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How to reduce your virtualbox linux virtual machine size

After using a linux virtual machine that has been configured with dynamically expanding drive, the size gets larger even if you remove files from it. Here is the steps to shrink your linux virtual machine size : 1- Remove any …

Second life and Virtual Worlds on the web

I had had the chance to do some investigations on how to create a second life similar application that run on the web, and allows people to communicate, chat, and interact in different ways. The applications of such tools can …

Using Juniper Network on Ubuntu 32 and 64 bit without Firefox

Lately i have moved from Ubuntu 32bit to 64bit to make use of the 8G memory, and since I have been struggling to get our juniper vpn connection working, turned out it is not compatible with 64bit binaries of java …

Speed your internet browsing on Ubuntu using local DNS Cache

Use these steps to speed your internet browsing requests on Ubuntu, by enabling local DNS cache : 1- Run this command to install dnsmasq package sudo apt-get install dnsmasq 2- Modify the file : sudo gedit /etc/dnsmasq.conf change the line …

Backup or Export, Compress and upload mysql database to remote host

This is a handy command that i use to backup or export, compress and upload a mysql database to my remote host, very handy when you wanna upload your development database to the remote host after some changes. /usr/mysql/bin/mysqldump --opt …

Virtualbox hidden gems, VBoxManage

Virtual box has this little secret, the Command Line interface (CLI), this is very useful for users who wants to manage their virtual boxes on headless servers. Question is why using command line while you have a nice easy to …

Where I am ?

Looks like i have stopped blogging for a while. except from some trips and tricks I am keeping for my reference and public users. well that’s not the case but since the team I am working with grew to around …

Installing Java plugin for Firefox on Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick)

Again after upgrading from Ubuntu 9.10 to 10.4, I had some issues getting Java to work with Firefox, after checking the software center, I found that the Java plugin for firefox is not working properly which broke my vpn connection. …

Dear Developers. I will be watching you

Every build you break Every delivery you fail Every risk you take Every fix you make I will be watching you Every single break Every diff you make Every game you play Every small delay I will be watching you …

Criteria for a Capable Monitoring System

This is a note from a book i was reading about scalable architectures that I would like to keep in front of me to look into from time to time. The book is named Scalable Internet Architectures, In brief it …