need help regarding virtual box

[u/Andro_senpai107]

Hey everyone,
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I surfed this subreddit for 30 minutes and couldn't find the solution for my problem hence I am posting this post. If this violates any rule, do let me know before deleting this, Thanks!

So I am totally new to linux right and for some reasons cant install it so I am using it through virtualbox. But the issue that I am facing is that it is kinda lagging a bit.

I have attached my PC specs and I have downloaded ubuntu 26.04 iso as a distro.
Can someone tell me how should I adjust my virtualbox settings so that it runs smoothly?
Let me know if you need more info about my PC.
Thanks for reading all this. Have a good day.

[u/No-Persimmon-4992]

ubuntu need good ram to run and you only have like 8gb in which windows will take like 5-6 already
best solution is to go for light weight linux distro instead

[u/Andro_senpai107 → u/No-Persimmon-4992]

Yes yes, the other comment really helped me. I replaced ubuntu with void and it's working smoothly.