The only reason I ask about other virtualization options is because after moving to Ubuntu and Linux from Windows, I still have a few apps that I want to use from the Adobe Creative Suite, e.g. Photoshop, among others.
The problem is that Virtualbox only lets me give up to 128MB of memory for video, which is probably system memory and not from my video card.
In fact, my video card is not recognized inside the Windows 10 guest. I know I installed the extension pack. I'm almost certain that I have the guest additions also installed. I have a 2.5k monitor (as in about 2500px wide) but I am not able to select a resolution anywhere near that in the guest OS. I also have an AMD Radeon R9-270X video card.
Do I need a different product or am I missing something with my Virtualbox setup?
Thanks,
Bruce
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The version of VirtualBox and the version of the extension packs that VirtualBox has installed must be the same or lower version. It looks like you still have 4.1.8 extensions packs installed in VirtualBox 4.1.2.
Open Virtualbox, on the File menu select preferences. A new window will open. Select Extensions. Now mark all extensions and uninstall them using the button with the small red x.
If you want to install again the extension pack (if you need to use USB or RDP), please go to this page, and download ones that match your VirtualBox version.
I don't know much about Player, but Vbox defaults are not good for Ubuntu releases that prefer a real GPU.
- On spinning HDDs, pre-allocate the entire virtual disk. On SSDs, it doesn't matter. VDI / qcow2 sparse allocations do reduce performance, but the reductions involved appear to be less than 10% since 2015. Weigh the performance vs convenience.
- Allocate only the storage you need. Keep large files elsewhere, outside the vStorage.
- Never allocate more CPUs or RAM than you should. 1 vCPU is probably enough.
- Leave 1GB of RAM for the HostOS. Do not over commit RAM.
- Use the VirtIO drivers for Storage and Networking. Modern Linux guests support this. For Windows guests, use the SATA (storage) and Intel PRO/1000 (network) drivers. It is possible to use virtio drivers under Windows, it is just a little harder.
- Enable ACPI and AHCI for all guests from 2003, WinXP and later.
- Desktop VMs should get all 128MB of display vRAM
- Server VMs should stay with 9MB of vRAM; don't waste it.
- Avoid 2D and 3D accel settings, until you have everything else working the way you like. I'm serious. Ubuntu does bad things when this is enabled. It can bring a Core i7 to the ground.
For more details: http://blog.jdpfu.com/2012/09/14/solution-for-slow-ubuntu-in-virtualbox
Best Answer
QEMU
Text from QEMU's Official Wiki
IMHO
One of the best Emulators. It does what it promises and it does good. It won't do anything else, it doesn't do a lot of things but emulating a machine. It's worth a try if you wish just to have a machine inside of another machine.
Good luck!