How to install VMware Tools on Fuduntu 2012

This is a quick tutorial on How to install VMware Tools on Fuduntu 2012. When we install Fuduntu 2012 on VMware Workstation, we need to install VMware Tools to enable many other features such as full screen and seamless mode, and many other benefits.

Steps to install VMware Tools on Fuduntu 2012

1. Boot Fuduntu guest machine on VMware Workstation. When it reached the desktop, click the Install VMware Tools on the VMware Workstation. Go to VM | Install VMware Tools.

2. The VMware Tools will be mounted on Fuduntu 2012. Extract the compressed file inside. It called VmwareTools-xxxx.tar.gz

 

 

Add RPM Fusion Repository to Fuduntu 2012

Add RPM Fusion Repository to Fuduntu 2012

This tutorial will guide you to Add RPM Fusion Repository to Fuduntu 2012. RPM Fusion provides many useful applications and packages for Fedora based Linux such as Fuduntu as well. Its pretty easy to Add RPM Repository to Fuduntu 2012. 

Command to Add RPM Fusion Repository to Fuduntu 2012

su -c 'yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm'

Upgrade VirtualBox Guest Additions 4.1.22 on Fuduntu

Upgrade VirtualBox Guest Additions 4.1.22 on Fuduntu

Since the new version of VirtualBox 4.1.22 is now available, I need to upgrade the Guest Additions installed on my Fuduntu 2012 virtual machine. Upgrade VirtualBox Guest Additions 4.1.22 on Fuduntu can be done quickly and this upgrade is performed to improved the overall system performance. 

To upgrade the guest additions on Fuduntu 2012, simply go to Devices | Install Guest Additions menu. Then, press run on the confirmation window to start the installation immediately. Provide the root password to continue. 

When finished, simply reboot the virtual machine and Fuduntu now running the latest Guest Additions on board. 

Install Google Chrome on Fuduntu 2012 via YUM

Install Google Chrome on Fuduntu 2012 via YUM

This tutorial will show you how to Install Google Chrome on Fuduntu 2012 via YUM. Since Fuduntu 2012 is based on Fedora, we can use the same way to install Google Chrome on Fedora. Its pretty simple to install Google Chrome on Fuduntu 2012 via YUM.

Steps to install Google Chrome on Fuduntu 2012 via YUM

nano /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo

Now paste the following lines 

[google-chrome]
name=google-chrome - 32-bit
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/i386
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub

Install Guest Additions on Fuduntu 2012

Install Guest Additions on Fuduntu 2012

This tutorial will show you how to install Guest Additions on Fuduntu 2012. After installing Fuduntu 2012 on VirtualBox, the next important thing is to install Virtualbox Guest Additions on Fuduntu to get better performance and screen resolution. 

Steps to install Guest Additions on Fuduntu 2012

1. Mount Guest Additions via Devices > Install Guest Additions

2. Then, a confirmation window will be shown up on Fuduntu guest machine