How to put practically a Linux guestOS Terminal window on a WinXP hostOS desktop?

[mattad]

I have read a couple of comments that it should be possible to put lets say a Linux (Ubuntu) guestOS (Terminal) window seamingless on a WinXP hostOS desktop. All the remaining (visual) stuff of the guestOS should be hidden/invisble.

Is this only possible with vmWare Workstation or with VmWare Player as well?

How can I achieve this in detail?

Assume I have currently an open VmWare Ubuntu guestOS VM window. Now I select Terminal window "mywin1" and want to put it onto the "outer" desktop.

How does this work?

How can I re-show the guestOS window?

Matt

[continuum]

I would do that with Xming - that is a free X-server for Windows




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[AWo]

Can you be more precisely?

In fact you can:

- Use the Linux console (GUI or CLI) (that what would have been the physical console if the LInux version would run on a hardware) as a window or full-screen on the host (of course, that is only possible with Workstation).

- Use the Linux CLI via a terminal session (use PuTTY for that).

- Use the Linux GUI (the active desktop) on the host (use VNC for that, can be tunneled through ssl for more security)

- Display and start programs on the host which run on the Linux box (use X-Windows redirction, easily with PuTTY and a Windows X client like Exceed)

- Start and run you own complete X-Windows session on the host (also with a WIndows X client like Exceed).

AWo

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[mattad]

I am talking about the "Unity" feature like it is described here:

http://www.chipx86.com/blog/2008/09/29/vmware-workstation-65-released/

resp.

http://blog.scottlowe.org/2008/04/03/unity-coming-to-vmware-workstation-65/

From what I read there no X-Server like Xming is necessary.

So again: How do I get such a window in detail from the Ubuntu (or Solaris) guestOS to the WInXP hostOS?

Is it a drag&drop feature?

Matt

[mdunn-vmware · Accepted solution]

Workstion has a Unity toolbar button, or click View->Unity. In Player, it's VM->Enter Unity.