On 29 January 2012 16:49, JJ Zolper <cod...@madtrak.com> wrote: > Sam, > > I have set up VirtualBox with Python and Django. Things have gone > flawlessly. > > Only thing I've noticed is it seems to be running a tad bit slow. I feel > this way because I had a native installation before and it ran quite well.
Have you installed the VirtualBox Guest Additions? That will, among other things, optimise your video which should make it feel a lot faster. This looks like a good guide for installing it on Ubuntu 11.10 - http://www.varunvats.com/2011/06/install-virtualbox-guest-additions-for-ubuntu-11-04-guest/ > Before I go too far into writing code I was hoping to "perfect" my > environment. I want to be able to donate enough resources such as RAM to the > VM so that it runs well but at the same time maintain a steady local Windows > boot. > > Would you mind helping get me situated? > > My Laptop is a Fujitsu Lifebook T5010. A 231 GB HDD with 4 GB RAM. I have > Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit operating system installed. > > The original or current setup for my Ubuntu 11.10 on my VirtualBox system > is: > > Base Memory: 700 MB (RAM? max is 4096) > Storage: 40 GB (Fixed) > Video Memory: 12 MB (max is 128) > Monitor count is 1 > > Those are all the details I thought might be useful. I would really > appreciate some guidance as to what you set yours up as or what you think > might be the best to optimize performance? > > As a side note I'm really asking anyone in this thread what their opinion > is? I plan is to look through this thread and see who else mentioned Linux > and see if I can get input so I'm ready to go before I dive too deep into my > development. > > Thanks to you and to everyone who has been very patient with me, given me so > many tips, and stepped me through my setup! > > Much appreciation, > > JJ Zolper > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/y689VFsrhDUJ. > > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
