ubuntu and windows integration with virtual box

[nsterjov]

If anybody wants to run commercial studio programs in ubuntu studio, one way is to run it in virtual box. I have got Zbrush 3.1, adobe flash cs3, toonboom 4 and photoshop cs3 extended in mine. I have allocated 700mb of ram to VBox but the higher the better.

I am running 1.5.2 VBOX

[boast]

does adobe premiere work in virtualbox?

[-grubby]

does adobe premiere work in virtualbox?
any program should run in virtualbox, it's just like windows running in a window except the fact thatit gets less hardware resources

[akiratheoni]

any program should run in virtualbox, it's just like windows running in a window except the fact thatit gets less hardware resources

Not everything. A lot of games don't work, IIRC. Also, Windows Movie Maker didn't work for me.

[ade234uk]

What is performance like?

I would use Virtual Box tommorow if I know apps would run as fast as they do in Windows.

I have intel core 2 duo and 2gb of ram and 256mb graphics card

[de_valentin]

for me untill now sketchup, arcgis and office work even better in virtualbox but with arcgis the difference is the biggest.

[miggols99]

What is performance like?

I would use Virtual Box tommorow if I know apps would run as fast as they do in Windows.

I have intel core 2 duo and 2gb of ram and 256mb graphics card
Well with those specs you'll get it pretty fast. I installed XP in it to see what it was like. and it ran pretty fast. I only have 1GB RAM...If you allocate 1GB to it, I will zoom ;)

[n3tfury]

Well with those specs you'll get it pretty fast. I installed XP in it to see what it was like. and it ran pretty fast. I only have 1GB RAM...If you allocate 1GB to it, I will zoom ;)

then that leaves you 0 RAM for the host...

[Depressed Man]

Well there's always pagefile or swap..but yeah that'll be slow.

And anything that requires sophisticated use of DirectX (like games) won't work.

[ade234uk]

I might get myself a second drive and give it a go. I love Ubuntu but I have always been forced to go back to Windows because something always niggled me with Crossover Office.

[JAPrufrock]

Because of the heavy memory use, I only use VirtualBox when Wine doesn't work with a Windows app (I only have 1 meg of memory). I would expect that a VM would work best with 1.5 meg or more of memory.

[aysiu]

Well with those specs you'll get it pretty fast. I installed XP in it to see what it was like. and it ran pretty fast. I only have 1GB RAM...If you allocate 1GB to it, I will zoom ;)
Then allocate 512 MB for each (host and guest OS), and you'll be fine.

[spockrock]

I think what migotts99 means is he has 1GB of ram and it works fine for him, and is suggesting that if the person with a core2duo runs it he can allocate 1gb of ram and everything will be fine.

[miggols99]

then that leaves you 0 RAM for the host...
They have 2GB RAM. If I put 1GB RAM for me, well that would be slooow.