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Experiences with Replacing Desktops w/ VMs?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the a-novel-idea dept.

E1ven asks: "After years of dealing with broken machines, HAL incompatibility, and other Windows frustrations, I'd like to investigate moving to an entirely VM-based solution. Essentially, when an employee comes in in the morning, have them log-in, and automatically download their VM from the server. This gives the benefits of network computing, in that they can sit anywhere, if their machine breaks, we can instantly replace it, etc, and the hope is that the VM will run at near-native speeds. We have gigabit to all of the desktops, so I'm not too worried about network bandwidth, if we keep the images small. Has anyone ever tried this on a large scale? How did it work out for you? What complications did you run of that I probably haven't thought of?"

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  1. Re:Inevitably by dnoyeb · · Score: 4, Funny

    Also with such a setup GF could never get help anywhere else. She's locked in, muahahaha.

  2. Re:Inevitably by KagatoLNX · · Score: 3, Funny

    She's at a university. She can probably find more help there than most places. Heck, myself and at least five other companies support Linux in a town of less than 500,000 (Springfield, Missouri), so I don't think this nearly as true as it used to be.

    Besides, think of the geeks. A girl, at university, that will seek you out because you can fix her laptop--that's running Linux--and who might find out that you DON'T have a tentacle pr0n fetish like her current boyfriend. The romantic possibilities are endless! Don't be selfish...

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  3. Non-Geek Wife by Dareth · · Score: 3, Funny

    You know you're addicted when your non-geek wife recognizes Slashdot...

    My dear wife thought that Linux was black text in a terminal, and that the mud I used to play, Nuke, was green text in a termial. Got alot of mudding in while "learning" Linux to prepare for the future.

    But alas, all good things must come to an end. She finally wised up and figured out I could mud in any color text *grin*.

    I traded my "Life" for a "Wife". So far in the grand scheme, I have come out way ahead!

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  4. Re:Inevitably by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 3, Funny
    A girl, at university, that will seek you out because you can fix her laptop--that's running Linux--and who might find out that you DON'T have a tentacle pr0n fetish like her current boyfriend.

    As I've seen your pr0n collection firsthand, I assume that you're speaking hypothetically?

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