I can’t understand why, after many releases, usb support is not working by default on GNU/Linux when using VirtualBox. Also, the way to enable it is different for each distribution.

In Fedora 9, the way to enable it is:

1. Create a “usb” group.

Go to System > Administration > Users and groups. Then click on “Add group” and create a gropu named “usb” with ID 502 (usually is that ID by default).

2. Add this line to fstab.

Just open a terminal, log in as a root and edit fstab (using gedit, for example) and add this line:
none /sys/bus/usb/drivers usbfs devgid=502,devmode=664 0 0

3. Add your user to that group and re-mount the file system:
gpasswd -a your_user usb
mount -a

4. Restart VirtualBox and check if the usb is working now. If not, try restarting the system.

Here is the guide to do the same in Fedora 8.

• Source | Stuff

When we want to obtain the code (or just the color) that is in our desktop (can be on firefox, or simply on other application) we can try different ways to obtain it:

1. Calling Homer Simpson and ask him which color he think that the color in question is.

2. Opening The Gimp, double click to the color, and there is an option to catch whichever color on the screen.

3. Using Gcolor2. Gcolor2 is a small application that allows us to catch whichever color on the screen. It is basically the same as The Gimp do, but gcolor2 is faster. Also, gcolor2 remember all colors that we caught.

Gcolor2 can be found in almost all repositories of all the GNU/Linux distributions.

It’s been three years since the free web operating system EyeOS was released. Now, more than 200,000 users are using it. It was developed by Catalan programmers in Olesa de Montserrat (Catalonia) and they are going to open up new centers in France and in the U.S.

EyeOS is basically a free desktop environment that works through the web navigator. We can try (and normally use it) from the official web because they offer us the necessary space and tools to do it. On the other hand, we can choose download and install it in our own server.

In the basic package, we can find some office programs, games, feeds reader, etc. Also, there are some extensions or other applications developed by third parties that can be downloaded and installed from eyeApps.org and from the public server.

After three years, EyeOS has became the most popular web operating system and it is improved each release. Each day, 300 or 400 people sign up on the free server and every week more than 1,000,000 people visit the web.

Don’t know EyeOS?… Try it!!

• Link | EyeOS is 3!

It’s been a long time since I’ve been collecting wallpapers that I do like. They are not all about linux topics. There are wallpapers about nature (the most part), animals, girls, comics, abstract…

These wallpapers are generally from gnome-look and other links that you can find on this post (visiting the links you can see license…. the most part have no problems). This is a selection of the 30 wallpaper that for me are the best (at this moment, I’ll change my mind in the future, for sure).

• Donwload | 30 wallpapers selection

It’s been a little over a month since GNOME 2.22 was published and we didn’t know what the Roadmap for GNOME 2.24 was going to be. Finally, GNOME team has publised the scheduled, and it contains important news.

First of all, it is important to note that they’ve started to talk about GNOME 3. As of this moment when we tried to learn something about it, we could only see a note explaining that GNOME 3 development wasn’t necessary because of the stability and good results that GNOME 2 was producing.

As time passed by, GNOME 2 couldn’t offer all that programmers wanted to add to the new releases (above all graphical improvements). So it seems that now they’ve realized that it’s time to prepare the road to GNOME Topaz.

But GNOME 3 is sill far in the future, so we must currently focus on the GNOME 2.24 changes. There will be an important change in this version: Epiphany will migrate the engine from Gecko (firefox) to Webkit (as Safari and Konqueror). The first tests show that the new engine will pass test ACID3 with 100%.

Other improvements will be the unified account management and Exchange 2007 supoort for Evolution (pending on licensing resolution), new artwork (with 256×256 icons, new “black” and “plain” themes, and new wallpapers).

Next months will be amazing for the GNU/Linux community because on June/July will be published KDE 4.1 as well (three days ago the first alpha was published).

• Source | VivaLinux
• Link | GNOME RoadMap

In spite of the fact that I know how “usefulw” Compiz-Fusion is, sometimes I have to admit that the Expo plugin it’s really amazing and makes easy my life.

At this moment I’m doing my final project degree. It’s about the organization of an enterprise that is moving from one place to other. What’s the matter? Mmmmm… I need to use AutoCAD and, for that reason, I need to use Windows.

OK, I don’t want to get crazy (I don’t want to get a piece of action with Bill Gates), but I think there are other ways to be succesful: VirtualBox. And now I’m installing AutoCAD in my virtualised Windows system, I want to test it and decide if I can use AutoCAD in this way.

Well, returning to the topic, now I discover how useful can be Compiz-Fusion (well, just the expo plugin). And here is an screenshot (I just wanted to show you this, so here it go!):

It’s been a little over a month since GNOME 2.22 was published, we