This post is an introduction to system virtualization. It is part of a series of articles about virtualization. Description of System Virtualization System virtualization implies that a system (such as an operating system is virtualized). Because it was the first…
This post summarizes libraries to create multimedia content, including both 2D or 3D graphics and sound. For those libraries to create only graphics (without sound), you can check this post. Graphics and multimedia libraries should not be confused with game…
This post explains how to manage booting on Windows OS. Windows client startup architecture To understand well how to fix boot errors, you need to have a clear understanding of these concepts: boot.ini was only used on Windows XP and…
A partition table or partition scheme is a resource that allocates all partitions within the system. Type of partition table: MBR Master Boot Record (MBR) is older than GPT. GPT Each partition within a GUID Partition Table (GPT) uses a…
This post summarizes some tools to manage disks on Windows OS, including error fixing. Tools to manage Disk on Windows Windows utilities to manage disk on Windows GUI Tools This section covers tools that Disk Management Disk Management is a…
This post explains how to configure Java for Visual Code on Windows. Step-by-step Instructions 1. Install Java Go to Java website and download it. 2. Install Visual Code Go to Visual Code website and download it. 3. Install Python extension…
This post explains how to configure Python for Visual Code on Windows. Step-by-step Instructions 1. Install Python Go to Python website and download it. 2. Install Visual Code Go to Visual Code website and download it. 3. Install Visual Code…
Unix-like operating systems (OSs) are those that implements the interface and concepts originally introduced by Unix OS. This post tries to summarize the history of Unix-like OSs and explain relevant software concepts surrounding it. Software Concepts This sections reviews some…
This post summarizes the main free and open-source (FOSS) desktop environments for Unix-like and Linux OSs. List of Linux Desktop Environments List of Linux desktop environments: The most popular are KDE Plasma and GNOME. Common Desktop Environment (CDE) Common Desktop…
Android is an open source operating system aimed for portable devices, but also present in desktop devices. Its kernel is a modified version of Linux kernel. Android was first released in 2008. This post is an introduction to the operating…