How can I create a Launcher on my desktop for guests machines inside of KVM on desktop of CentOS 6.5?
CentOS 6.5 + KVM (Virtual Machine Manager) create shortcut - Laucher for Guest Machine
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You can either use virt-manager which brings up a GUI for launching/interacting with your guest KVM guests or you could create a shell script to do what you want and then setup a shortcut to the script on your desktop.virt-manager                     desktop iconFirst create a script like so, saving it to perhaps $HOME/bin/kvm_someguest.bash.#!/bin/bash# assuming it's started but you could do this oto# virsh start someguestvirt-viewer someguestMake sure it's executable.$ chmod +x $HOME/bin/kvm_someguest.bashNow make a shortcut on the desktop to it. For this create a .desktop file like so:$ more ~/Desktop/kvm_someguest.desktop [Desktop Entry]Type=ApplicationExec=$HOME/bin/kvm_someguest.bashTerminal=falseName=KVM SomeguestGenericName=KVM SomeguestNow when you double click it it should run your KVM instance.