[virt-tools-list] Chrome OS and virt-manager

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 01:50:24AM +1100, Justin Clift wrote:
> Took a look at the desktop virtualisation product "Parallels Desktop".
>
> One of the interesting features of it, for installation of new
> virtual machines, is "Download Chrome OS".
>
> This downloads about ~315MB (guessing it's an ISO but not sure) then
> creates a new virtual machine using that.
>
> Seems like an interesting concept, and kind of wondering if it'd be
> useful in virt-manager too. :)

I've been saying for a long time that virt-manager should be able to
install a pre-defined set of operating systems.  ie. Instead having to
separately download the ISO or know a URL, virt-manager would know how
to download a boot ISO for a range of OSes, and all the user would
need to do would be to pick "Fedora 14" or "Chrome OS" from a menu.

Rich.

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