Installing virtual box
Installing and setting up virtual box was not without pain, but once I finally got it running i was very happy with its performance. Also I didn't experience any problems with sudden restarts etc. It could easily run 10 machines on my 8gb of ram. I have had problems with many other approaches to installing virtual box! Do note that I have experienced Windows virtual machines becoming corrupt, perhaps due to my underlying filesystem (ext4) which I have found people advice against. Here are some of my notes. How to set up virtual box from scratch with auto-start. Ensure you have the latest updates $ sudo apt-get update Install dkms to ensure upgrades in the future don't trouble us $ sudo apt-get install dkms (Optional) Make sure your system is up-to-date $ apt-get upgrade Download the package Find the package by www-browser (remember it must match platform and version) $ sudo www-browser www.virtualbox.org put it on disk and call it virtua...