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I just have to get this off my chest: Why the bloody h*ll is 64 bit computing so much easier with Windows than it is with Linux? How could such a thing be?!? Seriously. Heck, I’m a Linux advocate in most scenarios, but this stuff just makes me feel stupid. I have a home machine dual-booting Ubuntu Installing Vista x64 (no service pack)? Have more than 3GB of RAM? Getting a blue screen of death as the installer starts? I was in that boat earlier tonight. Learned to love the “STOP: 0×0000007E” error. However, pulling out a couple sticks of RAM to get it down to 2GB got the installer working again. Big thanks 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 Continue reading Broke (then fixed) VMware Player Networking While there are quite a few ways to accomplish this, what follows is the way I typically go about showing hidden files in Windows Vista. If you have a faster or easier way, feel free to leave a comment and share the love. First, open a Windows Explorer window (WinKey + E or My Computer would My home machine has been running Vista 64-bit for a couple months now. Initially I didn’t bother to install an antivirus program, but since I have profiles for kids and visitors I decided I’d better add something to cover me when those folks are using my rig. I went with ClamWin as it has served me |
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