![]() Start the VM with a port forward for the SSH port (I have yet to figure out how to get “proper” networking running with QEMU/KVM).Download from NoMachine and then install nxclient, nxnode and nxserver (I’ve decided to go with version 3.5 – version 4 is experimental and it appears that the software is time limited).Install the OS (I used QEMU’s built in VNC server to do this bit).Create a virtual disk image in qcow2 format.Fortunately, sanity prevails over at the Linux Mint and MATE projects and the MATE edition of Linux Mint 13 should provide a “ productive, stable and mature” virtual desktop. There’s one thing to keep in mind when choosing a distribution for use with NX – the rush to create style over substance desktops has (for the moment at least) left NX behind thanks to thier reliance on accelerated 3d graphics hardware. ![]() So I finally got around to doing it.īecause I plan on accessing it remotely as opposed to just around the house I’ve decided to use the NoMachine NX protocol because in the past I’ve found that NX works well over low bandwidth connections. One thing that has been on my to do list for a while has been to set up a Virtual Desktop VM on my VM server.
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