Integrate Virtualbox/Qemu Guest booting as a desktop environment listing (request)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Greeter |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
Light Display Manager |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I had seen this new way to install Chromium OS and "boot" it using LightDM's session select menu, and it made me think of an idea:
What if you were able to boot virtual machines in the same manner? It would simplify the Ubuntu user's life GREATLY if they had easy access to a Windows VM that can synchronize their files to and fro (Guest additions) and not require a reboot to use it. Modern computers have more than enough power to do something like this, and it should be even easier if the system is using a dedicated virtual machine environment rather than a full blown desktop.
This can transform LightDM from being just another login screen to a full-blown glorified host for all of your operating systems and remote logins.
I think this would make using Ubuntu a LOT less of a hassle for the new user who came from Windows :)
description: | updated |
summary: |
- Integrate Virtualbox/Qemu Guest booting as a login (request) + Integrate Virtualbox/Qemu Guest booting as a desktop environment listing + (request) |
Changed in pantheon-greeter: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
Changed in pantheon-greeter: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
no longer affects: | qemu |