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      PGibson
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      I'm just getting used to xcp after having used xen debian previously and creating everything from dom0 cli. XOA is a huge upgrade, with the exception that I don't want to see a KDE or other desktop as the console for linux guests. I can set up my own VNC to give me that, what I want is a user shell as the console in XO/ XOA. Is there a way to do that?

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        olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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        Hi,

        You could use XO Lite, which is another alternative 🙂

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          PGibson @olivierlambert
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          I'll try XO too, I think it had the same connection as XOA but right now the VM wont start so something is wrong with the storage repository I'm guessing. Once I get it started again I'll check to see if XO has a shell for the console rather than graphic interface.

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            PGibson @olivierlambert
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            I now have my debianVM running, and in both XO lite and XOA the console is a vnc/ desktop instead of a shell interface. While it's not a huge problem, I'm surprised by it. Is there a way to instead have the console be a simple shell interface?

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              Andrew Top contributor @PGibson
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              @PGibson You see the GUI on the VM console because that's the way you installed Debian. If you don't install a GUI or just disable it then you will have just a simple VGA text console. This might help.

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                stevezemlicka @PGibson
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                @PGibson
                I run XO on a debian vm as well. However when I setup the vm, I installed it without any DE (desktop environment) so all the VM has is the shell.

                I then access it using my client (desktop or laptop) browser. This works really well. I only have to ssh into the VM to update XO really (or do any other system maintenance). Otherwise pretty much everything is done via a browser.

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                  PGibson @stevezemlicka
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                  @stevezemlicka Thanks . . . I do want to be able to use vnc to connect to the VM from my laptop and have the graphical desktop there. But through XOA/ XOlite I just want a user shell. I suppose that I should just not use the console at all in this case.

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