Virtualbox 3.0 for Linux Released June 30, 2009
Posted by Sayantan in Ubuntu, virtualbox, vista.Tags: jaunty, linux, Ubuntu, virtualbox, virtualization, windows
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Sun’s own virtalmachine, Virtualbox has become a little older and matured! Its turned to version 3.0 now! It is available for Windows,Linux,Intel Macs and Sun Solaris.
Since 2.24 virtualbox supports OpenGL 2.0. A lot of improvements have been made in this release. A lot of bugfixes have been made as well. Here’s a list of a few of the improvements and new features.
Added DirectX9 support for playing games.
Support for Linux kernel 2.6.31
· Support for Guest Additions in Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
· Fixed CentOS 64-bit support
· Better performance for PAE guests on Linux kernel 2.6.29 or higher
· Better network I/O
· Revamped settings dialog;
· Added a minimalistic toolbar for seamless and fullscreen modes
· Ability to create or remove more than one host-only network adapter
· Lots of fixes for 3D support
· Windows 7 Remote Desktop Protocol client support
· Fixed TX checksum offloading for Linux kernel 2.16.8 or higher
· Time synchronization handler provided by the new vboxadd-service module;
· Added guest properties, which offers information about logged in users, operating system or network
· Added USB high-speed isochronous endpoints support, with read-ahead buffering for input endpoints;
· Fixed USB dongles issues
· New registration dialog that uses Sun Online accounts
· Various clipboard fixes
for detailed changelog visit the virtualbox website.
To download virtualbox 3.0 for ur desired OS go here
For Ubuntu Users who might want to add the repository for automatic future upgrades use the following repos
For Jaunty(9.04)/Linux Mint 7/Super 0S/Ultimate edition 2.2
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jaunty non-free
For Intrepix (8.10)/Linux Mint 6/ Ultimate edition 2.0 & 2.1
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian intrepid non-free
For Hardy LTS(8.04)/Linux Mint 5 LTS/Ultimate edition 1.8 & 1.9
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian hardy non-free
add the key by typing the following in the terminal
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/sun_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
To install VirtualBox, type the following in the terminal
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-3.0
or install virtualbox-3.0 from the synaptic package manager
Note: Ubuntu users might want to install the dkms package (not available on Debian) to ensure that the VirtualBox host kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt and vboxnetadp) are properly updated if the linux kernel version changes during the next apt-get upgrade.
Firefox 3.5 for Linux launched June 30, 2009
Posted by Sayantan in Linux Mint, Ubuntu, browser, firefox, linux, open source, windows.Tags: firefox 3.5, internet, linux, mac, web browser, windows
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Die hard fans of Mozilla Firefox have a reason to celebrate. Firefox 3 has been released today after much delay and name changes. Firefox has been released for all major platforms , Windows, Linux & Mac OS X. It is available in over 60 different languages!
Download a copy of it from here
Redmond updates make you more vulnerable June 9, 2009
Posted by Sayantan in browser, firefox, security, windows.Tags: .net, firefox, microsoft, security, spyware, updates, windows
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The other day I was reading a blog at tech republic, where the author talks about .Net Framework SP1 update released in February 2009. In his report he says that the release documents goes on ranting about all the changes it brings on this update with the exception of one very big important security vulnerability. It seems, this update “installs the Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant extension for Firefox, silently, without informing the user“. OOh! That doesnt sound nice at all, does it? Coming to the important aspect of what this extension does, here is what the Annoyances.org says,
“This update adds to Firefox one of the most dangerous vulnerabilities present in all versions of Internet Explorer: the ability for websites to easily and quietly install software on your PC. Since this design flaw is one of the reasons you may’ve originally choosen to abandon IE in favor of a safer browser like Firefox, you may wish to remove this extension with all due haste.”
And that statement is absoultely outrageous! I personally consider this as an invasion of privacy by Mircrosoft. How on the earth can u roll out an update which enables the computer to be flooded with spyware?And installation of an update without even notifying the user Security is a very important issue. If updates make easy for spywares to come into your system then what is the point of having such an insecure operating system?
For those who don’t know, Internet explorer has this bug in all its versions and still suffers from this security lapse, which is one reason many switched to firefox.
The author is so frustrated that he even goes on to the extent of saying to get rid of Windows altogether! Here is what he says..
“I recommend you do the registry hacking necessary to carve this thing out of the guts of your system, get rid of Firefox entirely and use one of the other third-party Web browsers that isn’t known for screwing its users, or just get rid of MS Windows entirely, at this point.“
Ofcoure , I agree with him. If the operating system cannot provide the intended security to the users while internet banking and online puchase, allows intruders and invites spywares to install on the system silently what is the point of running such an OS?
Anyway, there might be another twist to it. Maybe they will push for a new anti-spyware bloatware to be pushed down the naive customer’s throat or may be it is another way to show how insecure firefox is compared to IE?? Who knows? Either way, seems the redmond comany is plotting its own downfall!
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