Comments on: virtualbox between mac lion and ubuntu https://www.selikoff.net/2011/08/14/virtualbox-between-mac-lion-and-ubuntu/ Java/J2EE Software Development and Technology Discussion Blog Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:35:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jeanne Boyarsky https://www.selikoff.net/2011/08/14/virtualbox-between-mac-lion-and-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-4863 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:35:18 +0000 http://www.selikoff.net/?p=3861#comment-4863 In reply to Amandeep.

I use mac much more than Ubuntu. (probably 95% of the time.) The main reason I installed it was that I was technical reviewer for a Java 7 book and wanted to be testing the examples with an official release of Java 7. Which was available for Linux but not Mac. There were unofficial versions for Mac. But then if something doesn’t work, it is the port or the book?

I’m glad I did though. It’s nice having a VM that I can blow away on demand.

]]> By: Amandeep https://www.selikoff.net/2011/08/14/virtualbox-between-mac-lion-and-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-4861 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:30:07 +0000 http://www.selikoff.net/?p=3861#comment-4861 Why do use Ubuntu if you have mac? Curious to know. Since in my case since i cannot afford mac, so i installed Ubuntu and feeling I am way ahead of mac in terms of software but not in terms of hardware.

]]> By: CM https://www.selikoff.net/2011/08/14/virtualbox-between-mac-lion-and-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-4746 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:56:02 +0000 http://www.selikoff.net/?p=3861#comment-4746 Regarding the use of the Command key in Linux – I did this in Ubuntu and now basically the Cmd is used as the original Ctrl key. Go to System -> Preferences -> Keyboard, choose the Layout tab, click Layout Options -> Alt/Win key behaviour -> Control is mapped to Win keys.

Since the left Cmd key was the Host key in virtualbox, I had to reconfigure virtualbox to use the Ctrl key as the Host one (for switching modes etc.). You can use your own.

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