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Why wouldn't you want to use the VirtualBox guest additions? It's GPLv2 licensed and brings additional features that make using the VM easier.
by jabiko 5y ago
Why wouldn't you want to use the VirtualBox guest additions?
It's GPLv2 licensed and brings additional features that make using the VM easier.
- joombaga 5y agoYou might not want to be locked in. I've used VirtualBox to build systems meant to eventually run elsewhere.
- franga2000 5y agoIt's an absolute disaster for one. I haven't actually managed to get shared folders to work reliably in years. It ended up being faster and more reliable to run Samba on the host and connect over a virtual network. Some of the other features of course can't easily be duplicated with other tools and they work decent-ish anyways so there's no reason to try, but shared folders aren't one of them.
- selfhoster11 5y agoThey are always rock solid for me on Windows guests. Linux guests are a different matter altogether, but mainly due to permissions.