Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop
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I need to setup a basic Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop for basic usage - web browsing, email, etc.
Thinking of using Vultr, then installing GUI + VNC + Apache Guacamole.
- For the VPS, 1GB or 2GB of RAM?
- What distro should I use?
- What GUI should I use? (That will play nicely with VNC)
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Just use X2Go. Much less setup.
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@stacksofplates I will need to be able to access it right from a web browser.
Also, I don't know what ports will be open, besides Port 80.
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@eddiejennings said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
@stacksofplates said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
X2Go
! I think you're about to change my life.
It’s really nice. We even run 3D modeling software through it and it handles it pretty well.
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@aaronstuder said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
@stacksofplates I will need to be able to access it right from a web browser.
Also, I don't know what ports will be open, besides Port 80.
X2Go uses only port 22.
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You'll definitely want at least 2GB of RAM. A desktop with only 1GB of RAM would be extremely rough.
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Fedora 27
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@scottalanmiller What GUI?
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@aaronstuder said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
@scottalanmiller What GUI?
What one do I use or recommend? For remote use, generally XFCE. The LXQT is good, too.
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@aaronstuder said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
@stacksofplates I will need to be able to access it right from a web browser.
Also, I don't know what ports will be open, besides Port 80.
This could be valid but X2Go is totally in user space. So you can run it without admin privileges. And if 80 is really the only port you could run SSH through that.
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I remember looking for an option like this to compete with rdp.
I tried no machine but it was a flop, appears to use same nx stuff that x2go uses.
In rdp it’s easy to forget you’re on a Remote Desktop. Anything close to x2go?
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@bigbear said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
I remember looking for an option like this to compete with rdp.
I tried no machine but it was a flop, appears to use same nx stuff that x2go uses.
In rdp it’s easy to forget you’re on a Remote Desktop. Anything close to x2go?
If you don't mind using the Mate Desktop environment, you can use xrdp for this. I'm using it on two systems (both are Mint 18).
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@dafyre said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
@bigbear said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
I remember looking for an option like this to compete with rdp.
I tried no machine but it was a flop, appears to use same nx stuff that x2go uses.
In rdp it’s easy to forget you’re on a Remote Desktop. Anything close to x2go?
If you don't mind using the Mate Desktop environment, you can use xrdp for this. I'm using it on two systems (both are Mint 18).
xrdp is universally available, but not in the default repositories for RedHat/CentOS. I'd still rather use x2go, fewer security concerns.
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@travisdh1 said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
@dafyre said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
@bigbear said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
I remember looking for an option like this to compete with rdp.
I tried no machine but it was a flop, appears to use same nx stuff that x2go uses.
In rdp it’s easy to forget you’re on a Remote Desktop. Anything close to x2go?
If you don't mind using the Mate Desktop environment, you can use xrdp for this. I'm using it on two systems (both are Mint 18).
xrdp is universally available, but not in the default repositories for RedHat/CentOS. I'd still rather use x2go, fewer security concerns.
And simpler to set up.
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@bigbear said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
I remember looking for an option like this to compete with rdp.
I tried no machine but it was a flop, appears to use same nx stuff that x2go uses.
In rdp it’s easy to forget you’re on a Remote Desktop. Anything close to x2go?
NoMachine has NX4. X2Go uses NX3. Hardware acceleration can be leveraged with NX4 but not NX3.
NoMachine was the original creator for NX. NX3 is open source while NX4 is proprietary.
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So I am testing Fedora 27 with x2go, and I must say it is very nice.
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@aaronstuder said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
So I am testing Fedora 27 with x2go, and I must say it is very nice.
Which desktop environment did you decide to go with?
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Even with 1GB of RAM it seems usable. (2GB would be better no doubt)
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@scottalanmiller XFCE
