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Just had a learning experience. Virtualbox-ose (4.04) on Ubuntu 11.04 will not allow the Fedora 15 Guest Additions to Install successfully. I had to download Virtualbox-4.0 (4.08) from from the http://www.virtualbox.org site and the guest additions installed and...

So I have managed to put together my new computer and install Ubuntu 11.04. Some things that I have found. My Samsung SyncMaster 910T monitor does not work with the new computer. I can't see the BIOS boot screen when booting up. I get a floating incorrect...

OK so finally after 6 years of having a P4. I am getting a new Desktop Computer for home. The dream: Is to have a reasonably fast CPU capable of running Virtual Machines (VT-x) which will let the VM's talk more directly to the hardware (VT-d) with enough RAM to load...

Just used http://speedtest.net/ to do a speed test. I usually use ozspeedtest.com but for some reason it's giving inaccurate results. This is probably because I have dansguardian doing virus scanning of the download and then it sends it in a hurry after it has...

Adding to my previous Online PC Parts Sellers List Here is another PC Case Gear

OK so I've had this blog forever and I've been watching the traffic climb slowly but surely as people use the tech-tips and content. It's hovering between 150-300 per day. So I'm thinking maybe I should place some ads on the site and hopefully generate a small amount...

Check for two cpu flags. vmx and lm # this command will list all the flags # and highlight vmx and/or lm in colour (--color) if found. grep -E --color '^flags|vmx|lm' /proc/cpuinfo As you can see from this screen shot my old P4 doesn't support either Virtualization...

Recently I've been divesting myself of mailing list memberships and commercial email subscriptions. Why? - Because every email that hit's your inbox is a distraction. With mailing lists, it's usually a question which doesn't become an answer until the end of the email...