Re: [lxc-users] LXC with X, specifically KDE v. VM

2014-05-06 Thread brian mullan
Fajar and others have given you some answers that all work. I've done what you are wanting to do using multiple methods. - x2go works great and is easy to install. server side (lxc container for you): - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:x2go/stable - sudo apt-get update - sudo apt-g

Re: [lxc-users] LXC with X, specifically KDE v. VM

2014-05-06 Thread Michael H. Warfield
On Tue, 2014-05-06 at 20:54 +0700, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote: > On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 8:40 PM, Michael H. Warfield > wrote: > One gotcha. I haven't tried this in the last year or so but, > at one > > point, NX was broken on Ubuntu due to dependency failures in >

Re: [lxc-users] LXC with X, specifically KDE v. VM

2014-05-06 Thread Serge Hallyn
Quoting Fajar A. Nugraha (l...@fajar.net): > On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 8:40 PM, Michael H. Warfield wrote: > > > One gotcha. I haven't tried this in the last year or so but, at one > > point, NX was broken on Ubuntu due to dependency failures in some > > multimedia packages and libraries that I was

Re: [lxc-users] LXC with X, specifically KDE v. VM

2014-05-06 Thread Fajar A. Nugraha
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 8:40 PM, Michael H. Warfield wrote: > One gotcha. I haven't tried this in the last year or so but, at one > point, NX was broken on Ubuntu due to dependency failures in some > multimedia packages and libraries that I was never able to resolve at > the time. > > ... which i

Re: [lxc-users] LXC with X, specifically KDE v. VM

2014-05-06 Thread Michael H. Warfield
On Mon, 2014-05-05 at 23:40 -0400, TuxRaiderPen wrote: > I am in a situation where I am looking to possibly use LXC as a way to run > ONE > specific program that needs an X desktop. > What I am comparing is LXC v. my normal method a VM. What I would use is NX on the server (container) and Remm

Re: [lxc-users] LXC with X, specifically KDE v. VM

2014-05-06 Thread Fajar A. Nugraha
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 7:16 PM, TuxRaiderPen wrote: > On Tuesday, May 06, 2014 04:49:06 Dirk Geschke wrote: > > Any views, opinions, comments in re that LXC might be better, worse, even > v. a > VM??? Just curious, as I probably am going the LXC route, as it gives me > another test use case. I

Re: [lxc-users] LXC with X, specifically KDE v. VM

2014-05-06 Thread TuxRaiderPen
On Tuesday, May 06, 2014 04:49:06 Dirk Geschke wrote: > > + ssh -X {container} > > And all these work even with unprivileged containers. Thanks... that is pretty much the plan as per other message for LXC. (See other other reply too.. Thanks though.. I do this for a ton of other stuff, jus

Re: [lxc-users] LXC with X, specifically KDE v. VM

2014-05-06 Thread TuxRaiderPen
On Tuesday, May 06, 2014 04:04:33 Fajar A. Nugraha wrote: > > The easiest way would be to treat the container like any other remote host. > > I'm not familiar with kmail, so I assume it can be started standalone > without having to start the full kde desktop? If yes, then the easiest > way is to e

Re: [lxc-users] LXC with X, specifically KDE v. VM

2014-05-06 Thread Dirk Geschke
Hi All, > wrote: > > I am in a situation where I am looking to possibly use LXC as a way to run > > ONE > > specific program that needs an X desktop. [...] > The easiest way would be to treat the container like any other remote host. > > I'm not familiar with kmail, so I assume it can be star

Re: [lxc-users] LXC with X, specifically KDE v. VM

2014-05-06 Thread Fajar A. Nugraha
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 10:40 AM, TuxRaiderPen wrote: > I am in a situation where I am looking to possibly use LXC as a way to run ONE > specific program that needs an X desktop. > > What I am comparing is LXC v. my normal method a VM. > > Why do I need to run one program... email. I only use KMai

[lxc-users] LXC with X, specifically KDE v. VM

2014-05-05 Thread TuxRaiderPen
I am in a situation where I am looking to possibly use LXC as a way to run ONE specific program that needs an X desktop. What I am comparing is LXC v. my normal method a VM. Why do I need to run one program... email. I only use KMail, but since changes to that program are not to my liking (ou