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Why I'm Still With Mepis
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Post # 295305
 Re: Why I'm Still With MepisOver time I've fiddled with VBox's system and video RAM many times, with no improvement. As it is, it's useable, but I use it so rarely anyway that it's not worth any additional effort. What I really need is a newer/better/faster PC.
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Administrator  Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:17 pm Posts: 8750 Location: Rochester NY Has thanked: 580 times Have thanks: 956 times
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Post # 295306
Re: Why I'm Still With Mepis
Probably right. I am running Danum's latest M11 spin in Vbox and it is running as fast as M11 natively. _________________ Forum Rules Guide - How to Ask for Help Link to Wiki Rich Acer Laptop 5750G: Intel i5, 4 GIG mem, nVidia GT540M/Intel integrated graphics Kubuntu 13.04, KDE 4.10.2 M12 Alpha 2 in VirtualBox |
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MEPIS Guide  Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:10 am Posts: 2731 Location: The Netherlands Has thanked: 128 times Have thanks: 210 times
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Post # 295308
Re: Why I'm Still With Mepis As it happens I just this afternoon upgraded the amount of ram to double of what it was. PURELY for VB running, as it slowed things to a crawl. Right now it is having an install of win7_64 on there, and going at 6gigs+ worth of ram in total, running like a peach both host and guest. It is very important to run a strong enough host.
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MEPIS Enthusiast   Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:54 am Posts: 9166 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma U.S.A. Has thanked: 2710 times Have thanks: 574 times
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Post # 295317
Re: Why I'm Still With Mepis RAM is the secret to having a responsive guest and host. Along with a multi-core processor. For most of us two cores are enough for host and guest. But the quads and above run heavy loads way better.
In video the average video card is enough for most of us. If I was compiling a lot I'd repartition my hard disk and not use a VM for anything except browsing and other light work. Though I can say from what little I know is that things are way better now than just a couple of years ago (in using resources of the host for the guest that is). I'd do that mainly because I don't want to buy major hardware.  _________________ "There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders." Alan K. Simpson |
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