With a tool such as PyInstaller, you can compile your Python code into a binary executables that you can then share or redistribute to other […]
Python, Virtualization, Windows
Run kivy on VirtualBox Windows Guest
You may run into some OpenGL issues while trying to run your Kivy app in your VirtualBox Windows VM. Your Command Line (CMD) may display […]
Python, UNIX/Linux, Virtualization
Run buildozer APK builder from Docker container
There are a few options on how you can run buildozer for turning your Kivy app into an APK bundle for Android devices. You can […]
Scripting, UNIX/Linux, Virtualization
Increase vmdk disk in VirtualBox
The steps below are specific to increase a VMDK disk in VirtualBox 6.1.40 for a CentOS 7 guest VM and on a MacOS host. The […]
Scripting, UNIX/Linux, Virtualization
Installing VICE (Commodore Emulator) on MacOS
Before doing anything else, make sure that you have Xcode installed. Install the xa (xa65) open-source 6502 cross compiler. Download the source code. Then extract […]
Scripting, UNIX/Linux, Virtualization
OpenShift system:admin requires credentials
As outlined in this issue, you may run into a problem where you want to log into the OpenShift cluster as system:admin from one of […]
UNIX/Linux, Virtualization
Run an OpenShift pod on a specific node by hostname
In your pod or buildconfig yaml you can specify which nodes the pod should run on, generally by specifying one or more of the labels […]
UNIX/Linux, Virtualization
Docker image pull timeout in OpenShift during build or deploy
The default time that OpenShift waits to pull an image during a build or deploy may not be long enough, especially if your images are […]
Virtualization
Merge vmdk files in VMWare Player
In order to merge split vmdk files into one, you need to use the vmware-vdiskmanager command. However, this is only available if you have VMware […]
Virtualization
Convert a Physical Machine to a Virtual Machine
VMware has a free tool called VMware vCenter Converter. It allows you to convert a physical machine into a virtual machine; for instance you could […]