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usability enhancements inside virtual machines

Sets environment variable QMLSCENE_DEVICE=softwarecontext as a workaround for "Automatic fallback to softwarecontext renderer".

It is not useful to open a screensaver or to power down the desktop for operating systems that are run inside VMs. There is no real display that could be saved and no real power that could be conserved. From a usability perspective, it is also counterintuitive when looking at the VM window and only seeing a black screen. Therefore, it makes sense to disable power savings in VMs. /etc/profile.d/20_power_savings_disable_in_vms.sh /etc/X11/Xsession.d/20_software_rendering_in_vms.sh

Makes setting up a shared folder for virtual machines a bit easier.

  • Creates a folder /mnt/shared with chmod 777, adds a group "vboxsf", and adds account "user" to group "vboxsf". Facilitates auto-mounting of shared folders.

  • Helps using shared folders with VirtualBox and KVM a bit easier (as in requiring fewer manual steps from the user).

  • /lib/systemd/system/mnt-shared-vbox.service

  • /lib/systemd/system/mnt-shared-kvm.service

Sets screen resolution to 1920x1080 by default for VMs in VirtualBox and KVM. This is a workaround for the low screen resolution of 1024x768 at first boot. When using lower screen resolutions, Xfce will automatically scale down.

Installs VirtualBox guest additions if the package virtualbox-guest-additions-iso is installed, if the environment variable dist_build_virtualbox=true is set, or if running inside VirtualBox. (systemd-detect-virt returning oracle) /usr/bin/vbox-guest-installer

How to install vm-config-dist using apt-get

1. Download the APT Signing Key.

wget https://www.kicksecure.com/keys/derivative.asc

Users can check the Signing Key for better security.

2. Add the APT Signing Key.

sudo cp ~/derivative.asc /usr/share/keyrings/derivative.asc

3. Add the derivative repository.

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/derivative.asc] https://deb.kicksecure.com trixie main contrib non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/derivative.list

4. Update your package lists.

sudo apt-get update

5. Install vm-config-dist.

sudo apt-get install vm-config-dist

How to Build deb Package from Source Code

Can be build using standard Debian package build tools such as:

dpkg-buildpackage -b

See instructions.

NOTE: Replace generic-package with the actual name of this package vm-config-dist.

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