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On 05/20/2015 03:41 PM, David Sommerseth wrote:
> 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
>


Thank you!

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