On 08/28/2012 10:37 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 9:23 AM, James B. Byrne <byrnejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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. > The wiki is here: > > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/FreeNX > > Also look into spice: > > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Spice-libvirt I do several Windows desktops with spice I think I would use freenx for a linux desktop .. unless sound is important, then spice would be my choice.
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