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VirtualBox shared folders path
In VBox settings configuration:
Folder path: C:\VirtualBoxSharedFolder
Folder name: shared
https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15868
In /etc/rc.local
sudo gedit /etc/rc.local sudo mount -t vboxsf -o rw,uid=1000,gid=1000 shared /home/alfredo/projects
Increase HDD size in VirtualBox machine
1. Clone the machine
2. Inside vm folder, eg UbuntuDev1, change hd size to 12GB:
C:\VirtualBox VM\UbuntuDev2>"c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\vboxmanage.exe" modifyhd "UbuntuDev2-disk1.vdi" --resize 12288
3. Start the machine
4. Extended and swap partitions must be eliminated to make free space be continuous to primary partition. Swap must be “Swapoff”
5. Increase partition size with “GParted” app. Left 1300 Bytes free for swapping
6. Create extended and swap partitions.
7. Restart.
How to size monitor to maximum resolution
- Insert VBoxGuestAdditions Disk
- Autoruns
- Restart
- Settings: Set display resolution to max
- Host key + F
How to enable root login?
http://askubuntu.com/questions/44418/how-to-enable-root-login
sudo passwd root
you will prompted for a new Unix password. Write it twice(second for confirmation).
Then execute
sudo passwd -u root
Reverting back:
sudo passwd -l root
Javascript runtime
https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager#debian-and-ubuntu-based-linux-distributions Setup with Debian (as root):
apt-get install curl
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup | bash -
Then install with Debian (as root):
apt-get install -y nodejs
node -v
Bower: frontend package manager
npm install bower
GIT remember credential temporaly
Remember during 1 hour
$ git config credential.helper 'cache –timeout=3600
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