Tobi - That is great to know about your work with cendio. Sounds like a great setup, especially if you can pull your zones / images from servers.
Mono On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 8:05 PM, Tobias Oetiker via smartos-discuss < [email protected]> wrote: > Yesterday Joshua M. Clulow via smartos-discuss wrote: > > > On 16 May 2014 14:07, Nicholas Lee via smartos-discuss > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What's the long term likelihood of a full Ubuntu desktop running in a > branded zone? > > > > It is even less likely than a full SmartOS desktop running in a native > > zone, frankly. You would need to do work to be able to pass graphics > > hardware access down into the zone, just to get X11 to start in a > > native zone. In a branded zone, you would also need to do that in a > > way that's identical to (via brand emulation) the way that it's > > exposed on Linux. > > > > We're doing this work -- as with essentially all SmartOS development > > -- for cloud/server environments, not Desktops. > > who says hw access ... see www.cendio.com ... if there is an ubuntu > branded zone, then there should be no problem runnning thinlink > from www.cendio.com there ... > > we are running thinlink on kvm running on omnios today ... works > like a charm and in contrast to sunray even does full screen video. > > cheers > tobi > > -- > Tobi Oetiker, OETIKER+PARTNER AG, Aarweg 15 CH-4600 Olten, Switzerland > www.oetiker.ch [email protected] +41 62 775 9902 > > > > ------------------------------------------- > smartos-discuss > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now > RSS Feed: > https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25028837-b6239c78 > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
