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Short summary: 14.04 is much slower than 12.04 even with more RAM assigned.

I'm using latest VirtualBox 4.3.10 on Mavericks 10.9.2. How can I make it faster?

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davidhq
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Enable 3D acceleration from virtual machine setting worked! I haven't tried that because in 12.04 I didn't have that selected so I thought it should work without it.

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waspinator
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davidhq
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Also, I found the following helped for me. Enable the use of the Host IO cache for the SATA controller for the virtual disk.

miki
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Watch out for the "Execution Cap" setting under the processor setting for the virtual machine. I stumbled upon a user having it set to 1% when it normally should be at 100%.

You can find it under 'System'->'Processor'->'Execution Cap'. It's a slider.

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Markus Rexhepi-Lindberg
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Run Oracle VB Select your VM on the LHS Settings -> Display - > Video tab, "Enable Features:" and check the Enable 3D Acceleration box Click OK

three_jeeps
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Disabling the background blur of the search panel with the Unity Tweak tool also improves the speed of the Ubuntu UI.

mace
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I have Variety installed from the PPA's and discovered it was slowing VirtualBox to a crawl at times. Disabling the autostart from both the Variety preferences and Startup Applications restored the speed.

Christopher
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