In GNOME 3.4, there will be a new app called Boxes which is designed for desktop virtualization. It uses libvirt which manages KVM, Xen, and VirtualBox VMs. It also supports KVM USB redirection.
KVM has support for the QXL virtual GPU architecture. QXL doesn't currently support 3D (with a DRM kernel module implementing DRI2). VirtualBox and VMware already have this. I know that Red Hat is working on 3D but it I don't believe that it be available in the first half of 2012. In Fedora 17, the llvmpipe X.org driver will be used for video hardware that doesn't have DRI2 support in the kernel (like QXL). This will allow GNOME 3 on Fedora 17 to run in a KVM VM. If other distros use the llvmpipe driver, they also can get 3D support in KVM. -- Support the Free Software Foundation - www.fsf.org _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Apr 4 - An Intro to Chef May 2 - Git Jun 6 - June 2012 Meeting
