Upgrading Kubuntu-9.04 from PPA – KDE 4, Xorg, Wine, OpenOffice 3…

I have upgraded all my systems to KDE 4.3.1 very successfully, and it is gorgeous.  While still slower than LXDE (this will likely always be the case), it is much better than the 4.2 that shipped with Jaunty.  I have also upgraded to OpenOffice 3.1.1, the latest stable Wine, and I have updated Xorg as [...]

HOWTO – 64-bit Kernel 2.6.31 and VMware Server 2.0.1…

Assuming you have already installed the 2.6 31 kernel, this link has a patch and script to modify the modules VMware compiles when you run the vmware-config.pl script.  The script is for 2.6.30.4 and later kernels, and works fine for 2.6.31.

Run the vmware-install.sh script that came with VMware Server 2.0.1, but DO NOT run the [...]

VMWorld 2009 – Overall Impressions…

My first VMWorld was last year at Las Vegas.  It blew my mind.  Unfortunately, it seems to have set the bar rather high.  Hearing stories about past conferences in San Francisco (renting out Universal Studios, etc.) did not help.  As the foreshadowing may indicate, I was somewhat disappointed with this conference.  Major sore points for [...]

VMWorld 2009 – Monday…

Went to a cool little party last night at the Thirsty Bear – many thanks to Theron Conrey for setting it up.  Open bar, good food, lotsa laughs, and some pretty big brains were present (Scott Lowe, Theron, Laus Troen [drove in from Norway, apparently], etc.)   Today, I  have one lab in the afternoon, so [...]