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Popping GNU/Linux out of the Virtual Machine

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 31, 2009

[ Thanks to Edmundo
for this link. ]

“I tried VirtualBox and was gladly surprised by its
performance. It was veeeeeeeeeery fast.

“Got Kubuntu installed on it. It works acceptably. Now the
problem with virtual machines where you have a window that
represents the computer’s monitor is that you have to use key
combinations to get in and out of the virtual machine
environments…. plus the windows in the virtual machine are inside
a window that looks not integrated to the real environment.

“But then a truck hit me. How about finding a way to get the
windows out of the virtual machine? How about using an X server on
Windows (XMing, for example) and configure the Virtual Machine to
use that X server. kdm can be configured to use a remote X
server.”


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Web Webster

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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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