Sep 12, 2010 · According to the documentation, Oracle VM VirtualBox can achieve near-native performance of the virtual machine guest system, provided the guest code was written for the same target hardware and computer architecture as the host computer system.

VirtualBox for testing distros is fine, but you won't get good GUI performance - at least not a few years ago. The animated stuff can be bad on a vm, but you get an impression. My best bet would be XFCE.

Jun 20, 2010 · I have been running a BOINC project called SETI@home both on my Linux host and a VirtualBox guest with OpenSolaris. The running time for a comparable work unit was about 4 times longer on the virtual machine than on the Linux host.

Aug 23, 2022 · On my host, i get 900-950mb upload and around 850-950mb download speeds. On my Linux guest OS, I'm getting 60-70mb down and 80mb up. I've been wracking my brain all night as to why my Host OS gets literally 10x faster Ethernet speeds. I've tested on a Mint, Kali, and Ubuntu VM. NAT and Bridged connection.

Apr 28, 2020 · Does anyone else notice the extreme slow guest OS startup under VirtualBox since OL 8? The startup of a VM running OL 8.1 takes about 5 times longer compared to OL 7.8. I tested a couple of different systems.

Aug 17, 2020 · Make sure hardware virtualization is enabled. If you're using VirtualBox 6.1 or higher, then hardware acceleration *must* be enabled for the VMs to even launch. Do not give more than 50% of your *actual* CPU cores to the VM.

This article discusses how you might evaluate Oracle Linux, running it inside a virtual machine on top of your existing operating system whether that OS is Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Oracle Solaris, or another version of Linux.

Apr 7, 2025 · Choosing between Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and Oracle VirtualBox ultimately depends on your specific needs. If you need a fast, lightweight solution for running Linux alongside Windows , especially for development purposes, WSL is the best choice.

Mar 5, 2020 · VirtualBox virtual machines are slow, thanks to the default VM configuration. If you use VirtualBox to run Linux, you may notice that performance isn’t great, and are looking for ways to improve it. It is possible to improve your Linux VM’s …

May 30, 2023 · One that is super fast... and super secure... Debian Lxde, it can run on 256MB of ram. What Linux would you all recommend to run that supports Chrome or Firefox? Any distro you like really. You can customize the installs as you see fit.