Archive: virtualbox

If you need to test your code against the (ahem) interesting interpretations of the various iterations of Internet Explorer then this is a great resource for you. Turns out Microsoft have thrown web devs a bone by offering free virtual machine images with the various IE/OS flavours for you to test on. You can download [...]

If you are using VirtualBox in Ubuntu for your virtual machine requirements, some times you might decide that you want to clone a machine so that you can have different versions of the OS (perhaps running different browser versions for example). To clone the VDI you need to first of all completely shutdown the virtual [...]

If you use Virtual Box for virtual machines (eg testing web sites in IE, what fun) then this is of interest to you. There is another feature which I have only just discovered called Guest Additions. This is something that you can install into your VM which gives much tighter integration with the host OS. [...]

If you are using Ubuntu (or probably other versions of linux as well) and the OSE version of Virtualbox, then after upgrading you might find that your virtual machine images no longer run. Don't despair! The solution is really simple. 1. Uninstall VirtualBox OSE 2. Go to the Official VirtualBox Downloads Page and download the [...]

I have recently had the misfortune of stepping out of my usual developers bubble and having to do a bit of graphic web design. Of course that means that not only did I have to try to make something look good with my meagre design skills, but then I had to worry about making sure [...]