[ubuntu-za] Running VMs

[Charl Wentzel]

On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 20:39 -0500, Lee Sharp wrote:
> I need to set up a psudo ctrix server.  I need to run a handful of 
> various desktops (XP, Vista, W7, Hackentosh, FreeBSD) in VMs that 
> various people can remotely connect to.  Up to know, I have mainly used 
> QEMU, as it was totally portable, but it does not work as a "desktop 
> server" very well.
> 
> I am thinking KVM with the virtual nics in bridge mode, but I have heard 
> it is not a good "desktop" solution.  Has anyone done anything like 
> this?  Any ideas?
> 
Hi Lee

I've been using both VirtualBox and KVM with Virtual Machine Manager.
Although VirtualBox is very easy to use and highly polished, I actually
prefer KVM with Virtual Machine Manager because of relation to libvirt
which allows me to manage everything from both the GUI and command line.

Other KVM/Qemu utilities you can have a look at is:
- Qemulater
- Qemu Launcher

Both are in the repositories and pretty powerful, but probably obviously
geared towards the more "technically inclined" user.  From what I've
observed you fall into this category.

Regards
Charl