05-01-2008
Getting started with Linux virtualization
Thu, 01 May 2008 08:00:00 GMT
With all the Linux distributions available, trying out more than one can be tempting. By installing a virtual environment, you can run several operating systems on your machine, keeping them completely isolated from each other in their own sandboxes. Here's a look at how get started with three popular
virtualization environments:
VMware,
VirtualBox, and
QEMU.
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
purple-url-handler
purple-url-handler(1) User Commands purple-url-handler(1)
NAME
purple-url-handler - Python script to handle URL with purple
SYNOPSIS
purple-url-handler [-URL]
DESCRIPTION
Python script to handle URL with purple.
OPTIONS
Usage: purple-url-handler URL
Example:
purple-url-handler "xmpp:romeo@montague.net?message"
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-im-client |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |Volatile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
purple-remote(1), purple-send(1), purple-send-async(1), attributes(5)
purple-url-handler Manual, http://pidgin.im/
NOTES
Updated by Lei Ju, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2006, 2007.
SunOS 5.11 02 Apr 2008 purple-url-handler(1)