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Virtualization

Windows 11 VirtualBox guest in openSUSE Tumbleweed host

How to install Windows 11 as VirtualBox guest in openSUSE Tumbelweed host. Should work for other hosts too.

Linux

[SOLVED] Fedora 32 VirtualBox guest: Resolution stuck at 800x600 after fresh install

Fedora 32 as a VirtualBox guest is stuck at 800x600 resolution. Installation of VirtualBox Guest Additions version 6.0.18 impossible due to compilation errors. Got hold of VirtualBox Guest Additions version 6.1.8 and it got installed. However, it works only partly.

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Blogging system upgrade - Ghost 1.x to 2.0 on Ubuntu 18.04 DigitalOcean droplet

Ghost 1.x to 2.x upgrade on DigitalOcean Virtual Private Server (VPS) running Ubuntu 18.04 and nginx.

Linux

Arch Linux is rock solid although last update broke Virtualbox

I had installed Arch Linux UEFI on my main workstation on 04 November 2015 at ~03:10 hrs. I got my trusted lieutenant, Xfce, installed immediately. I used this recipe as a guide. Now, Linux does not tell us the installation time the way Windows does with the systeminfo command:

Virtualization

openSUSE 13.2: Day-1 troubles and troubleshooting - VLC, wireless etcetera

Spent a considerable amount of time yesterday, configuring the system to my liking. Installed Virtualbox and VirtualBox Extension Pack to run the various virtual machines I have. Installed VLC hoping to watch a couple of movies during the weekend. Had a wonderful time installing wireless Broadcom BCM43228 driver. Wireless troubled

Linux

Accessing USB devices from Virtualbox Windows guest on Linux host

This is one issue that had troubled me for long but was not important enough for me to put any effort into soving it. All this changed when I had to upgrade my BIOS on my Dell Optiplex 9020 machine. The problems are: One cannot upgrade BIOS from a Linux

Virtualization

Install FreeBSD 10.0 using memstick IMG file on Virtualbox

When FreeBSD 10.0 arrived, I headed straight to the FreeBSD website and downloaded the FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img file. I usually do not burn DVDs. It is just not flexible enough. Writing the installation media on to a USB is easiest thing to do when you are addicted to installing

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Virtualbox on OpenSUSE 13.1: vboxdrv troubles and troubleshooting

I installed Virtualbox on my openSUSE 13.1 system using the following command sudo zypper in virtualbox I created a Windows 7 VM. Everything worked. I updated the system later and found Virtualbox reluctant to start. It simply said Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)” AND WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel

Linux

Virtualbox Guest Additions for Debian sid guest

The whole process is very simple: Login as root or do a su root or better do a sudo Update APT database with apt-get update Update the system with apt-get dist-upgrade Note: The next step is needed the first time only Install the following packages apt-get install build-essential module-assistant On

Virtualization

Virtualbox Guest Additions for FreeBSD Guest

I had to test something on FreeBSD. I was not sure how the test would turn out. Virtual machines help a lot in this regard. Virtualbox is one of the best tools available that helps in creating virtual machines. I can easily create virtual machines on Virtualbox and test to