Virtual Box and Ubuntu 12.04

So today I;ve been using Virtual Box and Ubuntu to be honest the best experiences I've had with Linux is virtually. Everytime I've used it directly on hardware it has been a disaster and wasted time.

However I found 2 things to day that made my Linux experience more pleasurable. So I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 and trying to keep to it to really get to know the quirks and features. Resisting upgrading for now until the next LTS.

Here are the 2:

Install the 'guest additions' this lets you use Ubuntu in fullscreen.

and I found how to use Ubuntu Unity 3D. You need to enable '3D acceleration' in virtualbox settings for the virtual machine.