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Besides running on old hardware, the main benefit of distros like Lubuntu and Xubuntu is that they run well in VirtualBox without reliable GPU support. Ubuntu w
by dooyogi 8y ago
Besides running on old hardware, the main benefit of distros like Lubuntu and Xubuntu is that they run well in VirtualBox without reliable GPU support. Ubuntu with Gnome 3 is almost unusable in VirtualBox.
- mrweasel 8y agoWhen you see people recommend new Linux users that they could try Ubuntu in VirtualBox, to get familier with it, I often wonder what kind of impression they walk away with. An modern Linux distribution in a vm, running on your laptop typically isn't all that great an experience.
- fbnlsr 8y agoThanks for that comment. I've tried using Ubuntu inside VirtualBox on my brand new i7-8700 / 16 GB RAM computer and it's far from being smooth. I'll give Xubuntu a try.
- crtasm 8y agoLubuntu 18.04 has/had a blank/corrupted display issue with Virtualbox, if you run into it try enabling 3d acceleration: https://www.reddit.com/r/Lubuntu/comments/8g7t8u/lubuntu_18_does_not_install_on_virtualbox_only_a/.compact https://www.reddit.com/r/Lubuntu/comments/8g7t8u/lubuntu_18_...
- theandrewbailey 8y agoXubuntu in Virtualbox is part of my development stack on my Windows desktop. The real deal is Xubuntu on bare metal (not virtualized). It's worked well for years.