I tried seamless desktop switching using VMware Player, but the player need "hostonly" connection, which prevent connection to the Internet via the guest OS (required when we need to browse using Internet Explorer, for example).
VMware is FREE and could be downloaded here
VMware Server is heavier than VMware Player, but on a T60 laptop, the Windows XP Professional guest OS performance is more than enough for me (I am using FAT file system instead of NTFS).
Install VMware Server on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn
Ubuntu Feisty Fawn is not supported by VMware Server, but you could follow a good tutorial how to patch VMware server here.
Patch Windows XP to Support Many User Login
Follow this link to get the patch to enable many terminal server users.
Note : install rar first to extract the files :
sudo apt-get install rar
Follow the instruction inside the rar files.
Screen Capture
Below is a screen capture showing Microsoft Outlook 2003, Powerpoint, and Visio applications running on separate screen on Beryl :
The applications also integrates very well with Beryl Cube :
Create Application Launcher
You could create GNOME application launcher using the following command :
rdesktop -D -K -g 1024x768 -a 16
mine is (just for example) :
rdesktop -D -K -g 1024x768 -a 16 192.168.207.129 -u thartono -p mypassword
Up until this step, I am already satisfied with the result, but if you want to go further, you could follow this link.
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