It would be a hell of a compelling case for large deployments of virtual offices though.....
Sent from my iPhone > On 16 May 2014, at 14:34, "Joshua M. Clulow via smartos-discuss" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 16 May 2014 14:07, Nicholas Lee via smartos-discuss > <[email protected]> wrote: >> What's the long term likelihood of a full Ubuntu desktop running in a >> branded zone? > > It is even less likely than a full SmartOS desktop running in a native > zone, frankly. You would need to do work to be able to pass graphics > hardware access down into the zone, just to get X11 to start in a > native zone. In a branded zone, you would also need to do that in a > way that's identical to (via brand emulation) the way that it's > exposed on Linux. > > We're doing this work -- as with essentially all SmartOS development > -- for cloud/server environments, not Desktops. > > Cheers. > > -- > Joshua M. Clulow > UNIX Admin/Developer > http://blog.sysmgr.org > > > ------------------------------------------- > smartos-discuss > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25681568-6afa236a > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
