Re: [rdesktop-users] Using rdesktop on single Windows applications via SeamlessRDP

[Dotan C. <dot...@gm...>]

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 15:19, Christopher Roberts
<cj...@tr...> wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 Jul 2011, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> Yes, it is the same computer. I would prefer that the applications in
>> the VM to appear in the same Ctrl-Alt dialogue as the applications on
>> the hardware-installed OS. It is a convenience issue, nothing more. I
>> have physical difficulty using the mouse.
>
> This is what the Guest Additions are for in VirtualBox, you install them on
> the guest and then you can change into Seamless mode and the desktop
> disappears.  Works well.

Yes, I have been using that feature for some time. However, one cannot
Alt-Tab from (for example) Thunderbird on the hardware OS to Visual
Studio in the VM and back without some "Host Key" gymnastics or the
mouse. Both which are physically difficult for me.

I would like a solution which places the VM's applications on the
host's task bar.

I have actually considered just running the host's applications over x
forwarding to the VM and running an a server on the VM (xming). That
seems like the wrong way of a workaround, though, which is why I'm
trying to do this with SeamlesRDP.

VMWare Player has a Unity mode that puts the VM's applications on the
host's taskbar. However, VMWare Player is very CPU intensive. It pegs
both cores of my dual-core AMD (2.7 GHz), whether the VM is set to use
a single processor or two. I have tried playing with the disk
settings, the memory, and disabling the feedback call-home mechanism.
Nothing works, though, and I cannot put up with this high CPU usage,
so VMWare is not a good option for me.

Thanks.


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