> xVM and X11 have nothing to do with each other. X11 > is just a giant > memory hog, and JDS many more times over on top of > that. Even with > 32GB of memory, it's common to not see any gui with > UNIX systems, they > are unncessary.
Yes, I run a few Solarises, with no GUI :) > As for Windows command-line > administration, I agree > mostly, except Powershell, Services for UNIX, and > Windows Server 2003 > and beyond have a full set of tools for managing IIS, > domains, dns, > security, etc, you just need to read up on them those > three solutions > together will fill in 75% of the tasks of an average > Windows > sysadmin. Yes, they are good tools indeed. But still, somehow Windows is not a "real" "shell-toy" :) > Windows can run backgrounded, see VMware > Workstation and > VMware Server backgrounding, it doesn't bind with X11 > or anything like > you're used to with COM and compositing on Vista for > instance, which > makes it impossible to separate window manager and > program. There is > a console for installing and using xVM guests, but it > is hardly > necessary for operation of a server after it's setup. > There's VNC > upport regardless of the guest type with xVM already, > just a matter > of toggling a flag and setting a password. You could > also use rdp if > you want better integration and performance after the > guest is up, > obviously very nice because if windows bsod's you > have direct VNC not > using mirror drivers or abstraction, it's like a > fancy ipkvm. :) > > James Thanks for the comments! A This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ xen-discuss mailing list [email protected]
