VMware Player 3.0 and Network Configuration

I updated VMware Player to the latest version (3.0) on my home machine last night[1]. Wanted to check out the latest version and get a first hand look at the new features.

I pointed it to my trusty Xubuntu “security” virtual machine and booted up. I ran into a snag pretty quickly though. Seemed that the

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Broke (then fixed) VMware Player Networking

As many long-time readers are aware, I’m a big fan of virtualization. I like to do testing and dev work in virtual machines as that helps keep my primary machine(s) cleaner and leaner. It also lets me keep a whole fleet of machines around without needing all that extra hardware and expense.

I ran into an

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My Free Netbook Arrived Today

Newegg.com had this deal going on last week: Buy a color laser and get a “free” Asus Eee 4G (701) netbook. Our Marketing manager was kind enough to ask me if that was something that I might be able to use… I assured him that I could probably find a purpose for it!

It showed up

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Old Machine? Try antiX Linux

As the long-time readers know, I’m always looking for Operating System options suitable for the older hardware — especially my beloved old IBM Thinkpad 600e. Just back in September I thought I had hit upon the perfect solution: Dual-booting Windows 2000 and Puppy Linux. However, after just a few weeks I stopped using Puppy due

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Hamachi Free Version Runs as a Service

Here’s something that was just pointed out to me today by a friend at work. I’m embarrassed to say I don’t know when this became a feature… but I sure am excited to see it.

The free version of Hamachi now includes the ability to run as a service!

How cool is that? This is a

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