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Re: Is KVM now abandoned in EL 6?
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David Sommerseth <[log in to unmask]>
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David Sommerseth <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 20 May 2015 22:41:50 +0000
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On 20 May 2015 18:13:48 CEST, ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>On 05/20/2015 12:49 AM, John Lauro wrote:
>> Why not run wine32 in a SL6 VM in SL7?  Personally, IMHO, why run
>anything critical that you can't run elsewhere (such as a brower, ssh
>client, etc) not in a VM?
>
>Basically because of the loss of functionality (a window
>inside a window, each with a different task bar, is a
>pain in the neck).  I ran XP in a VM to run things for the
>longest time.  Was tickled to get it to run natively.
>
>If Spice ever gets Coherence (seamless windows) going, that
>may be what I have to do.  Wine runs well in Fedora Core 21
>and is typically at or near the latest version.
>
>-T

A suggestion ... try xfreerdp against a VM with Windows version supporting "remote app mode".  That should give you the Windows app as a dedicated 
window without the Windows desktop.

<https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/wiki/RemoteApp>

--
kind regards,

David Sommerseth

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