Monday Fun: Automatic Updates in Linux?

I recently set my Kubuntu box to use seamless Microsoft application integration so I can use Windows applications that look like they are natively running in Linux, although they are really running in a hidden virtual machine. Really a very sweet option, similar to running Parallels with Coherence on a Mac.

Imagine my surprise when I saw this popup window appear on my machine out of the blue…

The Geek has been taking a little vacation this weekend, but he’s back and ready to go!

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This article was originally written on 07/9/07 Tagged with: Geek Fun, Geek Stuff

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Comments (2)

1. August 21, 2007 9:37 am
   Yee Hung

   Hi, I’m running Kubuntu on my laptop, I wonder if you could help me out with installing VirtualBox on it? I read your http://www.howtogeek.com/howto.....-in-linux/ article and would like to do the same for my laptop!

   

   Many thanks,

   YH

2. January 25, 2008 10:32 am
   Steve

   This article is about Edgy. We’re all the way to Gutsy now. Is there a similar article for installing into Gutsy? What differences would there be for installing this setup there?