VMPlayer 5.0 Unity mode

I have been running Linux on VMWare products for years.  At work I have WMWare Workstation on my notebook.  At home, it is VMPlayer.

Just a few days ago, VMPlayer notified me that version 5.0, the newest one, is out.  Once I downloaded and installed, I saw new option in the menu called  'Unity'.  When clicked, the windows inside VMWare magically appeared on my Windows desktop.  Nice!

Before VMPlayer 5.0, I would start Xserver on my Windows and export display from Linux within VMPlayer to it.  This mean I have to start X that comes with cygwin, or lately, Xming.  It is working OK, but it is two steps process.  With VMPlayer Unity, it just easier.

It is not without problem though.  When you moving or resizing Unity windows, they will be a bit jumpy.  Sometimes it just won't follow your mouse at all.  Also, VMPlayer Unity does not suport all Window Manager.  While it works fine with Xfce, it refuses to work with Ubuntu Unity, which is a bit disappointing, if you ask me.

open 2 text files side-by-side using notepad++

Notepad++ has been mentioned here before, but one feature not talked about is the ability to open text file side-by-side.

This is great feature now that every bod has wide screen displays and notebooks.  I'm considering buying notebook with 1600x900 display, possibly Samsung Series 9 or Lenovo X1 Carbon, this feature would be very useful...or I can just use emacs for Windows, I guess.  However, I found that synchronize scrolling in Notepad++ is very nice.  Consider that using track pad on the notebooks is not that precise, having two related text to scroll at the same time can save lots of effort and possibly wrist strain.