[TriLUG] Vbox guest OS choices

[Daniel Sterling]

you may have better luck using vmware workstation instead of virtualbox

-- Dan


On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Ken MacKenzie <ken at mack-z.com> wrote:
> Yes, this is hypothetical.  So sounds like it does not cooperate well as a
> guest.  I really need to take more steps to completely ditch all non FOSS
> compatible hardware in my household.  It has just been a slow fight...
>
> Ken
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Brian <lugmail at cheetah.dynip.com> wrote:
>
>> I've tried this too, as I wanted to get into iOS development without the
>> major capital investment for a Mac.  I've tried VirtualBox and bare-metal
>> installations, both on a ThinkPad T60p.  I can vouch for Ken's report that
>> performance within a VM is abysmal to the point of being nearly unusable.
>>  Bare metal, the performance is quite decent, but I was never able to get
>> the App Store to authenticate.
>>
>> ~B
>>
>>
>> On 7/10/2014 10:18 AM, Ken Mink wrote:
>>
>>> I used VBox is install OSX as a guest, mostly just to see if it was
>>> possible. It is. However, the performance was crappy. There were
>>> problems with the mouse. The pointer jumped around the screen. One
>>> reason I wanted to try it was to use Messages.app for iMessage access.
>>> Turns out that Messages.app uses your hardware serial number as part of
>>> it's registration and the OSX guest doesn't have a valid serial number.
>>> The Messages.app running on the OSX guest would not connect for
>>> iMessage. Anyway, it is possible to create a OSX guest, but usability
>>> sucked for me. Oh yeah, this was done on a MacBookPro8,1 running Ubuntu
>>> 12.04 as the host.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
>>> On 07/10/2014 09:46 AM, Ken MacKenzie wrote:
>>>
>>>> So I have been trying to kill out the use of hardware windows installs in
>>>> the house.  It has been an issue mainly because of a printer/scanner
>>>> combo
>>>> (lexmark X75) that will just not cooperate with linux.  Yes I know I need
>>>> to get a new printer, but hey it works and ink cost is still reasonably
>>>> low.
>>>>
>>>> So anyway to mitigate this I have been using a Windows 7 install inside
>>>> virtual box.  I am using the oracle repos for it, linux version is Debian
>>>> Wheezy.  Windows 7 version is ultimate incidentally.  The other reason I
>>>> went this route is itunes for my ipad to sync if needed.  I am phasing
>>>> out
>>>> ipad use at some point most likely so this may become moot.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, and I hope I am not violating any rules since this discussion
>>>> starts to enter the violating EULA for the OS in question...  What about
>>>> virtualizing OS X.  I mean I know it can be done but I am wondering if
>>>> anyone has experience for the performance of OS X vs Windows 7
>>>> virtualized
>>>> through Virtual Box.  I know OS X is only to be installed on Mac
>>>> hardware.
>>>>   Just wondering if anyone has tried this out and what their results
>>>> were.
>>>>
>>>> Ken
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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