20th March 2017, 12:23
Hi,
I use Virtualbox for years and being very satisfied with it. No issues at all. Using the version from the Ubuntu repositories, not the one from Virtualbox site, though.
As for Office 2010, I use it as well, but via wine - it works flawlessly, so you can maybe try it that way.
As for the HP printer/scanner, I use them as well, via HP Lip - all functions work flawlessly once the proprietary plugin is installed. So if those are only 2 things you need the VM for, maybe you can ditch Windows for good.
The only thing I need VM for are SAP related apps, which are pretty much non-existent for Linux and wine cannot run them properly.
I use Virtualbox for years and being very satisfied with it. No issues at all. Using the version from the Ubuntu repositories, not the one from Virtualbox site, though.
As for Office 2010, I use it as well, but via wine - it works flawlessly, so you can maybe try it that way.
As for the HP printer/scanner, I use them as well, via HP Lip - all functions work flawlessly once the proprietary plugin is installed. So if those are only 2 things you need the VM for, maybe you can ditch Windows for good.
The only thing I need VM for are SAP related apps, which are pretty much non-existent for Linux and wine cannot run them properly.