[Discuss] VirtualBox question

[Cy Schubert]

In message <53EEA872.6060908 at telus.net>, pw writes:
> Hello,
> 
> Virtual box runs on java.
> Not sure about benchmarks for openjdk but I have noticed that some
>   things slightly faster if you install oracle java.

This is incorrect. VBox has nothing to do with Java.

> 
> Having said that, java was probably a lousy choice for
> development of an emulator. I think the expectation was that
> Moores' law would have taken us farther than it actually did,
> thus hiding the inefficiencies of the actual java language.

It's a great tool. I'm running various Linux, FreeBSD, and Windows on it 
with no problems.

> 
> The interaction of java with the 2.6 kernel and various layers
> in linux makes things lock up if you try too many java things at the 
> same time. (ie: run virtual box and a java applet in host web browser.)

Java doesn't interact directly with any kernel.

If your Linux system locks up while using Java then you have more problems 
than just java.

> 
> Java does that in windows too.
> 
> The failings of java are just optimized better in windows because
> they spent more time working on support for that O.S. during
> development.

The failing of java is that it's a huge security hole.



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Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert at komquats.com>
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	The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.




> 
> There are other virtual machines but virtual box is the best
> 'FREE' one.
> 
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
> On 08/15/2014 02:53 PM, John Blomfield wrote:
> > I use VirtualBox for running the odd Windows program I need and also for
> > testing any Linux distro that I want to try and I have found that the
> > Linux distros run very very slowly compared to Windows Vista. My host
> > distro is OpenSuse 13.1 and my computer has 8 GB of Ram, which I share
> > 4GB to OpenSuse and 4GB to any virtual machine I am running. Does anyone
> > have any answers why Linux distros should run slowly on VirtualBox?
> >
> 
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