Jesus Christ Lizard

The basilisk is part of the iguana family. It, along with the Brown basilisk, has the nickname the "Jesus Christ Lizard" or "Jesus Lizard" because when fleeing from a predator, it gathers sufficient momentum to run on top of water for a brief distance. Basilisks have large hind feet with flaps of skin between each toe, much like the webbing on a frog. These are rolled up when the lizard walks on land; but if the basilisk senses danger, it can open up this webbing to increase the surface area on the water relative to its weight, thus allowing it to run on water for short distances. Smaller basilisks can run about 10-20 metres on the water surface without sinking, and can usually run farther than older basilisks.

Dell deliver Ubuntu soon~~~!!!

Finally, Dell will deliver machines with ubuntu

Source : http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/unbuntu?c=us&cs=19&l=en&

Ubuntu Feisty + AIXGL + Beryl + Kiba-dock

1 Setup Ubuntu 7.04
2 Setup AIGLX and Beryl
3 Download and install kiba-dock_0.1-1.2_i386.deb package
4 Run 'kiba-dock'
5 Drag and drop launcher to the empty dock
6 Run 'gset-editor' to configure kiba-dock

Dual Boot XP and Vista, But Vista first and XP after

This is what I did to install Windows XP AFTER Vista with NO Vista DVD:
1. Using vista shrink volume, make another partition for d:\winxp
2. Clean install XP using cd then continue install the necessary drivers.
3. Install .Net Framework 2.0 and VistaBootPro
4. While in VistaBootPRO:
Manage OS entries Tab: add windows legacy for xp-drive letter c:
Bootloader Tab: Click Apply at "Reinstall the Vista bootloader"
5. Make sure boot.ini, ntldr and ntdetect already at root drive c:
(can also copy from the xp cd folder I386)
6. Restart computer to see the dual boot menu.

Overview
There is currently 2 OS(s) installed in the boot manager.
Current timeout before default boots: 30
Default OS: Microsoft Windows Vista

Entry # 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name: Microsoft Windows Vista
BCD ID: {current}
Boot Drive: C:
Windows Drive: C:
System Bootloader: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
Windows Directory: \Windows

Entry # 2
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Name: Microsoft Windows XP
BCD ID: {ntldr}
Boot Drive: C:
Windows Drive:
System Bootloader: \ntldr
Windows Directory:

Burn ISO in Windows XP, 2003 and even Vista

事緣今日想試下用部vista 既notebook去燒下cd, 諗住vista應該有built-in 既燒碟software. 搵左一輪發覺vista好似 xp 咁只可以 drag-n-drop d files 去個 writer drive 度, 之後就燒 而唔可以燒 iso.

google完之後竟然俾我發現左件好野, microsoft 有套叫 Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools 既筍野, 入面有好多command line既tools. 而我要用既就叫 cdburn.exe

用法如下:
C:> cdburn.exe D: C:\xxxxx.iso

如果你唔係一碌木, 你必定明白個command點用, cdburn.exe 之外仲有個dvdburn.exe 總之就正啦.

之後再講下點做ISO檔案

Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&DisplayLang=en

Remote X -- Windows' Clone

SeamlessRDP, a seamless windows implementation for rdesktop. SeamlessRDP makes it possible to run individual applications rather than a full desktop. In this mode, rdesktop creates a X11 window for each window on the server side. The remote applications can be moved, resized and restacked.

To start using SeamlessRDP, a few simple steps are required:

1. Get rdesktop 1.5.0 or later from http://www.rdesktop.org/.
2. Get the server side component, "seamlessrdpshell". It is available in the seamlessrdp CVS module. You can also download a pre-built binary from http://www.cendio.se/files/thinlinc/seamlessrdp/seamlessrdp.zip . Unpack the files to some directory on the server, such as c:\seamlessrdp.
3. Run rdesktop with:

rdesktop -A -s "c:\seamlessrdp\seamlessrdpshell.exe notepad"