Integrate Virtualbox/Qemu Guest booting as a desktop environment listing (request)

Bug #1077806 reported by Jonathan Alfonso
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Greeter
Confirmed
Wishlist
Unassigned
Light Display Manager
New
Undecided
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
David Gomes (davidgomes)
Changed in pantheon-greeter:
status: New → Confirmed
Thomas Huth (th-huth)
no longer affects: qemu
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