Blogger Sandbox

In our previous series we've gone over how to install Ubuntu Server on Oracle VirtualBox to use it as a server.  In this series we will go over how we can use the Fedora desktop as your developer's machine/virtual machine.  Having a Linux developer machine is great because a lot of the more expensive Windows developer's program are expensive.  There's usually a Linux equivalent application that is comparable to their Windows big brother that are usually free or a lot less expensive.  Also most Java technologies work better on Linux than Windows.  So let's begin on journey into the Linux desktop experience. First thing you need is the latest Fedora Desktop distribution, you can get it here at  https://getfedora.org/en/workstation/ Download the "Live Image" option. Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-21-5.iso 2. Launch VirtualBox and click on the "New" button 3. The "Create Virtual Machine" dialog box will be displayed, input the following inf...

If you've installed an operating system in VirtualBox before you've probably noticed the screen is really small even when you switch to Fullscreen mode.  It's so small that you can't even see the fonts for the icons if you have a desktop GUI installed.  To fix this problem VirtualBox provides us with the Guest Additions tool.  Which enables the virtual machine to be viewed at fullscreen. To enable full screen on a Linux operating system.  Perform the following actions, this should work on all Linux distribution that VirtualBox supports. 1.  Start the virtual machine that you want to make full screen 2.  Log into your GUI desktop 3.  Click on "Devices" and then select "Insert Guest Additions CD Image" Note: If you get the message "Unable to insert the virtual optical disk C:", Most likely you've already mounted the "Guest Additons" ISO on your virtual machine, so you should be good to go. 4. Start a terminal session, by search...

The topic of installing a desktop GUI has been debated over the years.  Friendships have been ruined because of it.  I don't know if that's true, but some believe that the server should only have command line.  This blog is not about that debate, I just want to see some freaking graphics on the monitor, and for my mouse to be more than a paper weight.  So there's my opinion on the subject. Anyways installing a GUI on Ubuntu server is really easy. Here are the steps: 1. Start up your Ubuntu server VM 2. Log into Ubuntu with your credentials 3. Make sure you have internet connection, and type in the following command without the double quotes of course, "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-gnome-desktop"  4.  You have to confirm that your are lord sudo of the Ubuntu clan.  I mean, sudo is a command that let's you execute commands with elevated privileges.  But not all users have sudo power, only the special ones. 5.   When asked "Do you want to continu...

In the previous two blogs we've gone through the steps to setting up the virtual machine to install the Ubuntu Server on VirtualBox, in this blog we will go over the steps to installing the Ubuntu Server. Be warn this is a long blog.  I usually try to break up my blog so that you won't doze off, but I feel like this one has be left in tack.  Here are the steps to install Ubuntu Server on your VirtualBox.  1. Right click on the "Ubuntu Server" virtual machine and select "Start" 2.  Select "English", then press Enter 3. Click or press Enter on  "Install Ubuntu Server" 4. Click "Capture" on the dialog that pops up Note: Press Windows Icon + Ctrl to uncapture your mouse, so that you can get control back of your mouse. 4. Select "English" or the language that you speak for the installation process language 5. Select your location 6.  Select "No" on "Detect keyboard layout?" question, this is a matter of...