Frostwire on JeOS in Vista w/ VirtualBox

[john_van_v]

Hi all,

I installed Hardy in VirtualBox on my laptop to help me develop PHP and Zend apps (still have yet to get to that).

The Hardy JeOS has:

• an http client to the real world through (somebody else's) WiFi
• a local connection to an Xming X server on the Vista OS laptop
• httpd service to clients on the Vista laptop

(BTW, the vista os is neither my idea, nor an option at them moment, and its persistence on my laptop is symbolic of the way things have become.)

I documented how I did this here:

http://linux-society.blogspot.com/20...ware-qemu.html

I installed the Zend components, tried a Zend CMS, which failed, and then tried some gnutella clients including gtk-gnutella, which worked in Xwindows, but didn't actually connect. I also tried Mutella, a text gnutella client, which worked but also failed to connect.

I then tried Frostwire, which requires sun-java6-jre and sun-java6-bin, and "word is" you have to run other commands, which I did, but Frostwire crashed none-the-less complaining that the JVM was not right. I then tried Limewire, which predictably crashed in the same way, but showed a little picture first.

MP3 sharing is an excellent way to let crackers onto your laptop.

Just before quitting last night, I installed the Midori WebKit engine browser, and that works very well in X. I tried Firefox before that, but it was simply too slow to be practical.

This virtualization setup seems to be the most promising, and I believe I am the first to document a working install procedure, as whiny as it sounds. I am wondering if the VirtualBox NAT system is stopping the gnutella process.

Xming presents another problem. The launch dialog causes an "xhost +" effect to allow x-clients to connect, making the the Vista laptop vulnerable to a "clear window" keystroke capturing attack. From the Xming author credits, Xming seems to be a variation on Cygwin's Xserver which definately does have granular xhost protection.

The WiFi firewall most likely blocks X traffic, and my local community so rural that I don't think anybody in WiFi range knows what X is, let alone how to launch an attack.

Xming docs suggest SSH connections, but I haven't gotten to that yet.