Quick Look at VMware Player 2.50

A couple months ago I discovered VirtualBox and its seamless mode. If you’re going to spend a lot of time in a virtual machine client, stuff like seamless mode makes it so much “smoother” in my opinion. Gives a nice integrated experience.

In the comments to that VirtualBox article Alisha had mentioned that VMware Workstation has

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EverQuest on Linux

[I promise that I won't become a "linux only advocacy blog." However, as I'm in the process of converting, there may be a few more articles about it than normal -- it is my current bright and shiny object!]

I took the plunge and reloaded my home machine to be an Ubuntu Linux machine this week.

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Perplexed by Vista “Run as Admin”

I generally enjoy running Vista on my home PC. It does what I want, how I want, when I want. I dual-boot between it and Ubuntu and frankly, as far as user experience goes, they’re darned close to the same for me.

Well, except for Vista’s “Run as Administrator” option. There are some odd wrinkles with

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Fixed the Hitch in My Giddyup

Earlier today I decided it was time to re-subscribe to my old weakness, EverQuest, once again. I have upgraded my system since my last time around and was pretty excited to see how this new rig would fair against the stress that EQ can bring to bear.

Here’s the current Vista Experience thingy (click for full

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Everquest Opens the Doors

Long time readers will recall that I’m rather fickle with my gaming. I tend to cycle through World of Warcraft, Everquest 1 and Everquest 2. I like all three and I have friends playing all three — the trick is just finding the time and staying entertained. I tend to be gung-ho for a month

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