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Does VBox run better on a Windows host as opposed to Linux host?
"Shared Folders" do not operate properly on Linux hosts.
Reference: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=104732

keywild wrote:Does VBox run better on a Windows host as opposed to Linux host?

Both run Virtualbox just fine when the host OS is in good condition with not too many pebcak-induced tweaks.

keywild wrote:"Shared Folders" do not operate properly on Linux hosts.

Either host OS type can be tweaked to a point where something in Virtualbox can't work correctly. I am not as familiar with Linux as I am with Windows, but it strikes me from reading the Linux forums that Linux contains a lot more opportunity for such break-inducing tweaking.

A fresh-install of Linux sans tweaks should fully support all features of Virtualbox.

Another thing to consider: In your linked topic your host is running the Ubuntu fork of Virtualbox, which is supported by Ubuntu, not Virtualbox. Once someone forks a program the forker takes responsibility for the fork. So you'd either have to ask them or use official Virtualbox.

scottgus1 wrote:

keywild wrote:Does VBox run better on a Windows host as opposed to Linux host?

A fresh-install of Linux sans tweaks should fully support all features of Virtualbox.

That is WHAT I tried .... no joy. I think VBox may only run correctly on Oracle's own version of Linux.

No, lots of other Linux host owners run Virtualbox just fine.