Re: NxTop

[Alexander Kurt Keller <alkeller () SFSU EDU>]

For my own edification I tested NxTop as well as XenClient in mid 2011. NxTop is pretty slick if you need to run 
multiple OSes on a laptop or workstation. I recall having Windows 7, Ubuntu, and CentOS all running happily on a 3 year 
old laptop. Performance was fine for basic productivity work, but of course the guest OSes lacked direct-access video 
drivers and alike. NxTop also includes build-in full disk encryption and while the client side VDI package is free, 
they charge for the management capabilities.

Never deployed anything beyond a test but would be interested to hear additional opinions.

Best,
alex

Alex Keller
Systems Administrator
Academic Technology, San Francisco State University
☛Burk Hall 155 ☎ (415)338-6117 ✉alkeller () sfsu edu<mailto:alkeller () sfsu edu>

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Fabio, Andrea
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Subject: [SECURITY] NxTop

Has anyone looked at, or deployed NxTop desktop virtualization? If you deployed NxTop or a similar desktop 
virtualization solution that you are happy with, I’d like to get your feedback.

Thanks.