Window Blinds inside 8.1 virtualbox recommended?
Thursday, January 1, 2015 by bluedxca93 | Discussion: Windows Discussion
Hi,
my PC specs:
3 ghz dual core amd 64 bit
500 MB graphic card (zotac)
host system lxubuntu 14.10 use virtualbox to get win8.1 working . Can`t install such a unstable OS as win 8.1 on my real PC.
Windows 7 is ways better. However i liked to see the real differwences between 8.1 and 7 when running window blinds.
My laptop runs fine with 8.1 ( except window blinds) after some hours of work and only with most applications ( in most cases only those that are running under wine too).
Is it possible to install window blinds on it ??
regards bluedxca93
Reply #2 Tuesday, January 20, 2015 7:35 AM
Hi,
did now test it.
Whats funny:
Skinstudio dioes not work, skinstudio does. On my laptop with exact the same OS its the inverse 
.
regards bluedxca93
Reply #3 Tuesday, January 20, 2015 9:38 AM
Unstable is not something I would call Windows 8.1.
Reply #4 Tuesday, January 20, 2015 9:50 AM
giggle
[quote who="Island Dog" reply="3" id="3517185"]
Unstable is not something I would call Windows 8.1.
Me neither 
Reply #5 Tuesday, January 20, 2015 11:22 AM
all good and well but why would you want to run windowblinds in a virtualbox while you could simply change skins in XYZ-ubuntu?
Reply #6 Tuesday, January 20, 2015 6:46 PM
Skinstudio dioes not work, skinstudio does.
It works or it don't?
I would say yes, but you can't run Maximized/full screen-windows in virtual box.
I don't know about VirtualBox, been a whle. But I run VMWare and can run maximized/full screen windows, no problem.
I use WindowBlinds on virtual machines with no real difference from a real OS.
Reply #8 Wednesday, January 21, 2015 4:33 PM
all good and well but why would you want to run windowblinds in a virtualbox while you could simply change skins in XYZ-ubuntu?
Cos he doesn't have a propeller hat for Linux....
lol i just think it would not look great or give you the feeling of a nice skinned OS if you have a non skinned Ubuntu running and windowsblinds in a windowed virtualbox setup. Would be like looking at holiday pictures all year without having a trip yourself.
Reply #9 Monday, January 26, 2015 3:15 AM
Quoting benmanns,
reply 5
all good and well but why would you want to run windowblinds in a virtualbox while you could simply change skins in XYZ-ubuntu?
Cos he doesn't have a propeller hat for Linux....
lol i just think it would not look great or give you the feeling of a nice skinned OS if you have a non skinned Ubuntu running and windowsblinds in a windowed virtualbox setup. Would be like looking at holiday pictures all year without having a trip yourself.
LoL:
I can skin ubuntu too.That is a skin from a friend i ported to newer gtk version:
And well i can even make window blinds skins on linux and use my own window blinds skins ( and theoretically every skin) on linux. Also i can use win 8 skin full screen mode insuide virtualbox!
However skinning on wiindow blinds is ten time s faster.... And i do use win 7 often too... So im not that linux fanatic you see.
regards bluedxca93
Reply #10 Monday, January 26, 2015 5:41 AM
Quoting benmanns,
reply 5
all good and well but why would you want to run windowblinds in a virtualbox while you could simply change skins in XYZ-ubuntu?
Cos he doesn't have a propeller hat for Linux....
lol i just think it would not look great or give you the feeling of a nice skinned OS if you have a non skinned Ubuntu running and windowsblinds in a windowed virtualbox setup. Would be like looking at holiday pictures all year without having a trip yourself.
LoL:
I can skin ubuntu too.That is a skin from a friend i ported to newer gtk version:
And well i can even make window blinds skins on linux and use my own window blinds skins ( and theoretically every skin) on linux. Also i can use win 8 skin full screen mode insuide virtualbox!
However skinning on wiindow blinds is ten time s faster.... And i do use win 7 often too... So im not that linux fanatic you see.
regards bluedxca93
so control + F works for fullscreen in ubuntu also
Though you have to run VB in windowed mode, that is the reason why i said it would take away from the experience this changes if you are able to run VB in fullscreen.
Looks good btw
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Reply #1 Thursday, January 1, 2015 1:05 PM
I would say yes, but you can't run Maximized/full screen-windows in virtual box.