-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Les Mikesell Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 5:12 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] KVM as a desktop
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 9:23 AM, James B. Byrne byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca wrote:
I am nearing the end of a project that moved our disparate services and hosts onto kvm virtualized servers. What I am now contemplating is setting up my desktop as a virtual host and using one of the guests as my primary workstation.
However, I am not sure how this would work in practice. I am accustomed to working with virtual instances via ssh (a terminal window) and with my desktop system in a Gnome window manager. Is there a reference somewhere that outlines the mechanics of logging into a virtual guest's graphical desktop directly from the physical console of the kvm host system?
I like to use freenx to host the desktop and the NX client to display it. That should work regardless of whether the desktop is a VM or not and regardless of the OS or location of the display - and it wouldn't surprise me if it performs better than whatever the built-in KVM mechanism uses. Even if you normally work locally, you may find it handy to be able to pick up the display from elsewhere with everything still running and have good performance.
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Not sure if freeNX is the best way to go. How about x2go: http://www.x2go.org/ Or thinlink from http://www.cendio.com/
Hw
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On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 6:13 AM, J.Witvliet@mindef.nl wrote:
Not sure if freeNX is the best way to go. How about x2go: http://www.x2go.org/ Or thinlink from http://www.cendio.com/
The free version of NX may be on the way out, but currently freenx has the advantage of being a 'yum install' that comes up working with the still available 3.x versions of NX. All you have to do is copy/paste the unique key that the install will generate from /etc/nxserver/client.id.dsa.key into the client config window, pick unix, gnome desktop, and connect. Normally the only thing I touch in the server config is to adjust DISPLAY_BASE to be unique since I often run multiple sessions as the 1st and only user on different targets which would otherwise get the same display number but that won't be necessary on your first install.
x2go may have more current work and better support for sound, mapped drives, etc., but I normally just use those facilities from the host with the display or the native network support from host running the desktop.
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Les Mikesell