From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FrAjH-0005Hh-1e for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:35:03 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FrAjE-0005Dl-UF for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:35:02 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FrAjE-0005DS-QE for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:35:00 -0400 Received: from [144.140.83.154] (helo=omta02ps.mx.bigpond.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FrAsp-0003ek-9P for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:44:55 -0400 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] VMware Player From: kadil In-Reply-To: <4491C457.2080402@gmail.com> References: <44902362.2000406@gmail.com> <200606141601.59936.paul@codesourcery.com> <4490310D.7060303@gmail.com> <44903504.1070707@gmx.de> <1150357642.5679.7.camel@excellence.kicks-ass.net> <9b0d5f320606150618q25cd2b51v6a2ee6fc951f26b9@mail.gmail.com> <44916C36.50505@gmail.com> <4491C457.2080402@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:34:33 +1000 Message-Id: <1150450473.5887.16.camel@excellence.kicks-ass.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: ksadil@bigpond.net.au, qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: joelee724@gmail.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 16:34 -0400, Joe Lee wrote: > > BTW, I am curious to know how much would it cost to develop a good > GUI-Frontend for QEMU that would be comparable to VMware. How much man > hours would this likely take? > > Joe Firstly, we do not have to start from scratch. There are some excellent examples of gui's as separate projects. We just need a benevolent dictator to "select" one as a concept, so the project will focus on a main branch. I will put forward my vote in advance for gtk. Cross platform, always free, no strings attached. I am not a very good programmer. I could do a simple gui is one day, a comprehensive one may be a solid month. But the quality of my code would not be as good as the existing options. I tried qemu-launcher. Loved it, then upgraded qemu and it no longer works. Hence I would like the gui to be in the main project, so they stay synchronised. Fortunately a lot of the work has already been started in the separate projects. It would be better to select one and build on it, than starting over. I would never advocate taking away the text based interface. That in the MS domain. But an installer + default gui will go far. Kim