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I'm using the latest version of Linux Mint, installed maybe a month ago. VirtualBox was installed from repository (it was installed directly from website, but got reverted on me to from the repo on me). I'm using an HP 15 (HP-15-f387wm) laptop if you need a bunch of specs, but if not, I've 4G RAM and I've set Linux to have 8G SWAP as well (just do). I run HexChat, Google Chrome with usually 4-7 tabs open (NetFlix, Facebook always) and extensions (DuckDuckGo, Evernote, LastPass, Webutation, Full Page Screen Capture, uBlock). VirtualBox is set to only use 1 out of my 4 cores. Also I'm using MATE desktop for a lighter desktop environment.

Can anyone think of why VM would cause my host Linux Mint system to go slow at all?

Post the guests log file ( as an attachment ). Right click on the guest in the Main Manager then click show log. Save and post as an attachment. Compress if it is too large to post.