On 14 January 2015 at 10:53, J Marc Edwards via smartos-discuss <
[email protected]> wrote:

> I also recall in some communication with Jonathan Perkin that we can run
> anything we want in the KVM zone.  This communication was in the context of
> running an Ubuntu desktop in the KVM zone.  What I didn't specifically say
> in that dialogue was that I was expecting the GNOME desktop to be displayed
> on the monitor attached to the NUC.
>
> So, am I really just hosed here with SmartOS running as a "micro cloud" on
> the NUC expecting that I could run KVM zones with graphical desktops?  As I
> never completely elaborated on my NUC/SmartOS use-case, I want to run BOTH
> Ubuntu GNOME and Chromium OS graphical desktops in KVM zones on the display
> attached to the NUC.
>

Install something like (Free)NX or LTSP and you can run a full desktop
inside a KVM host. You still need a NX, RDP or similar client to access the
desktop.

AFAIK at the moment Smartos doesn't do any form of hardware passthough for
GPUs if you want to do this on a local attached displays.  I'd go google
"kvm gpu passthrough" if you want to do that with a Linux base
install/hypervisor.

It's a complex area and not something I've really look into, but I'd troll
though http://brianmadden.com/, kvm.org and various mailing lists in order
to find the best methods for what you say you want above. Look into PCoIP,
etc.


Nicholas



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