[ale] Suggested software for Linux host running Windows in a VM

[John Pilman]

I used Virtualbox with a Windows 7 VM on an Ubuntu host for about a year,
and the Windows always dragged.  Then I swapped them and the performance
improved greatly. I'm not sure what was happening, but I got the best
performance out of the Windows guest by assigning it only one CPU.
There have been updates to Virtualbox since then, do it may be better now.

...John
On Apr 2, 2013 3:07 PM, "Brandon Wood" <woody at 2143.net> wrote:

> None yet. I've used Virtual Box box for a long while now; just the other
> way around; Windows host, Linux VM.
>
> I mainly just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing out on any other
> options that others may consider to be better.
>
> Never hurts to ask.
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Richard Bronosky <richard at bronosky.com>wrote:
>
>> Virtual Box is pretty adequate for what you are trying to do. What
>> shortcomings have you encountered?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Brandon Wood <woody at 2143.net> wrote:
>>
>>> All,
>>>   Looking to run Linux (Fedora 18) on the laptop and move an existing
>>> windows install (yes, yes, I suck, it sucks, I know, lets move on) in to a
>>> virtual machine.
>>>
>>> Currently doing so using VirtualBox but I was wondering if anyone
>>> suggests other VM software to use instead.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the input.
>>>
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