It seemed like Ubuntu was working hard and when Ubuntu’s System Monitor was run, the CPU usage was a lot higher than it should be at around 60% when no programs were being run. Linux Mint 17 was really slow too and it seemed that it was mainly Linux that was running very slowly in a virtual machine, especially Ubuntu 15.04. That was strange because various versions of Windows running in virtual machines, were a little slow, but not that bad. It was like wading through treacle navigating menus, windows and applications. It is best if you have at least 8GB though.Ī problem arose when Ubuntu 15.04 was installed in VirtualBox and the performance was terrible. The main requirement is for lots of memory and it is a struggle with just 4GB of RAM, but it can be done. * Download and run any version of Windows for free in VirtualBoxĪ moderately powerful processor is required, but it does not need to be the top of the range.
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