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Vmware Server at Ubuntu Feisty 7.04

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This step-by-step manual provides instructions on how to install freely available VMWare Server at Ubuntu Feisty Fawn Linux (7.04). First of all download installation package here and get free serial code. To get VMWare Server working at Ubuntu 7.04 I recommend to download this patch. To make sure there are all necessary tools installed to get VMWare Server running, execute: sudo aptitude install linux-headers-`uname -r` build-essentia xinetd After it’s done unpack installation package and patch: tar -xvzf VMware-server-1.0.3-44356.tar.gz tar -xvzf vmware-any-any-update109.tar.gz Then: cd vmware-server-distrib ./vmware-install.pl … Read more

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Autostart programs in Ubuntu

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Ubuntu newbies sometimes ask how to add certain program into startup or autostart. Actually it usually happens with ex-Windows users 😉 Answer: To make program start just after user logins Gnome, go to “System” menu, then choose “Preferences” and select “Sessions”: Then press button “Add”, type application name, command to start it (it’s location like /usr/sbin/local/liferea), and press “Ok” and then “Close”. After next login to Gnome application will start. It works with any Linux distro running Gnome as Desktop manager. Update: Recent versions of … Read more

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How to create custom linux ISO image?

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It’s rather trivial task to make some changes into already burned installation or live CD. It may be performed to add some files to this CD or edit files on it. In any case it’s impossible to loop mount .iso file and then save it as iso9660 filesystem is read-only. So, just mount your CD or iso image to some directory by commands: sudo mkdir /mnt/image sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/image or sudo mount /path/to/your.iso /mnt/image -o loop then copy it’s contents to some directory: mkdir … Read more