Archive for February 23rd, 2009

HOWTO: Gracefully Shutdown VirtualBox VMs on Reboot or Shutdown of Ubuntu

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

I always forget I have a GUI virtual machine open when I go to shutdown, usually because it is on another desktop, out of sight. This howto will show you how to avoid the same thing, and to put any VMs you have open into a saved state, ready for a quick start up next time.

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