VirtualBox Linux Guest configuration

VirtualBox Linux Guest configuration

1. Set Guest screen resolution

$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-dkms

https://askubuntu.com/questions/451805/screen-resolution-problem-with-ubuntu-14-04-and-virtualbox

2. Auto mount of shared folder on Guest

$ sudo -H gedit /etc/rc.local

Before 'exit 0' type: mount.vboxsf windows_share_name /media/windows_share vboxsf

How to mount a VirtualBox shared folder at startup? - Ask Ubuntu

3. Ubuntu Chromium always in incognito mode

$ cp /usr/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/

$ vi ~/.local/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop

Find the first line in the file that begins with Exec= Replace the line by Exec=chromium-browser --incognito

https://askubuntu.com/questions/461943/how-do-i-open-chromium-in-incognito-mode-by-default

4. Internet slow on Virtualbox Guest

https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/4922/week-in-geek-the-fixing-slow-internet-in-virtualbox-xp-guest-edition/

https://superuser.com/questions/1235168/slow-download-on-virtualbox-linux-guest

Keeping attached to 'NAT' adapter, change adapter type to

PCnet-PCI II adapter                                                 for Windows XP guest

One of Intel (Intel PRO MT/1000 Server)              for Windows 7 guest

PIIX3 to ICH9                                                             For Linux guest