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VMware Education Services has popped several VMware Server how to videos up on YouTube. As of the time of this post there are currently five videos ranging from how to download VMware Server and get a license to how to add a disk to a virtual machine. VMware Server is a free virtualization product offered by VMware. The current production version is 1.0.4 with 2.0 currently in beta. VMware Education Services has setup their own channel page at YouTube and you can subscribe to their videos and keep track of new additions.

Adobe AIR is a cross platform system runtime for delivering rich content from Internet applications to the desktop. Previously we have seen the most action on the Mac and Windows platforms but now Adobe is looking to really get their game on with Linux. The Adobe AIR team is now in the phase of development where they need a handful of additional testers to begin testing initial builds of AIR on Linux during pre-beta testing. Interested? Answer the following questions and send them to helptesterairlinux at adobe dot com:

1. Are you comfortable working with prerelease software that is not yet feature complete?

2. Will you be able to submit bug reports on issues that you find back to our development team?

3. How many hours a week can you spend testing on Linux?

4. What is the primary distribution of Linux that you’re using? If you are using more than one distribution, please list.

5. Will you be developing applications on your Linux machine (as opposed to writing on Windows and testing the applications on Linux)?

6. What other operating system are you using, if any (Mac, Windows)? Can you compare the behavior of AIR for Linux with AIR for Windows and AIR for Mac OS?

7. Are you working on an AIR application today? If so, please describe.

8. Are you primarily a Flash, Flex or JavaScript developer?

9. What is your name, company name and email address?

Ever wonder what happens when you run “rm -rf /” on your box while it is running?

This tutorial shows you how you can make a bootable flash drive using the Ubuntu linux ISO. All you need is a flash drive that is 1 gigabyte in size or larger.

Microsoft is just gushing with openness today after releasing a wordy press release that reads like the old fashion corporate standards that you know and love them for. Microsoft has announced that they will be publishing documentation on all of their high-volume product APIs free of charge, will be detailing all the patents it holds, their application protocols, and will provide a “covenant not to sue open source developers for development or non-commercial distribution of implementations of these protocols.” According to the notes from CenterNetworks of the conference call, “We are opening up but still retaining important patent property rights”. Their buzzword of the day? Interoperability. Strategic interoperability. It can’t all be puppies and kittens.

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