Comments on: Using VirtualBox in Linux Mint http://www.pcmech.com/article/using-virtualbox-in-linux-mint/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:07:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Rich Menga http://www.pcmech.com/article/using-virtualbox-in-linux-mint/comment-page-1/#comment-7660 Rich Menga Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:54:57 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/using-virtualbox-in-linux-mint/#comment-7660 I have an intel Duo Core with 2GB of RAM on-board. The video card is an nVidia with 256MB on-board. With Ubuntu I could never get a virtual environment running correctly. In the super-rare instance (I think only once) it did work it still wasn't 100%. The performance was dog-slow and the network and sound didn't work. VirtualBox is by far the better choice whether using Mint or Ubuntu, hands down. I have an intel Duo Core with 2GB of RAM on-board. The video card is an nVidia with 256MB on-board.

With Ubuntu I could never get a virtual environment running correctly. In the super-rare instance (I think only once) it did work it still wasn’t 100%. The performance was dog-slow and the network and sound didn’t work.

VirtualBox is by far the better choice whether using Mint or Ubuntu, hands down.

]]> By: Vertimyst http://www.pcmech.com/article/using-virtualbox-in-linux-mint/comment-page-1/#comment-7658 Vertimyst Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:24:38 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/using-virtualbox-in-linux-mint/#comment-7658 Wow, XP started up /really/ fast. But Rich, I have to ask, what sort of hardware do you have? I haven't tried VirtualBox in Mint, but in Ubuntu I did get XP to run, albeit very slowly. I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro P100 laptop, about a year or two old now, I think, with Duo Core processors. Anyway, I'm really liking your Linux Mint articles, keep it up! -Vert Wow, XP started up /really/ fast.

But Rich, I have to ask, what sort of hardware do you have? I haven’t tried VirtualBox in Mint, but in Ubuntu I did get XP to run, albeit very slowly. I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro P100 laptop, about a year or two old now, I think, with Duo Core processors.

Anyway, I’m really liking your Linux Mint articles, keep it up!

-Vert

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