get install virtualbox Now, from the Applications/Accessories/VirtualBox OSE menu item, you can start VirtualBox and create virtual machines. Several things I need to remember after I've created a new machine: Under "Settings/General/Advanced" select "Enable PAE/NX" to avoid the "This kernel requires the following features not present on the CPU: 0:6 Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU." Under "Settings/Network/Adapter 1" select ...