Seamless Windows Integration in Linux

[joeyjwc]

No doubt some of you have seen this before. For those who haven't, it's awesome. A few bugs, but for the most part, it's pretty smooth.

I've got a few screenshots here:
http://joeyjwc.x3fusion.com/blog/wp-trackback.php?p=72

It may not be completely like Unity for VMWare Fusion, but it's getting there.

My goal is to write some scripts that make the process more or less automatic. Setting up the network (especially with VirtualBox) is somewhat of a pain. I hear that it's a little easier with VMWare.

[delfick]

My goal is to write some scripts that make the process more or less automatic. .

that'd be very cool :D

I once tried to set that up......it took a very long time.....

[joeyjwc]

The biggest problem is probably the network.

Every distribution has a different way of setting up network interfaces. I've gotten quite used to Gentoo's init scripts.

The basic idea is:
1. Make a bridge (br0).
2. Attach eth0 to that bridge.
3. Use DHCP to grab IP address (although some might specify IP addresses manually).
4. Make a TAP interface (usually tap0, but if the user is running more than one interface, the system needs to be able to dynamically set up other interfaces).
5. Attach tapX to br0.

Depending on which distribution you're using, the method for accomplishing those steps can be extremely different. You also need to take into account factors like existing bridges and interfaces and broken network situations.

I'm probably going to make the system highly modular. That way, users can specify their own configurations and even code their own setups very easily.

I should be able to do it in BASH.