From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fr5zs-0001Qd-Pp for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:31:52 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fr5zq-0001Nu-R2 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:31:52 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fr5zq-0001Nk-Mz for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:31:50 -0400 Received: from [64.233.184.233] (helo=wr-out-0506.google.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Fr69O-0000GA-HJ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:41:42 -0400 Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 70so548371wra for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:31:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <44923431.20209@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:31:45 -0400 From: Joe Lee MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] VMware Player References: <44902362.2000406@gmail.com> <4491CB0A.1080108@gmail.com> <200606152239.37367.rickv@hobi.com> In-Reply-To: <200606152239.37367.rickv@hobi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: joelee724@gmail.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Rick Vernam Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Rick Vernam wrote: > QEMU leaves me with very few 'itches to be scratched' ... > > The basic tasks that a QUI should confine itself to, IMO, are already pretty > darn easy - define/manage a VM (via a shell script for me), start it, stop > it, pause it...etc.. > > Even so, I've been thinking about this for some time - months probably... > What I'd develop, if I were to undertake such a task, is a very simple app > that can start qemu according to some configuration, and simply hook into the > monitor to issue such commands as sendkey, stop, cont ...etc ... > > I do not imagine a need to have this app embed the qemu VM in itself, only > start it & hook into the monitor. Besides, I don't want to loose precious > real estate - I like the window that a running VM is in just how it is - no > changes. > I've used VMWare in the past a lot. I found the toolbars & menus to be > nothing more than clutter & annoyance. The majority of the work I do with a > VM has everything to do with the VM, and nothing to do with things that can > be done with an additional GUI, however it would be nice to have one for > simplifying those extra tasks... > > Specifically, I imagine something sitting in my Sys. Tray. This Sys. Tray > icon menu thing would have options to invoke qemu's monitor commands for easy > access ...or a list of all VMs, each with a sub-menu (I'm thinking stop, > cont, loadvm, savevm, commit, usb stuff, change device x). > Also, I can use the Sys. Tray Icon to bring up it's window with all the > niceties to create a new VM, manage existing VMs...etc. > > Right now, I have a shell script that has the 'configuration' of my VM - > changing of that 'configuration' would need to go in the GUI. > > I also use the monitor thing for stop, cont, loadvm, startvm, commit, usb > stuff & change device x - that would need to go in the GUI. > > Beyond that, what does more bling really bring to the table? > > On Thursday 15 June 2006 16:03, Joe Lee wrote: > >> Johannes Schindelin wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> On Thu, 15 Jun 2006, 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? >>>> >>> I do not know VMware. Anybody? I would be interested, too, to know how >>> complicated that frontend is... Should not be too difficult to reproduce >>> it in Tcl/Tk (with a proper Tcl script as config format). >>> >>> Ciao, >>> Dscho >>> >> I am hoping some experience developers would comment on this! >> Joe >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qemu-devel mailing list >> Qemu-devel@nongnu.org >> http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel >> > > I glad to see many people sharing comments and making suggestions since this thread topic started. I seems there enough interest to have a GUI-Frontend for QEMU. I am hopeful this can lead to getting something started. I'd like to see a poll from people who would be willing to participate and contribute to getting something started. -joe