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This app cannot open - The screen resolution is too low for this app to run

So I installed Windows 8 in VirtualBox, the host machine is laptop with 1280x800 screen resolution. Running a guest not in full screen only have 1280x736 real state. In this configuration, I am not able to run Modern IU (Metro) apps. See below for the error message. Not able to run "Store" app It seems like Windows 8 requires at least 1024x768 to work with the modern applications. This is interesting because they are making fun of original Android tablets as not flexible, like you know running weird screen resolution. The layout capabilities of WPF applications is suppose to be flexible, what's going on Microsoft! So this also means that netbooks with smaller screen will not work properly with Windows 8. References: http://superuser.com/questions/396846/force-windows-8-metro-apps-to-run-lower-resolutions-below-1024x768

What to change after cloning a Ubuntu guest

When cloning a Ubuntu guest machine, you need to take care of few details to make it work properly. Below are the key items to change: Update /etc/hostname , change it to the new machine name Update /etc/hosts , change one of the loopback name to the new machine name. Modify /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules so that eth0 (generally) points to the updated MAC address of the virtual machine. References: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7749&sid=89e480f0dfb234c062a058995976a424

How to detect if reboot is required after running apt upgrade

So you have a Debian based installation (i.e., Ubuntu, Linux Mint and of course Debian itself), how would you know if you need to reboot after running apt-get upgrade ? Well, this should be as easy as checking for the presence of the file /var/run/reboot-required Tags: apt, apt-get, upgrade, reboot, required References: http://askubuntu.com/questions/28530/how-can-i-tell-what-package-requires-a-reboot-of-my-system http://serverfault.com/questions/92932/how-does-ubuntu-keep-track-of-the-system-restart-required-flag-in-motd