Re: [Nolug] XP over 7 on VirtualBox

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 08:27:23PM -0500, Joey Kelly wrote:
> B. Estrade wrote:
>> VB comes with cli tools, but I'm not sure if the GUI is required for set up.
>> Makes things much easier, though.
>>
>
> Call me old-school, but I like twm for environments where KDE is
> overkill. There's no reason a VM admin panel won't run on twm, unless
> it's gnome-specific, etc.

I've run plenty a gnome-lib required apps in openbox and other
minimial WMs.

Brett

>
> --Joey
>
>> Brett
>>
>> B. Estrade <estrabd@gmail.com>
>> On Oct 21, 2011 7:57 PM, "Ron Johnson" <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On 10/21/2011 07:36 PM, Ben Bullard wrote:
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>
>>>> Use something that will install with a minimal desktop like LXDE or
>>>> Flubox only. No KDE or Gnome. Me thinks you can do this with Fedora or
>>>> Debian. Arch or Slackware might bear looking into also.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Heck, do you even *need* a GUI desktop to control VirtualBox? Don't know
>>> about other distros, but if you are comfy with the CLI, you can pare down
>>> Debian to a stunningly small size.
>>>
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