[Discuss] VirtualBox question

[pw]

Yes, Adam sent the wikipedia link.
Bumped my head I guess...(figures)

I am wrong about VBox using java.
It was a grumpy assumption due to slowness and crashing of java
while virtual box runs on various systems. I didn't look very deeply
After a while I just put up with it and assumed.

At one point I was testing the java issue by comparing how things
crashed or didn't with various java applications and applets while
running or not running a virtual machine in vbox. I never
used 'head'  on the virtual box executables until now. I simply assumed
it was interfering with java because it was programmed in java and
myriad of other non-java programs were not crashing regardless of size
or memory use.

I like virtual box it does a good job for most things.

Anyway, even though vbox is not programmed in java, oracle java
runs faster with vbox running on some systems, and tends to crash less
than openjdk. Why?, I didn't look close enough to find out. Too little time.

Correlation is not causation.

Brain farts aside, it would be nice to resolve what ever the issue
is.

Bad java programs?
Not enough memory?
Generic Kernel?
Keyboard<-->chair issue? :)

Peter


On 08/15/2014 11:14 PM, Cy Schubert wrote:
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> This is incorrect. VBox has nothing to do with Java.
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> It's a great tool. I'm running various Linux, FreeBSD, and Windows on it
> with no problems.
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> Java doesn't interact directly with any kernel.
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> If your Linux system locks up while using Java then you have more problems
> than just java.
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> The failing of java is that it's a huge security hole.
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