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    Image of ludwigk ludwigk
    11/18/09

    In reply to Finally, a Twitter App for Mac OS Classic
    This makes me want to pull out my SE/30, the one with 8 MB of RAM and a Nubus ethernet card which we used as a web server back in college, and turn it into a tweet terminal. Of course, I would then also need a twitter account...
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    Image of The5thElephant The5thElephant
    11/18/09

    In reply to Finally, a Twitter App for Mac OS Classic
    I can taste the nostalgia. #grackle68k
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    Image of Gundem Gundem
    11/17/09

    In reply to Finally, a Twitter App for Mac OS Classic
    What a waste of time eh? #grackle68k
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/17/09

    In reply to Finally, a Twitter App for Mac OS Classic
    "and Twitter... self-consciously modern online service that would've seemed ridiculous in the age of the Bondi Blue iMac."

    riiiight, because the concept of running ones own personal BBS that is linked up with other peoples BBS's was just totally alien to our primitive minds back then... #grackle68k
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    Image of Michael Michael
    11/17/09

    @nutbastard: Was your BBS dedicated to describing the increasingly uninteresting minutae of your everday life?

    I'm in the age of the unibody aluminum iMac and I still think Twitter is ridiculous. #grackle68k
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/17/09

    @Michael:

    agreed. i signed up for twitter, mostly just to secure the user name. can't figure out why anyone would bother to use it for anything.

    if every day narcissism is a glass of wine, twitter is crack cocaine. #grackle68k
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/17/09

    In reply to Finally, a Twitter App for Mac OS Classic
    A little part of me enjoyed going back to 9.2.2 for a little while on my cobalt iMac. Of course, the thing was mainly just a word processor and DVD player, but it was nice. #grackle68k
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    Image of Mayor McRib Mayor McRib
    11/17/09

    In reply to Finally, a Twitter App for Mac OS Classic
    What happens when you hit apple/option/shift/delete with this program? #grackle68k
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    Image of lpranal lpranal
    11/17/09

    @Mayor McRib: Possibly a Wild EEP! Though some have reported Sosumi and even a duck quack. #grackle68k
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    Image of EBone EBone
    11/17/09

    @Mayor McRib: Clarus the Dogcow says "Moof!" #grackle68k
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    Image of Animal_Chin Animal_Chin
    11/17/09


    @EBone: #grackle68k
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    Image of ErasmusCaterpillar ErasmusCaterpillar
    10/19/09

    In reply to How To: Virtualize Any OS For Free
    Great article, I personally use VMware Fusion but Virtualbox is an excellent free alternative.

    Mac OS X Server is currently the only version of OSX that can be (legally) virtualized, and only on Mac hardware. If you want to run Mac OS X desktop in a virtual machine, it's definitely hackintosh time.
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    Image of Navin R Johnson Navin R Johnson
    10/19/09

    In reply to How To: Virtualize Any OS For Free
    Virtualize ANY OS? I've virtualized Windows under Linux and Linux under Windows.

    I've seen plenty of people running Windows in Mac OS.

    BUT how do I run OS X in a virtual machine? Is it done? Does it have to be a hackentosh install disk. I need details. #virtualizationhowto
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    Image of Eric Riley Eric Riley
    10/19/09

    In reply to How To: Virtualize Any OS For Free
    How would I go about making a Virtualized copy of Windows Server 2003? I have a key/iso through MSDNAA and I wanted to play with it a little bit before I start building my server from scratch. (I'm undecided between Linux and Windows Server ATM) #virtualizationhowto
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    jeffk promoted this comment Eric Riley was starred Eric Riley was unstarred
    Image of jeffk jeffk
    10/24/09

    @Eric Riley: If you are running Windows, install MS Virtual Server or MS Virtual PC, and you can install Windows Server 2003 in a new virtual machine.

    VirtualBox probably works as a host too, but I have not tried it. #virtualizationhowto
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    Image of bf4cb4 bf4cb4
    10/18/09

    In reply to How To: Virtualize Any OS For Free
    Is there any way I would be able to delete this partition if I decided that virtualizing isn't that great for me? #virtualizationhowto
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    Image of John Herrman John Herrman
    10/18/09

    @bf4cb4: Yeah, it's not a real partition. It's just a file inside your main OS's filesystem. No risk! #virtualizationhowto
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    Image of bf4cb4 bf4cb4
    10/18/09

    @John Herrman: Thank you very much! I tried it out with Ubuntu but didn't really see the point, so I'm gonna get rid of it #virtualizationhowto
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    Image of rneugebauer000 rneugebauer000
    10/18/09

    In reply to How To: Virtualize Any OS For Free
    One common [dream] scenario - for me - is to migrate from XP or Vista by first installing Windows 7 in a virtual machine and getting everything to run smoothly, and then to move the OS from the virtual machine to the host PC.

    a) It would be nice to know whether it is possible to move a Virtual Box image to become a natively installed operating system.

    b) I wish the article would give information on whether all drives of the host machine (in my case, a PC) are available to the virtual machine, and whether there is a way to access the virtual machine's drive[s] from the host system.
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    Image of John Herrman John Herrman
    10/18/09

    @rneugebauer000: a) I don't think this is possible. You could theoretically restore your virtual partition, bit-by-bit, to your main machine, but the installed drivers, among other things, would be all wrong.

    b) You can share any folder in the host OS with the guest OS. This is pretty great. #virtualizationhowto
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    Image of TressaCaesar TressaCaesar
    10/18/09

    In reply to How To: Virtualize Any OS For Free
    Can the virtual machine file be located on an external hard drive? If so, are there speed restrictions?

    For example, can a 50 GB virtual machine file be located on a FW400 external HD? What about a 16GB thumb drive?
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    Image of John Herrman John Herrman
    10/18/09

    @TressaCaesar: Totally! You can put the virtual machine anywhere. #virtualizationhowto
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    Image of london-rhino london-rhino
    10/18/09

    In reply to How To: Virtualize Any OS For Free
    Hopefully it'll be easier than running vmware. #virtualizationhowto
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    UnderLoK promoted this comment london-rhino was starred london-rhino was unstarred
    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    10/18/09

    @london-rhino: VMWare is better for a number of reasons, but seeing as though VBox is free, that makes up for what it lacks. #virtualizationhowto
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    Image of Him Him
    10/17/09

    In reply to How To: Virtualize Any OS For Free
    Nice. Could you run KDE 4 on it? #virtualizationhowto
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    John Herrman promoted this comment Him was starred Him was unstarred
    Image of John Herrman John Herrman
    10/18/09

    @Zander: Sure man, just install any common Linux distribution that uses KDE. #virtualizationhowto
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    Image of mle70 mle70
    10/17/09

    In reply to How To: Virtualize Any OS For Free
    any suggestions what would be the lightest windows install for a macbook 2gb of ram?
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    10/18/09

    @mle70: You could go with embeded or one the the "lite" version of XP. #virtualizationhowto
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