[ale] Remote Desktop for Everything?

[David Tomaschik]

So, being the security-conscious (paranoid) guy I am, I would not
trust most cloud providers with all my data.  Plus, the OS on tablets
is too restrictive unless you root and do CM or something.

David


On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Vernard Martin <vernard at venger.net> wrote:
> On 10/23/2012 02:06 PM, JD wrote:
>> Has anyone else attempted this?
>> * Setup a Linux desktop "in the cloud"
>> * Remote desktop into the cloud-desktop, as needed
>> * Use ssh whenever possible
>> * Use a tablet as your primary interface
>>
>> Here's a story http://yieldthought.com/post/31857050698/ipad-linode-1-year-later
>> about a guy doing just that for almost all his desktop needs. Interesting read
>> for the Linux crowd.
>>
> I do this right now for a few of my clients at work. We have Linux
> servers on Amazon EC2 and they use NoMachine Client so that we can
> connect and disconnect to the server and leave the desktop intact. Works
> pretty well except for when they need to move terabytes of data into and
> out of the server....
>
> Several of them found that the tablets were a bit restrictive for the
> work they were doing due to low resolution size. Most of them use 15"
> Macbook Pros instead.
>
>
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