Add 'auto-start' property to AppVM

[marmarek]

Reported by joanna on 7 Apr 2011 11:22 UTC
I think we should allow to define a few AppVMs that would be auto-started during system boot. This is to improve user experience, as apps from those VMs would be immediately available to the user

Problem: we cannot start arbitrary number of AppVMs. We might choose some "reasonable" hard coded value, such as... 3 :)

After all this is just a helper mechanism.

Migrated-From: https://wiki.qubes-os.org/ticket/207

[marmarek]

Modified by joanna on 22 Jun 2011 10:51 UTC

[marmarek]

Modified by joanna on 22 Jun 2011 10:51 UTC

[marmarek]

Comment by joanna on 25 Sep 2011 11:13 UTC
As SSD speeds are getting faster and faster, this (VM startup time) is becoming less and less of a problem. Currently on my average-speed-200MB/s SSD, the full VM boot up time is about 15 sec, and on my next laptop it would be likely 5x times faster. Plus, it's not often that user reboots the whole machine. All in all, not worth the effort IMO.

[marmarek]

Comment by joanna on 25 Sep 2011 11:13 UTC
As SSD speeds are getting faster and faster, this (VM startup time) is becoming less and less of a problem. Currently on my average-speed-200MB/s SSD, the full VM boot up time is about 15 sec, and on my next laptop it would be likely 5x times faster. Plus, it's not often that user reboots the whole machine. All in all, not worth the effort IMO.