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TrackManiac!
Apr 4th
I have uploaded binary and source files for my senior thesis TrackMania K.T.Ü., so what are you waiting for? Go get it!
Linux Live USB Creator
Feb 28th
I found a very handful software about making live USB linux systems. Personally I create USB based linux system with virtualization softwares like VirtualBox so I can use it like I do on my own computer; I mean the storage will be full persistent and I will be able to install softwares or save my account settings. But of course this is totally another story and is not the case all the time. Lots of you probably want to try linux without changing anything in your computer. With this software you can do it with your USB thumb drive. There is also a portable version of VirtualBox on site so you can run linux directly on your Windows without restarting by using the virtualization technologies. And here it is, Linux Lice USB Creator.
Linux Live USB Creator
Multiplication Table Calculation Implementation using Artificial Neural Networks
Feb 28th
I have done a multiplication table calculation implementation using artificial neural networks at university as a homework project. Uploaded the project with full source code to my site, here. Feel free to use it anywhere you like. Of course comments and references appreciated. Not much of a tutorial here and it is not suitable for newbies, but object oriented implementation of neural networks should work fine to give ideas who will try to grab the nuts.
Parallels Desktop for Windows and Linux
Feb 21st
I decided to give a chance to commercial virtualization products because of bad performance issues I have encountered with VirtualBox on ubuntu linux. You need to install RealTime kernel for your virtualization system work as you expect on ubuntu. Even with RealTime kernel virtualization on ubuntu is not good enough in every phase. For linux host machines I figured out the best system is Fedora, but this is not our case right now.
I have installed Parallels Desktop on both Windows 7 Pro. and Ubuntu Karmic. 2 guest operating system was my test case, which were Windows XP Pro. and Ubuntu Karmic (again 
). By the way I have licences for all operating systems I use both as host and guest. Quick and dirty way of telling my observations to you is a pros and cons list i guess.
Pros:
- Automatic installation of Windows systems (Requires you have a licence of guest OS)
- Simpler shared folder management
Cons:
- Bad performance compared to other virtualization products
- Similar product is free (VirtualBox) but this one is commercial
- Really bad visual performance and responsiveness
- 3D support doesn’t worked out of the box on Ubuntu Karmic guest.
- Linux version’s performance is good but of course if you can make it run!
Results: Short way, there is no need to pay some bucks to commercial software while you have a better one free, VirtualBox. Looks like a fine system if you are planning to use it on server virtualization because non-graphical application performance is really good and supervisor have an option for dynamic balancing of system resources. But for a workstation virtualization this software is far from perfect. Linux installation is easy but installing and running guest OSes is a head ache. Also have a USB driver problem on linux hosts which ends up with a frozen system. My opinion is give a chance on Parallels server systems but for desktop virtualization use VirtualBox.