VirtualBox + Compiz Fusion + Seamless Mode

My own VirtualBox running Windows Xp inside a (K)ubuntu Linux machine.
Beware that the choppy video happens because of the video capture software, not because of compiz or virtualbox, they are really quite fast.

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• virtualization

[groopcd]

DarkMission, i have 2GB of ram, but usually i just allocate 256MB for XP.

[nuclearwinterinhell]

Is 256MB of RAM really enough for XP? Does it lag or anything?

[groopcd]

Ram always depends on the amount of work you are doing. If 256MB isnt enough you can always give more ram to the virtual machine. Very simples :)

[nuclearwinterinhell]

Hmm, though I had problems trying to install Windows using VirtualBox.

The Windows boot CD seems to respond very slowly, and I mean REALLY slowly. Before even setting up partitions, it just jams there. Any chances that it's a RAM problem?

[groopcd]

Try creating a iso of the windows xp cdrom, with dd if=/dev/cdrom of=xp.iso and installing using the iso. if its still slow something is very wrong with your configuration.

[silviomnt]

Why windows in virtualbox is so slow? It should be faster!

[groopcd]

It's not slow, it's the capturing video software that can't grab the entire FPS. Hence the slowness :) Try is yourself, you might be pleasantly surprised.

[Swatrecon]

yes, he takes 3 ram, twice daily

[autonomic0]

Cool 4/5

[timpster93]

they might be fast but that video is slow as frozen molasses 3-4 Frames per second haha

dont upload anymore slow ass videos please

[iGarthi]

Seamless? More like slideshow.

[jarblewarble]

I tried running Ubuntu on Windows XP using VirtualBox, but it was really slow because my computer's about 5 years old.

[oloroko]

fail

[receptor1974]

ЛОШОК

[GeekFiftyFive]

I've ran Google Android in virtual box on both my macbook and an old P4 just fine, thaen I tried it on a Celeron PC with 512 mb of ram (256 allocated to Android) I thought it would be fine, you know Android runs on Phones with similar specs, I was wrong, it took about 3 minutes to do anything (but then I suppose the CPU was only 900mhz so it probably came down to that)

[labishoujo]

@nuclearwinterinhell Try 512 Ram 256 does work but it will play video slow and will crash a lot. When I say crash I mean Windows not VirtualBox.

[Zulkaroth]

@nuclearwinterinhell How fast is your cpu? I installed xp fine on a 2 GHz AMD Athlon 64, but I would guess that under 1 GHz you'd have serious lags. Also check how much ram you're giving it. Good luck!