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InnoTek VirtualBox

I only learned about this product a few weeks ago. This is the only virtualization product that is currently available for Windows, Linux and Mac hosts that is also free and open source. It's developed by a very large community and is backed by InnoTek. Products like...

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Parallels Desktop

You're probably asking yourself: "Is he really reviewing another virtualization product?" Yeah, I am. I guess it's a virtualization review special on TechButter. Like I mentioned in the previous article I am reviewing these products because I am unable to run them on...

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VMware Fusion

NOTE: Please see the end of this entry for updated information about this product and what has changed in this article since the original posting. I finally have the opportunity to try out VMware Fusion. I am staying at a house this week for a family member who just...

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OLPC Live CD Distribution

I was on the OLPC Wiki and realized that I could download a Live CD of the latest version of the OLPC operating system. The OLPC is based on the RedHat operating system (not Fedora). I downloaded it and ran it in a virtual machine. Here are my initial reactions. When...

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Move from TypePad to WordPress

Over the weekend I had a great opportunity to help someone move from TypePad to WordPress running on their web hosting account. The reason the person wanted to do this is because they were no longer going to continue paying for their TyePad account. Understandable...

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MarsEdit

I was telling a friend about my experience with offline blogging software. He pointed me to MarsEdit. I hadn't heard of it before, it wasn't a free application. I usually don't download anything but free software. This time I did download it and after using MarsEdit...

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Witch

When I first got my Mac there was a productivity plunge. I knew it would just take me a while to build up speed with OS X but this application helped me out a lot. On Windows whenever you Alt + Tab you get a list of the open windows. Whenever you Command + Tab on a...

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MAMP Web Server

When I am designing a theme for WordPress I always install a copy of WordPress onto my local server. I have my server set up in a virtual machine. It's aggravating because I have to wait on that virtual machine to start up before I can do anything. I have been...

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Unsanity ShadowKiller

Since I got my iBook G3 I have been searching for ways to increase it's performance. Last night I was doing a search and started reading through an article that I saw a while back that I didn't read before because it was quite long. In the article I saw a link to an...

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VMware Converter

This morning as I was browsing the del.icio.us feeds that I subscribe to I came across an application that I've been playing with for most of today. It's from one of my absolute favorite software vendors, VMware. The software is called VMware Converter. I'm not sure...

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