Remote Debugging with MonoDevelop

This morning I tried to debug some Mono code in a Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy virtual machine that doesn't have all the developer tools installed. Miguel de Icaza recently blogged about remote debugging, but it took a bit of fiddling to get it working. Here are my findings: In the VM start your application with mono …

VirtualBox and Scim

I'm running Vista in a VirtualBox virtual machine that I have installed on Ubuntu 8.04. This all worked great until I recently enabled the support to enter complex characters in order to be able to test how some software behaves when using an IME. This morning when I started my virtual machine, it didn't respond …

Ubuntu on Dell Latitude D830

Last week I ordered a laptop from Dell, a Latitude D830. Estimated shipping day was 4/1. On Monday night I was amazed and excited when I discovered that it already had shipped. And I guess DHL wanted to do their part and delivered it the next day! So I had my laptop two weeks earlier …