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I remember when I installed Linux the first time (many many moons ago) and it was all cryptic for me. All that starred at me, was a black screen with some strange symbols and a pointer blinking.

So, this is Linux, I thought and tried to get my way around it. To be honest, it took a couple of re-installs and some learnings to come to the level I’m at now. Nowadays, all of my applications run on Linux servers (my favorite one is Ubuntu server) and I have to say that I’m more then happy how Linux performs.

Actually, my next step is to adopt Linux (Ubuntu) on my laptop, but to move to Linux on my desktop, I really need to have a application like Aperture of Adobe Lightroom. Apart from that, I think Linux on the desktop has a big chance to succeed. Especially, Ubuntu 11 with Unity will probably make this move apparent for a lot of users.

In any case, if you run Linux on your servers or thinking of migrating to Linux, you own it to yourself to watch the below anniversary video and head over to the dedicated “20 years of Linux” site.

My favorite virtual machine provider, just released an update to it already perfect application. The new version brings the capability to import virtual machines that you might have created with Paralells 4.x. See the video below how easy it is.

Also, they apparently fixed a bug with the Shared Folders feature that would add a lag to it. Among other things they also fixed some issues with Leopard Server and installation on the new MacBook Pro. Thought I never had a problem at all.

But the coolest addition is that Ubuntu 8.10 is now fully supported! This means, the VMWare tools are 100% supported and Unity View works now again. They posted another video on this here.

Very cool. You can download VMWare Fusion over at their dedicated website.