I just installed a fresh WinXP virtual host on kvm on my Gentoo system. It didn't allow me to use the maximum resolution that my monitor supports (1440x900). So I started reading the kvm manual page, and found the --std-vga option. After restarting my WinXP machine with this option, Windows was unable to find a driver for the graphics card. Too bad ...

Because I really dislike the default Ubuntu background color, and I always forget where to disable it:

Finally found a better solution for accessing .cue / .bin files on Linux than converting them to ISO: cdemu.