Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Fedora 12

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May 22, 2010

Installing the VirtualBox Guest Additions is fairly straightforward process but with Fedora 12 you will run into some problems.
Here is the error message you will see when attempting to install Guest Additions.
# /media/VBOXADDITIONS_3.1.6_59338/VBoxLinuxAdditions-amd64.run
Verifying archive integrity… All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 3.1.6 Guest Additions for Linux……..
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
Removing installed version of VirtualBox Guest Additions…
Building the VirtualBox Guest [...]

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Add new fonts to your Ubuntu system

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May 18, 2010

Whether you work with the GIMP to create graphical content, OpenOffice to write documents, or anything in between, chances are that you will need to supplement the basic installed fonts on your Ubuntu system. There are a couple ways to go about this. If you don’t alrady have a font to install you can use [...]

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How to fix unresponsive Flash player on Ubuntu

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May 15, 2010

For a long while going back to Ubuntu 9.04, 9.10, and even the latest 10.4 lucid, there has been a nagging issue with the Adobe Flash player being unresponsive to mouse clicks. This bug stops you from interacting with Flash buttons or controls for example those in video players or games which is obviously very [...]

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New Site Design

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May 13, 2010

Welcome to the new version of WiredRevlution! A lot of time has been devoted to the development and fine tuning of this new design. The most obvious change is the new look and feel of the site which should be a big improvement over the old design.
Aside from the cosmetic changes there are some new [...]

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Install Boxee on 64-bit Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic

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January 2, 2010

Installing Boxee turns your computer into an incredible HTPC. These instructions will help you get it up and running on Ubuntu.
Update:
Boxee has recently made the latest version (9.20) of their software available for Ubuntu 64 and 32-bit. If you are installing this new version simply download the deb package off their website directly and [...]

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Installing Ubuntu 9.10 on the Dell Zino HD

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December 30, 2009

The Dell Inspiron Zino HD is the perfect machine if you are looking to build an Ubuntu Linux based HTPC. At the time of this post the Zino can be purchased with either Windows 7 or Ubuntu linux 9.04. I decided to go with Windows 7 and install Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit karmic on my [...]

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AndroidNexus.com now online

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December 16, 2009

AndroidNexus.com will be a site geared towards the Google Android operating system based on the Linux kernel.  I plan on covering topics including the Android Open Source Project as well as application development with the Android SDK. For good measure there should be plenty of information about specific applications and phones as well.
Keep an eye [...]

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Install Linux development man pages in Ubuntu

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May 13, 2009

By default Ubuntu doesn’t install the manual pages used for Linux software development which is an invaluable reference for any system developer. These man pages describe the Linux programming interface including Linux system calls as well as system library calls.
To install these man pages simply install the manpages-dev package.

$ sudo apt-get install manpages-dev

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Setup PS3 controller over bluetooth on Ubuntu

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April 4, 2009

The PS3 Sixaxis and DualShock3 bluetooth controllers are a great for gaming on your PS3 but will work just as well under Linux. With this guide you will be able to configure them to work on your Ubuntu Linux 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) PC in USB as well as wireless bluetooth mode.
There are a variety of [...]

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Share a remote filesystem over SSH

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March 25, 2009

You may already be familiar with NFS and Samba for sharing files over a network. While these are both great distributed filesystem solutions, they require extra configuration and setup overhead in order to get them to work. If you want quick and easy access to a remote filesystem then SSHFS may be your best shot.
SSHFS [...]

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