doc: clarify terminology of 'host'
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d.vorst
2026-02-28 15:04:20 +01:00
committed by Geoffrey McRae
parent 01b8724cfe
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@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ Developers can clone the source code repo with ``git``.
.. _build_client_section:
Client
------
Client Application
------------------
.. _installing_build_dependencies:
@@ -209,8 +209,21 @@ it directly from the build directory:
.. _host_building:
Host
----
Host Application
----------------
.. note::
`Host` in this context refers to the `Looking Glass (LG) host server application`,
to which the LG client connects to, it thus does not refer to the `host OS`!
A common setup is to have a `host OS` running a `guest VM`. In such a setup
the `client application` runs on the `host OS`; and the `host application`
on the `guest VM`.
The term `Host application` was choosen over `Guest application`, because LG
can be run in a VM to VM configuration, in which case both Host Application and
Client Application are run inside VM Guests.
These instructions help you build the host yourself from the
:ref:`downloaded source code <download_source>`.