Thanks. We tried this setup yesterday but KVM was soooo sluggish. We decided to try Virtualbox and it worked like charm. :-)
On Dec 8, 2010, at 11:21 AM, Michael Tinsay wrote: > ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Michael Janapin <[email protected]> >> To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 7, 2010 10:13:36 >> Subject: Re: [plug] Virtualization Solution >> >> Hi Mike, >> I decided to plunge ahead with the KVM on Ubuntu 10.04 server and see how >> it >> goes. >> >> Do I have to install X on that machine? Will a guest OS that needs GUI like >> windows run without X on my host? > > Yes, X is required since KVM uses VNC technology to present you the Windows > GUI > screen. > >> The end-user of that Machine will be using Windows. > > As an aside, with seamless RDP installed in your Windows XP guest, you can > have > the windows start button and taskbar appear on your X desktop and run your > windows program directly in X -- they actually run in the VM but the > presentation is in X. > > > --- mike t. > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
