JoliOS 1.2 Installing in VirtualBox
Installing Joli OS 1.2, It knows that it is in VirtualBox. Tried out the Chrome App but wanted to see what the full thing would be like. The install is a simple linux install or liveCD. Total time to install was about 10mins from start to finish.
Desktop with Chrome
Everything that I installed in the chrome app is installed on the OS when I login. Very cloud like! For a netbook this thing will be great, can’t see me using it on my MBP as a full OS right now, but you never know.
Upgrade to ubuntu 11.04 11.10
All you ubuntu freaks out there can now upgrade to the alpha release of ubuntu 11.04 – 11.10 would be the 2nd release i guess
press alt+f2-> type “update-manager -d” and click upgrade ! simple as pie (I don’t really know what that means)
You might not see the 11.04 upgrade if you are not already on 10.10 maverick meerkat.
I am not sure if it is 11.04 actually – cause canonical just released 10.10 which is not even a final release and when you click upgrade it shows “upgrading to ubuntu 10.10″ instead of 11.04 . i’ll try it tonight and let you guys know.
Update: Yes it is 11.04, I ran the upgrade through a terminal and it was extracting from natty narwhal archive. So it is 11.04.[natty narwhal is the weird code name for ubuntu 11.04, like every other ubuntu release has.]
Now all you guys asking Why upgrade to Ubuntu 10.10 ? Cause you get to upgrade to 11.04 ! lol
Ubuntu 11.04 is yet in alpha stage (unstable release), so this is not for the weak hearted and people who require anger management sessions! it might be frustrating at times as there are certain bugs (nothing major but).
You are probably gonna face problems using Ubuntu Tweak too so,
Once you install ubuntu 11.04 natty narwhal, you might face this problem- missing windows borders, title, close minimize maximize buttons. to fix this:
Open a terminal type “gconf-editor”
navigate to desktop>gnome>applications>window_manager and change the value of default from (I presume) /usr/bin/compiz to /usr/bin/metacity .Or you can open synaptic package manager and reinstall compiz .Exit -logout -login and your good to go!
Have fun!
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Cool thing on how to upgrade ubuntu from 10.10 to 11.04 (which is still alpha)
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We provide pre-built images for several open-source operating systems.
Please note that:
- Every image contains the latest software as of the day the image was built. Performing updates is on your own, and may require looking for documentation to read using your favourite search engine.
- Default usernames and passwords, where required, can be found next to the download link of each image. You are warmly invited to create your own user, or at least to change passwords, if you intend to use the images in a public environment.
GNU/Linux (GNU userland tools running on top of the Linux kernel)
- Archlinux (website).
- CentOS (website): the installation is done from the DVD, with default parameters set
- Damn Small Linux (website): the installation is done from the CD, with default parameters set.
- Debian (website): the installation has been done from the netinstall ISO image for the x86 architecture.
- DeLi Linux (website).
- Dreamlinux (website): the installation has been done from the CD, with default parameters set.
- Fedora (website).
- Fluxbuntu (website): the installation is done from the CD, with default parameters set.
- Gentoo (website): the installation is done from the ISO image, then customized .
- gNewSense (website): the installation is done from the CD, with default parameters set.
- gOS (website).
- Kubuntu (website): the installation is done from the CD, with default parameters set.
- LinuxMint (website): the installation is done from the CD, with default parameter set.
- Mandriva (website): the installation is done from the CD, with default parameters set.
- Moblin 2 (website): the installation is done from the .img/.iso file provided by the project.
- moonOS (website).
- OpenSUSE (website).
- PCLinuxOS (website).
- Puppy Linux (website).
- Sidux (website).
- Slackware (website): the installation has been done from the first CD, selecting the bare minimum disk sets.
- SliTaz (website)
- Tiny Core Linux (website)
- TinyMe (website)
- Ubuntu (website): the installation is done from the CD, with default parameters set.
- Ubuntu Studio (website): the installation is done from the CD, with default parameters set
- Xubuntu (website): the installation is done from the CD, with default parameters set.
- VectorLinux (website):the installation is done from the CD, with default parameters set.
- Zenwalk (website): the installation is done from the Standard Edition CD, with default parameters set.
GNU/OpenSolaris (GNU userland tools running on top of the OpenSolaris kernel)
- OpenSolaris (website).
- Nexenta (website): the installation is done from the CD.
- MILAX (website): the installation has been done from the official ISO image.
GNU/FreeBSD (GNU userland tools running on top of the FreeBSD kernel)
- Debian GNU/kFreeBSD (website): the installation has been done from the daily mini.iso.
BSD
Other
- AROS (website): the installation has been done from the nightly build ISO image.
- FreeDOS (website): the installation has been done from the official ISO image.
- Haiku (website): the image has been done from the nightly build HDD raw image.
- MINIX (website): the installation has been done from the official ISO image (MINIX 3).
- ReactOS (website): the installation has been done from the official ISO image.
- SYLLABLE (website): the installation has been done from the official ISO image.
- Android-x86 (website): the istallation has been done from the daily ISO image.
For anyone wanting to install Linux with virtualbox (virtualbox.org) you can go here and get the Virtual Appliance image ready for quick testing. I am currently using this for Ubuntu 10.10, it is 852MBs and everything is all setup for use with virtualbox.
Task Management At Its Best With Wunderlist | 6Wunderkinder
Wunderlist is so great! Tasks, notes, schedule. It’s so simple to sync with many different things Mac, PC, iPhone.
I have been using it for a while now and when I don’t use it I am so lost.
NoteSlate /// intuitively simple monochrome paper alike tablet device
More details on NoteSlate and NotesLate. Looks like it will be a killer device. As a person that draws, takes notes, and has kids this thing will be perfect for me.
LinuxMint–Macbook Pro 3,1
So today I set out to run exclusively on LinuxMint for the day. Fridays are normally slower so it is the best option for testing this on a work day. Couple of issues popped up right off the bat, but for the most part its been very easy.
Problems so far:
-Using Exchange 2010 (Solved with using OWA and OWA Companion for Chrome)
-Remote Desktop into server and workstations (Solved with grdesktop)
-Control Fan Speeds for MacBook Pro (Solved with Forum info)
-Figure out shortcut keys “Lock Screen” (Solved with Forum info “ctrl+alt+l”)
More updates to come, seems to be going well so far.
*Update:
-Blogging (Solved with Chrome + ScribeFire = Best Option for Linux)
-Office (Solved with Google Docs, could also do openoffice but, eh)
*Update2:
-So I made it, I cant do everything I would need on a normal day but for the most part it works nicely.
Chrome Sync
Just a quick Post on how great Chrome Sync is. If you use a number of different PC/Macs like I do Chrome should be your browser. Syncs all bookmarks, apps and extensions for you with out having to do anything other than setup sync with your gmail account. Great for a dual boot mac, like my setup.
Android Vs iPhone
So for the last month I got to test drive the Motorola Droid X, and let me say it is a very nice phone. Personally I have had the iPhone 3GS since it came out in 2009. It also is a great phone but lacks some things that others may want.
Where the Android phones really shine is the ability for customization. Place a widget here, put some apps over there, turn off Wi-Fi on the front page. You can even download ADW and change almost everything all over again. File sharing with PC’s or Mac is easy, the Market place is coming along, Great App selection. Also with Android you get choice! What vender you want to use (HTC, Motorola, Samsung, etc.) and what carrier you want to use.
This week we should hear that the iPhone is finally going to Verizon in the US, but I wonder how many nonapple fanboys will stick with the iPhone? Personally I like Apple but I don’t love them. I can honestly see myself going with an Android based phone over a new iPhone when my contract with At&t comes up.
About.me and Flavors.me which to use or both?
As some of you might know About.me went public a few days ago, in which I reserved and created JD7. What are these sites anyway? About and Flavors are basically a home page for yourself, connecting people that want to know about you to where they can find you. You list your Twitter, Facebook, Blog, etc. and it pulls feeds of each of those sites.
My Sites 
As you can see there is very little difference in the two when first looking at the sites. Configuring and designing is totally different. About.me seems to be nice when designing it, but Flavors.me I think might have a better end product. Flavors.me has a better content display, about.me uses lightbox feel, but flavors.me uses in page content.
Only real difference I see is Flavors.me offers some paid features like your own domain, more fonts, layouts, directory listing. About.me does not have any paid options but before it was invite only so it did have exclusivity but now it’s open for everyone. I will probably keep both up for the time being and review them both a bit later.
WMC with iTunes and Apple TV Gen2
I have been using Windows Media Center (WMC) since 2005 on MCE. Everything seemed to work great, there was a couple problems here and there but no deal killers. After my wife and I moved out of our apartment my pc was no longer in the same room as my TV so MCE never really got used again. Until…
Apple TV Gen2
For all the people that do not know what Apple TV is you can find out all about here. It’s basically a way to stream content via the internet from iTunes, Netflix, YouTube etc. for about $100. Streaming content from the internet is one of the main features but there is another, streaming from your PC! Now Apple being Apple, you do have to have iTunes running all the time on you PC to play the content, which also means your computer needs to be turned on all the time (this is the way mine is anyway.)
Content Flow
So we go WMC, Itunes and Apple TV g2 now how do we get them all working together? DVRMSToolbox! DTB takes .dvr-ms (the recorded TV Show from WMC) and converts it to which ever format you want. For me, I chose “Covert for iPad (no Commercials)” because it makes your dvr-ms files into mp4 (h.264) files.
Open DVRMStoMPEGSettings > Select Convert for iPad and edit.
Select Convert a Video File and click Configure (as seen below)
Uncheck Resize (this will make sure that it keeps the original format)
Scroll down to Video Bitrate (kbps) default is 600 which is very low. I put mine to 2800, many people like 2400, its your call on this.
Also on the x264 level select Level_3_1 the reason for 3.1 is because Apple TV can not display anything over 720p so there is no need in going any higher than 3.1 (also Apple has it on their site saying 3.1 )
There are no other settings that need to be changed, unless you want to keep the commercials. If so scroll to the bottom and uncheck skip commercials.
Note: Some HD content can get the audio out of sync, when commercials are cut out. SD content seems fine only HD.
Automating
Since most geeks are lazy, as I am, we like to have things done automatically. DTB also can do this! go to DVRMStoMPEGSettings then click File Watcher tab.
The only thing you need to change on this is the Watch Directory (location of your TV Shows) and Output Directory (location where you want to store all TV shows that are in iTunes)
DTB also runs a script that grabs the Metadata of the show and tells itunes to add it to the correct directory.
An example of all this:
Monday night football: 6-9:30pm ESPN
File gets saved in c:\recorded tv\football_10_10_10.dvr-ms
Filewatcher and DTB make it d:\TV Shows\football_10_10_10.mp4
DTB tells iTunes where it is and tells it that it is a TV Show and iTunes will put it under TV Shows with all the metadata. Colts vs Vikings etc. etc.
On your AppleTV you will go to Computers then TV Shows and there you have Colts vs Vikings monday night football.
