What I have done, both in real installations and virtual machines is I make my
/tmp and /var/tmp folders tmpfs. I have found, at least with KDE, the need to
create and read/write hundreds of small files will slow down a system with
poor iops.
I have lately taken to running installations off the SDHC drive on my laptop
and all is well and pretty fast, if I'm using a tmpfs /tmp and /var/tmp.
Try that in your VM, and like Lisa said, if possible, give it more ram.
Nathan
On Monday, March 11, 2013 06:48:12 PM Josh Coffman wrote:
Hi,
I want to move all my non-windows dev to an ubuntu (or suggestion) virtual
box vm. I'm noticing a sluggish UI both on ubuntu and Mint with cinnamon when
running on my macbook. It's a retina with ssd and plenty of ram. I thought it
might be unity until I tried Mint. Anyone know trick to speed up a vbox on
mac?
Thanks,
Josh
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