help for Virtualization

[NoOp]

On 04/21/2009 09:13 AM, Brian McKee wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Devil Love <traineehr at gmail.com> wrote:
>> i have been using ubuntu hardy heron 64 and have installed windows XP using
>> virtual box in my laptop. do i need to use a antivirus for the XP and can i
>> play games in that xp.
> 
> Yes - you still need AV for that machine.  It is unlikely (but
> possible) it would muck up the rest of your computer, but Windows
> itself is still vulnerable.
> Pick your favourite.
> 
> You can play games in that XP, however you may find games that require
> good DirectX performance will be unacceptably slow.
> I'm not a PC gamer, so have no direct experience, but I know
> framerates in Virtual Box will not be as good as 'native'
> 
> Brian
> 

Also be aware that you'll need to do the scanning from within the VM.
Nothing that I've tested (so far) will scan the .vdi from within linux.
IMO it's generally better to forego interactive scanning & instead
selectively scan on-demand; AVG, BitDefender & others will allow you to
do this. Reason being is that an AV in a VM can take up quite a bit of
CPU during the process.

Regarding games; the latest versions of VirtualBox (2.4.1 and 2.2.0) now
provide 3D OpenGL support, so the performance in that area has improved:

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog

That said; I've not tried any video intensive games on my Win2KPro
guest. So, you'll just have to test & try.

Note to those upgrading to 2.2.0 - there is a clipboard bug that
can/will crash a Windows Guest. See:
http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3723
for the workaround/fix.