Category Archives: Ubuntu

Running VirtualBox in Ubuntu

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Vincent Kong

To install VirtualBox in Ubuntu $ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose To run VirtualBox type $ /usr/bin/VirtualBox VirtualBox in Xubuntu

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Running GUI Software from Remote Servers with Xming

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Vincent Kong

Xming provides an implementation of the X Windows System (X11 server) for Microsoft Windows.  Its useful when needing to use a GUI application on a remote server that doesn’t provide remote desktop access. Installing Xming Installing Xming on Windows is … Continue reading →

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Installing BoutDuTunnel Server on Mono XSP

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Vincent Kong

In my previous blog I talked about setting up a HTTP tunnel using BoutDuTunnel. To setup the server-side, a command line application was used: BdtServer. BoutDuTunnel also provides a web application solution BdtWebServer which lets you host the application inside … Continue reading →

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Building Mono from Source

Posted on May 30, 2009 by Vincent Kong

Installing  Mono on Ubuntu is easy: $ apt-get install mono-2.0-devel Unfortunately even the latest version of Ubuntu 9.04 only comes with Mono 2.0.1.  To install a newer (or different) version a solution would be to build Mono from source. Download … Continue reading →

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Monitoring Fan RPM in Ubuntu

Posted on May 30, 2009 by Vincent Kong

I have two PWM fan’s installed in my Shuttle KPC K45 being monitor with of sensor-applet in Ubuntu, which also monitors the CPU and hard drive temperature. To begin run sensors-detect a utility which comes with lm-sensors $ sudo apt-get … Continue reading →

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