Use Ubuntu Tweak

- Add third-party sources to install things like Google Earth, Skype, Chromium, Opera, Development Versions of Firefox and Sun's VirtualBox amongst many others!

- More cool things like Gnome and Compiz Tweaks, and Startup and Session Control.  See the full list here.

Install Ubuntu Tweak

Add key for repository:

I recently decided to try VirtualBox because I wanted an alternative to VMware Server 2.0 which I find to be clunky and buggy compared with the VMware 1.x series.  After a couple of hours of fiddling with VirtualBox and an Ubuntu Jaunty guest – I am very happy with how nicely VirtualBox works.

Particularly, I am pleased with how the graphics driver works once you have installed the “Guest Additions” which are the equivalent on VMware tools, but *much* simpler to installer.

This is what I did:

THUSA is represented at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany by MD, Warwick Chapman, and Vulani Lead Developer, Colin Alston.

THUSA is exhibiting their Vulani server product as part of the South African Department of Trade and Industy's National Pavilion in Hall 5 on stand E48.

Delivered as part of Panel Discussion, 27 February, 2009 - INDIASOFT, alongside:

Her Excellency Madame Ana Vilma Albanez de Escobar, Vice President, Republic of El Salvador

Her Excellency Mrs Lamia Chafei Seghaier, Secretary of State, Computer Science, Internet and Software, Tunisia

Mr Rene Mangin, Vice President in charge of Economic Affairs, France

Mr Siddharth, Secretary to the Government of West Bengal

Mr N Krishnan, Director General, Software Technology Parks of India   

The purpose of this article is to outline how to configure Debian's network install system to allow you to PXE boot into a menu which will allow you to choose to install either Debian 4.0 or 5.0.

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This HOWTO is written with GoDaddy in mind.  They have good pricing but just need a bit of work to get the certificates created. The .pem file created in the four steps below can be used by something like Pound for HTTPS reverse proxying.

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Thusa's participation in Cebit and INDIASOFT has resulted in an article on Tectonic and another on IOL.

The dti's SAVANT also featured a full press release on our participation in the events.