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Virtualbox Tips for Ubuntu Guest in Windows Host

For Ubuntu tips, see http://jessezhuang.github.io/ article/ubuntu/. How to Get Shared Folder Write Access When used as a virtual machine guest (Ubuntu 14.04LTS in Windows 10 host with Oracle VirtualBox), to get access to shared folder, run the following command in shell, replace username with your ubuntu username.

replace username with your actual ubuntu username $ sudo usermod -a -G vboxsf username After that, reboot the VM and you should have write access to the shared folder.

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Ubuntu Tips and Tricks

Ubuntu version is 14.04 LTS running as a guest OS in Oracle VirtualBox 5. For VirtualBox related issues, see http://jessezhuang.github.io/ article/virtualbox-tips/. Performance Monitoring top from command line System Monitor application installed by default. Screen Capture Application Screenshot installed by default. Can take screenshot of whole screen, current window, or selected area. Similar to “Snipping Tool” in Windows. To run this tool from the shell, use gnome-screeshot -i for interactive window specified with mouse, gnome-screenshot -help for other options.

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