Ubuntu Multipass for x86 MBP

 

Ubuntu multipass

 

First download the tiny installer:

https://github.com/canonical/multipass/releases 

newer versions don't work on macos Monterey 12.6.7

multipass-1.14.1+mac-Darwin.pkg

Docs:

how to install multipass

https://oscarchou.com/posts/handbook/multipass-command-cheatsheet/

https://medium.com/@karan.bk/modify-multipass-instances-update-resources-and-share-data-with-instance-c17315dd33d0

 https://medium.com/@karan.bk/a-beginners-guide-to-create-and-manage-ubuntu-vms-in-minutes-caa1684d9375

 

https://blog.humphd.org/multipass-on-macos/

https://fromanegg.com/post/2020/02/28/use-ubuntu-on-mac-os-with-multipass/

Using Multipass on Ubuntu with Virtualbox and KVM installed question

launch failed: multipass socket access denied

 https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/1437

 

 FYI, the new command is multipass auth. Note you must first issue multipass set local.passphrase as admin to set passphrase (and then enter this same passphrase when issuing the auth command).

H...Gi...4...!

 

A simple GUI Shell for a Multipass VM

 

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-frame-on-macos-including-apple-silicon-m1/28534 

Juju charms

charm-dev

Getting started with Juju 5 

 

Juju Charm develo

 

 

 

 

Why Linux will take over the world!

Linux reaches 4%

   will take over in 2040!

 No. 

Linux distributions can be usable even by regular folk depending on how they use them.  For web browsing, working on documents, spreadsheets and drawing its usable its fine.

 But once you go off a very narrow path of those basic tasks you may wind up fiddling with apt, peering into the terminal, trying to install package mostly succeeding but sometimes failing in mysterious ways.

 

LibreOffice endless fonts menu

font snafu reponse to EULA fails?

virtualbox additions barf (gcc-11 or gcc-12??); works from virtualbox menu but not from inside the vm session.

installing rust on ubuntu confusion no rustup in the 22.04 repo!

-----

  4% worldwide in 2022

TODO: Debian config, Export vbox

DO

• Install Hack font for use in iTerm2
•   
  

 NOT 

• Windows 10 WOL
  
• replace Gnome3 with suckless dwm
  

• How to Enable Screen Sharing on Debian 10 using vino
  
• Mac screen sharing app
   vnc://debianHOSTNAMEhere.local:5900 did not work
• arch linux
• wiki | download

 

DONE

• added myself to sudoers file:

nano /etc/sudoers

• enabled ssh on Debian
• install Windows 10 Pro
• 
  
• 
  
• installed virtualbox
  
• exported virtualbox ovf image
• imported Debian image
  

•  Install fish and oh my fish themes
•  required:git, curl

 
 

• more
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

   

   

   

   

•  

Windfall Computer Part 3

  ...Previously

 

 Installed virtualbox on the Road Pooter. 
VirtualBox Guest Additions failing to install. 

 

launch powershell in admin mode

 

 ../VBoxManage [more stuff here]

google around.  this is the stuff I wanted to avoid ugh.

Virtualbox working great on the Windows 10 host.   Installed the NixOS livecd image with Plasma.  Looks very very slick.  Installing Debian Buster 10 so I can try the Nix package manager.

Next time, install:
VirtualBox Guest Additions on Debian Buster 10

Let Debian vm get an IP address from DHCP

Windfall Computer Part 2

 ...Previously

 

• installed 2x4GB sticks DDR3L RAM and Ubuntu 20.04

DDR3L RAM low(er) voltage so uses less power 

Doing almost anything on Linux requires some amount of sudo apt update get install. 

• reverted to Windows 10 H21

unknown SMB bios device

no setup DVD-iso on ASUS site

Asus H81M-K audio driver:

• H81M-K - Support - Asus

• No sound when you plug in audio device on back/front audio port

• installed Virtualbox 6.1
  
• installed Starcraft 2 and World of Warships
  

Next ...

Wordpress dev and Docker on OS X

This was a good step-by-step guide to follow with port forwarding instructions so that you can actually access your Wordpress from the browser on your host (Mac):

How to Use the Official Docker WordPress Image

For the CLI (command line) / terminal averse mac users have Kitematic.  Use it to start and stop docker machine.  It also shows you the available images stored in the docker repository.

The whole point of Docker for me was fast performance on my laptop for Wordpress testing.  YB tested how fast files sync'ed between the Mac and the container running in Virtual box:

A productive development environment with Docker on OS X

1st class citizen on Linux a little less so on OS X.  But still pretty awesome!  Docker's excellent documentation has a nice diagram making that concept clear.

How a little juju helped my Wordpress

quick install WP (wordpress) using juju charms

Help I have undead juju hanging around (even after restarting!)

getting rid of juju state

juju destroy-environment --force

sudo cleanup-juju

Resources

ubuntu 13.10: deploy wordpress and mysql with juju-local

Redeploying OMG!Ubuntu onto the cloud with juju

Installing and configuring Juju for LXC (Linux)

Remove Juju Local Environment Cleanly

healthcare.gov on Ubuntu / VirtualBox

What:  healthcare.gov website

On: Ubuntu / VirtualBox

Why: Why not?

 The Doing:  A few easy steps 

Get the source

https://github.com/Conservatory/healthcare.gov-2013-10-01
Follow the build instructions in the README.md file.

Setup the environment

VirtualBox

VirtualBox 4.1.23
VirtualBox 4.2.18

VirtualBox 4.3.0
Don't forget to install the guest additions.

Ubuntu

* Ubuntu 10.10 (EOL)
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
 ? Ubuntu 13.10

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
This version was just right.  All the Gems and Ruby on Rails installed without a peep.  This was left out of the readme instructions

sudo apt-get install ruby1.9.1-dev

Now wait a little while after

jekyll serve

Then in the web browser go to this URL:
http://localhost:4000

I wasn't getting the web site but then I noticed that I had typed 4400 instead of 4000.

Enjoy!






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* Ubuntu 10.10 (EOL)

 gem install bundler

 will keep complaining about zlib being incompatible or whatnot.  Just move on to a more recent or at least an LTS version of Ubuntu.  No need to suffer inst. hell.

 ? Ubuntu 13.10 Didn't try this yet.