VirtualBox Not Exactly What I Need

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I mentioned in an earlier post that I had an interest in experimenting with VirtualBox and running Linux Mint as a virtual desktop on my Windows 7 machine.  I had fun setting up the program, installing the OS, and running it for a bit.  However, I decided today that I would go back to a dual-boot computer.  While running a virtual desktop of Linux Mint was fun, I enjoy having Linux in full control of the system rather than running on emulated hardware via VirtualBox.  I also noticed a few bugs between the way VirtualBox loaded the OS and the way I would try to use it.  It came down to the little problems that made it more annoying to me to run anyway.

The funny thing is, I decided to give it a try, so I could run a few Windows programs in the background while I enjoyed Linux.  Unfortunately, I never ran those Windows programs.  I would just hop into my virtual desktop and do most of my computing there, so I realized that going back to what I had made a little more sense because Linux Mint would have full access to the system and system resources.

I am happy I gave VirtualBox a try because I enjoy experiencing different things when it comes to using my computer.  There may be a time down the road when I use it again.  I am thinking of purchasing a copy of Windows 7 to run in VirtualBox.  If I do that, I can completely wipe the OEM version of Windows 7 off of my computer, install Linux Mint as my main OS, and run Windows 7 in a virtual environment using VirtualBox.  I would rather do it that way anyway because I do most of my computing in Linux Mint.

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2 thoughts on “VirtualBox Not Exactly What I Need”

  1. Glad you enjoyed working with Virtualbox! I absolutely love that program it is so easy to use. I’ll never forget working with it when I was in school last year and how we were constantly installing and re installing operating systems. Currently I have it installed into my laptop and I use it to test various operating systems which is also something that can be done from a live CD. Keep up the good work and I will definately look forward to checking out more of your material in the future

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