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Got a spanking brand new Fedora 17 install, it looks a lot different from Fedora 16 on the surface which is a welcome change, quite refreshing actually. Tried to do a software update but instead got the following error message: ERROR: database disk image is malformed  Seems like my rpm database got corrupted for some reason but this is a new install on VirtualBox. Anyway, got it fixed by doing the following: $ sudo yum clean dbcache ~ts

I am running openSUSE under VirtualBox to play around with the distribution. I am not really using it on a regular basis so it can be in the "Saved state" for several days. I am also using the guest additions that comes with it and for some reason it is not syncing with the host automatically. Got no time to investigate today but I would like to sync the time so that I can check for updates. As always in Linux land, there are thousand ways to do this and below is one quick way of doing it. sudo /etc/init.d/ntp restart Of course you have to do this at the command line. Reference(s): http://www.krazyworks.com/force-ntp-time-update-on-linux/ Have fun!!! Technos

This is just one of the many ways to get computer model, this will be through WMI. Type the following to get the computer model: wmic csproduct get name Enjoy!  Reference(s): -  http://myserverissick.com/2008/04/find-a-computers-model-using-the-command-line-or-in-a-batch-file/

If you are running non-Windows OS or Windows OS without integration services installed in Hyper-V, then remotely managing those guest machines can be painful and in some cases not usable. Think non-Windows machine that you need to configure via GUI. GUI configuration of non-Windows machine over remote client connection (RDP) does not work - guest machine can't grab the mouse. To get around this limitation, you can install  Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 and some other minor tweaks. Following are the steps: Of course you need to have a client OS, I will be using Windows 7 in this scenario but I hear that Windows Vista is also supported but not Windows XP and older versions.  Download and install Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7. This download link only works for Windows 7 with Sp1 (Enterprise, Ultimate, Prof). This is no small download, around 230MB for x86 as of this writing. And yes, the install also takes quite a while. Open Control Panel

There are various IDEs available out there that can be used for IronPython. One of them is Eclipse + PyDev + Subclipse for version control. The nice thing with this setup is that it provides intellesense and it does understand Python language well. Setting it up is fairly easy. First download Java Runtime, I have used v6 update 32 for this exercise. Second, download Eclipse 4.1 (4.1.2 as of this writing). The way I see it, version 4.x is not yet for the mainstream use but it does work fairly well. Third, install latest PyDev and finally install Subclipse for SVN integration. ~ts

Installing Fedora 16 on Virtualbox is a no sweat activity. But for those uninitiated it probably helps to provide a little guidance. See below for one of the many possible configurations: General Name: f16 OS Type: Fedora System Base Memory: 1024 MB Processor(s): 1 Execution Cap: 100% Boot Order: CD/DVD-ROM, Hard Disk VT-x/AMD-V: Enabled Nested Paging: Enabled Display Video Memory: 128 MB 3D Acceleration: Enabled 2D Video Acceleration: Disabled Remote Desktop Server: Disabled Storage IDE Controller IDE Secondary Master (CD/DVD): Empty SATA Controller SATA Port 0: f16.vdi (Normal, 80.00 GB) Audio Host Driver: Windows DirectSound Controller: ICH AC97 Network Adapter 1: Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop (NAT) Serial Ports Disabled USB Device Filters: 0 (0 active) This is typical configuration with NAT networking. So guest can connect to the outside world but the outside world cannot connect to the guest directly. For this exercise, I use live CD as the media for installati