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Gordon Darling
May 7, 2013, 9:00:46 AM5/7/13
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"If you’ve yet to play around with your own virtual machine, you’re
missing out. When I first found out that this type of technology was
possible, literally emulating another operating system and essentially
another “computer” within your own, I was pretty stunned and amazed. This
opened a lot of possibilities for me and offered a lot of new things for
me to explore and get familiar with. It was a real joy to go back and
revisit my favorite OS of all time, Windows 98.
Virtual machines are more useful than just for fun and games, and they’ve
helped me a huge deal in work-related areas of my life. Using a virtual
machine offers a great sandbox if you’re ever dealing with sketchy
software that may be riddled with things that you’re way too nervous to
allow on your main disk. While some trojans and malware are sophisticated
enough to pass through virtual disks, it’s still a common practice.
In a very well-written post from Justin just last year, it was thoroughly
explained how you can get a VirtualBox up and running in practically a
matter of minutes (depending on your download speed). In this post, I’d
like to show you three great websites where you can find a heap of free
virtual disk images...."
<http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-websites-to-download-virtual-disk-images-
for-virtualbox/>
Regards
Gordon
missing out. When I first found out that this type of technology was
possible, literally emulating another operating system and essentially
another “computer” within your own, I was pretty stunned and amazed. This
opened a lot of possibilities for me and offered a lot of new things for
me to explore and get familiar with. It was a real joy to go back and
revisit my favorite OS of all time, Windows 98.
Virtual machines are more useful than just for fun and games, and they’ve
helped me a huge deal in work-related areas of my life. Using a virtual
machine offers a great sandbox if you’re ever dealing with sketchy
software that may be riddled with things that you’re way too nervous to
allow on your main disk. While some trojans and malware are sophisticated
enough to pass through virtual disks, it’s still a common practice.
In a very well-written post from Justin just last year, it was thoroughly
explained how you can get a VirtualBox up and running in practically a
matter of minutes (depending on your download speed). In this post, I’d
like to show you three great websites where you can find a heap of free
virtual disk images...."
<http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-websites-to-download-virtual-disk-images-
for-virtualbox/>
Regards
Gordon
Mr. Man-wai Chang
May 7, 2013, 9:14:06 AM5/7/13
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On 7/05/2013 9:00 PM, Gordon Darling wrote:
> In a very well-written post from Justin just last year, it was thoroughly
> explained how you can get a VirtualBox up and running in practically a
> matter of minutes (depending on your download speed). In this post, I’d
> In a very well-written post from Justin just last year, it was thoroughly
> explained how you can get a VirtualBox up and running in practically a
> like to show you three great websites where you can find a heap of free
> virtual disk images...."
Beware of possible virus and mal-ware in virtual disk images!! :)
> virtual disk images...."
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p-0''0-h the cat (ES)
May 7, 2013, 9:24:00 AM5/7/13
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On Tue, 07 May 2013 21:14:06 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang"
<toylet...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 7/05/2013 9:00 PM, Gordon Darling wrote:
>> In a very well-written post from Justin just last year, it was thoroughly
>> explained how you can get a VirtualBox up and running in practically a
>> matter of minutes (depending on your download speed). In this post, I’d
<toylet...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 7/05/2013 9:00 PM, Gordon Darling wrote:
>> In a very well-written post from Justin just last year, it was thoroughly
>> explained how you can get a VirtualBox up and running in practically a
>> like to show you three great websites where you can find a heap of free
>> virtual disk images...."
>
>Beware of possible virus and mal-ware in virtual disk images!! :)
Yeah, I don't get the OS images with default config at all. How
>> virtual disk images...."
>
>Beware of possible virus and mal-ware in virtual disk images!! :)
difficult is it to install Linux, unless you are a Bear. It always takes
ages to find the bloody password, and they have always done something
weird which takes ages to figure out. I can lose a password without any
help, and weird screwy configs is my speciality. I guess very
complicated application servers and stuff might be an exception maybe
and then again not.
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Jon Danniken
May 7, 2013, 4:29:27 PM5/7/13
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On 05/07/2013 06:24 AM, p-0''0-h the cat (ES) wrote:
> On Tue, 07 May 2013 21:14:06 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang"
> <toylet...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 7/05/2013 9:00 PM, Gordon Darling wrote:
>>> In a very well-written post from Justin just last year, it was thoroughly
>>> explained how you can get a VirtualBox up and running in practically a
>>> matter of minutes (depending on your download speed). In this post, I’d
> On Tue, 07 May 2013 21:14:06 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang"
> <toylet...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 7/05/2013 9:00 PM, Gordon Darling wrote:
>>> In a very well-written post from Justin just last year, it was thoroughly
>>> explained how you can get a VirtualBox up and running in practically a
>>> like to show you three great websites where you can find a heap of free
>>> virtual disk images...."
>>
>> Beware of possible virus and mal-ware in virtual disk images!! :)
>
> Yeah, I don't get the OS images with default config at all. How
> difficult is it to install Linux, unless you are a Bear. It always takes
> ages to find the bloody password, and they have always done something
> weird which takes ages to figure out. I can lose a password without any
> help, and weird screwy configs is my speciality. I guess very
> complicated application servers and stuff might be an exception maybe
> and then again not.
Half the fun of playing with a new OS is learning the installation
>>> virtual disk images...."
>>
>> Beware of possible virus and mal-ware in virtual disk images!! :)
>
> Yeah, I don't get the OS images with default config at all. How
> difficult is it to install Linux, unless you are a Bear. It always takes
> ages to find the bloody password, and they have always done something
> weird which takes ages to figure out. I can lose a password without any
> help, and weird screwy configs is my speciality. I guess very
> complicated application servers and stuff might be an exception maybe
> and then again not.
routine, so I have also wondered why someone would want to download
someone else's intalled OS.
Jon
Mark Warner
May 7, 2013, 4:39:25 PM5/7/13
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On 5/7/2013 4:29 PM, Jon Danniken wrote:
>
> Half the fun of playing with a new OS is learning the installation
> routine, so I have also wondered why someone would want to download
> someone else's intalled OS.
I'm getting old. I used to enjoy doing installs and beating them into
>
> Half the fun of playing with a new OS is learning the installation
> routine, so I have also wondered why someone would want to download
> someone else's intalled OS.
submission. Now I want them to be uneventful, and the result immediately
usable. If that's not the case, I move on to something else. Boring is good.
--
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p-0''0-h the cat (ES)
May 7, 2013, 5:57:13 PM5/7/13
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On Tue, 07 May 2013 16:39:25 -0400, Mark Warner
<mhwarner.i...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 5/7/2013 4:29 PM, Jon Danniken wrote:
>>
>> Half the fun of playing with a new OS is learning the installation
>> routine, so I have also wondered why someone would want to download
>> someone else's intalled OS.
>
>I'm getting old. I used to enjoy doing installs and beating them into
>submission. Now I want them to be uneventful, and the result immediately
>usable. If that's not the case, I move on to something else. Boring is good.
You're deskilling yourself bro. The ancient arts of throwing a spanner
<mhwarner.i...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 5/7/2013 4:29 PM, Jon Danniken wrote:
>>
>> Half the fun of playing with a new OS is learning the installation
>> routine, so I have also wondered why someone would want to download
>> someone else's intalled OS.
>
>I'm getting old. I used to enjoy doing installs and beating them into
>submission. Now I want them to be uneventful, and the result immediately
>usable. If that's not the case, I move on to something else. Boring is good.
in the works a.k.a SABOTAGE are being lost. How is a shyster going to
feed his progeny if things become uneventful. We must resist the
inexorable rise of capitalism and the swing of power away from the
individual. Don't be so lazy. Get yerself a monkey wrench.
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Mr. Man-wai Chang
May 8, 2013, 8:25:46 AM5/8/13
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On 8/05/2013 4:39 AM, Mark Warner wrote:
> I'm getting old. I used to enjoy doing installs and beating them into
> submission. Now I want them to be uneventful, and the result immediately
> usable. If that's not the case, I move on to something else. Boring is
> good.
Pray that the hard disk in your PC would never fail!
> I'm getting old. I used to enjoy doing installs and beating them into
> submission. Now I want them to be uneventful, and the result immediately
> usable. If that's not the case, I move on to something else. Boring is
> good.
Pray that you would never wanna upgrade to a new OS!
Two sentences of the same length... How amusing! :)
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telsar
May 8, 2013, 10:49:06 AM5/8/13
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FromTheRafters
May 8, 2013, 1:17:42 PM5/8/13
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It happens that telsar formulated :
LOL. I got a weird link (with the word "virtuaual" instead of "virtual"
displayed in my MesNews client. The URL as it appears in the raw data
seems to be spelled correctly though. Clicking on the link got me a 404
citing the URL with the misspelled word in it.
Must be a MesNews glitch - anyone else seeing this?
http://i41.tinypic.com/2ymw2gx.jpg
displayed in my MesNews client. The URL as it appears in the raw data
seems to be spelled correctly though. Clicking on the link got me a 404
citing the URL with the misspelled word in it.
Must be a MesNews glitch - anyone else seeing this?
http://i41.tinypic.com/2ymw2gx.jpg
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