Kubuntu 7.10 image is ready

You can grab the images by clicking here.

Debian 4.0r3 (XFCE) image is ready

You can grab it here.

A warning to (Windows) users

I have received some reports about troubles loading the images. Here are some things you may want to try (please, please, please let me know if they worked):

• Use the latest version of VirtualBox available. Don’t stick with older releases if you can upgrade.
• If you are using Windows, using the .xml virtual machine descriptor I provide seems pretty impossible. Re-creating the virtual machine through the VirtualBox wizard after having registered the hard disk image seems to help a bit.

I haven’t access to a Windows machine for testing. I need reports from you to try to find a fix to those annoying troubles.

OpenSUSE 10.0 (KDE) image is ready

You can grab it here.

Testers wanted, and pocket donations

Hi there. I’m in the process of preparing several new images – one of them should be, at last, OpenSUSE 10.0, and a fixed FreeDOS 1.0 one.
As I have time, I would like to receive some more feedback, especially from Windows users: there are reportedly troubles in the steps to follow to load images, or simply I’ve done wrong assumptions.

The title also talks about donations: we are not in a hurry about that, but as this site is getting “hotter”, I would like to buy a second-level domain; I had planned to do that sometime during the next summer, but if you have some spare bucks and want to use them, it’s time to stop wondering how to :

• Register to WordPress.com, and log in.
• In your Global Dashboard, click on Updates (the last link on the right in the menu bar), and then on Gifts. Set the username to gsdefender, and choose how much you want to send me.

Domain buyout + setup costs 15$. If you live in the E.U., you should have a “fair” conversion rate.

Stay tuned.

Puppy Linux image by Johann Loefflmann

Yesterday I received an e-mail by Johann Loefflmann. Johann has installed Puppy Linux 3.01 on a VirtualBox® image and wanted me to share it with you. Johann wrote:

Hi Emanuele,
my name is Johann and I’m from Germany. I found your page quite useful!

I have created instructions how to install Puppy Linux 3.01 in a Virtualbox. See also http://www.jonelo.de/os/how-to-install-puppy-linux-3.01-on-virtualbox.txt
An actual Virtual machine can be downloaded from http://www.jonelo.de/java/bigal/#Download.
Why? Go to http://www.jonelo.de/java/bigal/index.html#virtual if you would like to know my motivation for that task. Feel free to use my instructions or the machine for your project
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This image includes BigAl, a piece of Java software written by Johann that does complex calculations. Someone might find interesting to use.