The way to make the virtual machine look seamless with host OS is by setting the same wallpaper, set the guest to auto-resize to host window, hide the menu bar and status bar. First thing we need to do in the guest system is install “guest additions” which can be inserted as a disc from Devices>Insert Guest Additions CD Image. Open virtual box and create your Virtual machine following the step by step GUI and start the machine. Install virtualbox, virtualbox-host-modules-arch, virtualbox-ext-oracle (this one is from AUR). The easy way is to simply reboot your system. I used my university’s license on this one. To install VirtualBox and the kernel modules for your installed kernel enter the following command in the terminal: sudo pacman -Syu virtualbox linux54-virtualbox-host-modules Once the installation has completed, it will then be necessary to add the VirtualBox Module to your kernel. The only thing which needs to be sourced is the windows installation disk (.iso) which either someone can loan you a copy or buy one. So I installed windows on my desktop using VirtualBox. Then I realised it is better to have a windows installation loaded with commonly used software ready to go whenever I needed it rather than depending on someone else. Initially I planned to never go back to windows and in such situations I’ll just borrow a windows computer just for that purpose. Last time I had to do it is because of a form which was a Word document set up in a way that I had to use ms word to fill it in. Even though I have moved over to Linux completely for quite sometime, every now and then I’ll encounter situations in which I really have to use windows.

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