Which Linux distribution runs smoothly in Sun's VirtualBox?

Apparently some distributions do not run smoothly in VirtualBox. For example I installed Fedora 11 and I couldn't configure monitor's screen resolution to more than 800x600.

What distribution run without problems in VirtualBox and which should be avoided? Which is the best one with regards to performance?

UPDATE: Can you explain what are the VirtualBox's Guest Additions.

Solution 1:

'Guest Additions' is a bundle of support tools and drivers that allows VirtualBox to interface directly with the OS to enable certain features, such as automatic mouse-out and accelerated graphics.

I've not had an issue with Linux on VirtualBox, and I've tried a half dozen different distributions including Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian and CentOS.

Ehtyar.

Solution 2:

I've got Ubuntu 9.04 and Fedora 11 successfully running in VirtualBox (Windows 7, too, by the way).

They refer to the tools/drivers that enable higher resolution, copy/paste, etc., as "Guest Additions". Once you've installed the client OS, you mount the ISO image that contains the Additions and install them from within the client.

By the way, this page has some information about client compatibility.