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I've been spending a fair bit of time in a Linux VM, today I decided to try and get Docky to work, but it needs desktop effects.

To cut a long story short, the only VM solution that offers desktop effects seems to be VirtuaBox.

If I want to get better graphics support, is it a good idea to migrate over to Virtual Box?

Is the migration path simple?

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I went from VMware to Virtualbox, and love the speed difference. I am not sure about the migration path though, because I just reinstalled from scratch.

Another thing great about VB is that the Free VMware player does not support shared folders, but VirtualBox does.

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  • VMware Player supports shared folders.
    – KovBal
    Jul 18, 2009 at 13:28
  • @KovBal - Not with the free version.
    – Abhinav
    Jul 21, 2009 at 13:05
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I migrated yesterday and have been using it all day.

Performance wise I find it is slightly faster than VMWare 6.5, graphic rendering is smoother, also driver installation procedure seem much less intrusive.

The upgrade is a smooth as silk, the VMDK works just fine in Virtual Box.

I tried out the 3D features, but I must say that running compiz on the VM is not smooth enough, I seem to be getting artifacts and general tearing.

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  • 3D support in guests is marginal at best, so this is no surprise. If you need native 3D support, your only viable option is to run on physical hardware.
    – EmmEff
    Aug 29, 2009 at 23:57
  • Or use a type-1 hypervisor with a dedicated graphics card for the VM (downside: out put will be always be full screen on a different monitor).
    – Hennes
    Jul 5, 2016 at 7:39

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