Tag Archives: VMware

Macbook Pro

So, I finally got my offer letter from VMware and started looking a little more seriously at new laptops. As I mentioned earlier, I’m interested in the 13″ Macbook Pro, however with Core i7 Mobile coming out in (supposedly) the … Continue reading

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My Short Summer

I’m in the middle of my short break following Summer semester at UofL.  I’m very happy to finally have classes done with for the semester, and look forward to (hopefully) going back to work soon.  I’ve been talking to people … Continue reading

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Wacom Bamboo in Ubuntu 9.04

Today I got my Wacom Bamboo USB Tablet in from Newegg.  Installation in Jaunty was incredibly easy, I just plugged it in and the Wacom drivers were already installed and ready to go.  The corners of the tablet automatically mapped … Continue reading

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Week in Review…

I’ve finished my first week back at VMware.  For the first couple of days, I didn’t have a workstation, so I wound up using my laptop.  Once I eventually got my computer, it took a couple of days before I … Continue reading

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Back to VMware

A few days ago, I got a final offer to return to VMware next semester.  I’ll be flying out early January and starting on the 12th.

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Clusterf*ck: Mass Virtualization

Sometime after I get back to Kentucky, I’m thinking of building a server for running virtual machines using VMware Server 2.0. The idea is to virtualize as many of my machines as possible.  Virtual servers, in particular, benefit from this … Continue reading

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Poster Session

Today I had my “Poster Session” at VMware.  All interns are expected to create a poster showcasing what they had done over the summer, so mine focused mostly on VDI and VDM.  I was suprised at the attention that my … Continue reading

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Virtualizing the Source Engine

Today I played around with a recent experimental build of VMware Workstation 6.5.  I installed Steam and downloaded Counter Strike: Source and Half Life 2: Lost Coast (Two apps with benchmarking utilities). CS:S ran pretty well at the default settings, … Continue reading

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XPe on ESX 3.x

So, after I posted my method for building and testing XPe images in Workstation, I was asked to get my XPe VMs working in ESX as well.  ESX uses an older version of VMware’s Virtual Hardware, so XPe VMs I … Continue reading

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Using VMware to Build and Run XP Embedded

XP Embedded Studio isn’t actually a horrible application at it’s core.  Now, the user interface and documentation are God-awful, which is why I’m writing this post.  As you saw in my last two entries, I’ve been working with XPe for … Continue reading

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