Virtualbox with USB Support

This guide is specific to ubuntu jaunty (9.04).  It may work on previous version, or other distros, but it is untested.  If you do not need usb support in your copy of virtualbox, you can just install the open source version from the ubuntu package repositories by typing:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose

If you need usb support in your virtualbox install (great for hooking up devices that are not compatible with linux), you need to install the proprietary version (also free), and do a few tweaks in order to get it to work.

Installing USB Version:

Make sure the open source version of virtualbox is uninstalled:

sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-ose

First, add the respective line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file according to the current version you are running (for example, add the first line if you are running Jaunty):
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Ubuntu Jaunty Review: part 2

Ubuntu Jaunty was officially released today, and I have decided to write a continuation of my previous post with some fast download mirror links, and a screenshot tour of the install process. Feel free to post any fast download mirrors that you find in the comments section.

Download Mirrors:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/jaunty/ (torrent links recommended)

I have removed my links to the dropbox files that I had because the official mirrors appear to be just as fast now that they have recovered from the initial traffic.

I also went through the install process again, and took some screenshots to show how it went.  The overall process is very similar to previous ubuntu installs.

Part 1

Ubuntu Jaunty Review

I recently have been trying out the new ubuntu 9.04 beta. Normally, I have waited until the actual release to install the newest version of ubuntu, but in this case, I decided to go ahead and update early because I really wanted to try out the new notifications system and ext4 in Jaunty, and I had broken the networking in my current 8.10 install.

Install:

The install was easy enough.  The main difference that I noticed while installing the Ubuntu Jaunty was the change in the startup bar.  It has become a bit thinner and sleeker looking.

The install process is very much the same as it was in intrepid (see the screenshot tour of the install in part 2 of this review for more information).

New Desktop:

After the install, I rebooted the machine, and was quite pleased by the startup speed (they have made some definite improvements there).  Part of this could be due to my switch to the new ext4 filesystem (a custom option during the install, but not the default).  They have changed the login screen to a new, darker theme.  In my opinion, it looks much cleaner and nicer than previous versions.

Login Screen

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