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  • Making Ubuntu Server Work in Sun's VirtualBox

    Here’s a quick fix if you’re interested in installing a VM running Ubuntu Server in Sun‘s OSS virtualization tool, VirtualBox.

    After installing the 32bit version of Ubuntu Server 8.10 in VirtualBox 2.0.4 on my MacBook Pro (OSX), I was faced with the following error message when starting the VM, which I found also happens on other platforms:

    This kernel requires the following features not present on the CPU: pae

    From Wikipedia:

    Physical Address Extension (PAE) refers to a feature of x86 and x86-64 processors that allows more than 4 gigabytes (GB) of physical memory to be used in 32-bit systems, given appropriate operating system support.

    Fortunately, the fix was as easy as pie:

    • Once VirtualBox is up and running, select your Ubuntu Server VM.
    • Go to the “General” configuration screen and select the “Advanced” tab.
    • Check the “Enable PAE/NX” option.

    Here’s a screenshot:

    Ubuntu Server in VirtualBox: PAE/NX option selection

    Try starting your VM again, and all should go as planned. It did for me.

  • Coming Soon: Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded Edition

    From the source email (@ubuntu-devel-announce):

    We will start more detailed planning at the Ubuntu Developer Summit next
    week in Seville and the first release of this edition will be in October
    with Ubuntu 7.10. If you are interested in the project, please get involved.
    We will be working through our normal development processes on Launchpad,
    the developer mailing lists and IRC.

    Via Digg.

  • Screencast: Installing Ubuntu 6.10 Desktop

    In the spirit of my other Linux install screencasts (1, 2), I took a lot of screenshots while installing Ubuntu 6.10 Desktop on my 12″ iBook G3, and made this 2+ minutes video out of them.

    It hopes to demonstrate how easy it can really be to install Linux, and to demystify some of the FUD around this great platform. Show it to your family and friends during the Holidays, and we might just end up with a few more Linux users in the new year! 🙂