Ubuntu 16.04 as Virtualbox Guest on Windows

I've been playing with the many flavours of Ubuntu 16.04 to see which might be suitable for deploying applications over a free to use RDP or X2GO solution. I've tried the following:

• Ubuntu
• Kubuntu
• Xubuntu
• Lubuntu
• Ubuntu Gnome
• Ubuntu Mate

Part of this testing is on Virtualbox as a guest under Windows 10, and I've found the correct selection of extra packages I need to give full display functionality as a guest without errors.

I used the following command:

• sudo apt install virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-dkms dkms linux-headers-generic build-essential

Ubuntu is out as it's display manager doesn't work well with the RDP server, so looks like Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu Mate or maybe Ubuntu Gnome fail-back might be usable.

Install VirtualBox-Guest-Utils on CentOS 7

First enable the CentOS Extras Repo:
$ sudo yum install epel-release

Then install dkms:
$ sudo install dkms

Install required development tools:
$ sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
$ sudo yum install kernel-devel

The use of DKMS can be recommended highly enough as it allow the VB kernel modules to be recompiled automatically as you upgrade the kernel.

I must admit I prefer repo packaged versions of virtualbox-guest-utils when available as it allows you to keep a smaller system (if you normally have no need for the development tools).

Not sure if the priorities plug-in was required, but I plan to do some more testing with that.

Repoforge appears to be the new RPMForge?

Sources:
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Virtualization/VirtualBox/CentOSguest
http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/Priorities
http://repoforge.org/use/
http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/install-epel-and-additional-repositories-on-centos-and-red-hat