Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop
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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
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Installing Gnome to test that as well.
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@aaronstuder said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
Installing Gnome to test that as well.
Won’t work with GNOME 3. It requires hardware acceleration. You will need to use just the published applications.
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@stacksofplates said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
@aaronstuder said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
Installing Gnome to test that as well.
Won’t work with GNOME 3. It requires hardware acceleration. You will need to use just the published applications.
I take it Cinnamon is out too then?
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@aaronstuder said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
Installing Gnome to test that as well.
Can't. That's why we didn't recommend anything using Gnome.
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@aaronstuder said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
@stacksofplates said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
@aaronstuder said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
Installing Gnome to test that as well.
Won’t work with GNOME 3. It requires hardware acceleration. You will need to use just the published applications.
I take it Cinnamon is out too then?
Correct.
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XFCE isn't bad, it just seems dated. Reminds me of the first time I used Linux in the early 2000's.
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Mate works well over X2Go as well, if you don't like XFCE.
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@aaronstuder said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
XFCE isn't bad, it just seems dated. Reminds me of the first time I used Linux in the early 2000's.
XFCE only seems that way by default. Look at Korora, they do an amazing job of polishing up XFCE. Feels super modern there.
But it IS dated, that's its charm. It is light and fast, nothing you don't need.
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@scottalanmiller said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
@aaronstuder said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
XFCE isn't bad, it just seems dated. Reminds me of the first time I used Linux in the early 2000's.
XFCE only seems that way by default. Look at Korora, they do an amazing job of polishing up XFCE. Feels super modern there.
But it IS dated, that's its charm. It is light and fast, nothing you don't need.
Same thing with Manjaro too.
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@aaronstuder said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
XFCE isn't bad, it just seems dated. Reminds me of the first time I used Linux in the early 2000's.
If I can't use Gnome, then I like KDE.
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@scottalanmiller said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
@aaronstuder said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
XFCE isn't bad, it just seems dated. Reminds me of the first time I used Linux in the early 2000's.
XFCE only seems that way by default. Look at Korora, they do an amazing job of polishing up XFCE. Feels super modern there.
But it IS dated, that's its charm. It is light and fast, nothing you don't need.
Yeah but can I watch YouTube and netflix through it???
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@bigbear said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
@scottalanmiller said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
@aaronstuder said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
XFCE isn't bad, it just seems dated. Reminds me of the first time I used Linux in the early 2000's.
XFCE only seems that way by default. Look at Korora, they do an amazing job of polishing up XFCE. Feels super modern there.
But it IS dated, that's its charm. It is light and fast, nothing you don't need.
Yeah but can I watch YouTube and netflix through it???
Why wouldn't you be able to? HTML5 (which they both can use now) is implemented in the browser, nothing depends on anything else anymore. Besides, the GUI interface never made a difference with that anyway.
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@travisdh1 said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
@bigbear said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
@scottalanmiller said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
@aaronstuder said in Cloud-Hosted Linux Desktop:
XFCE isn't bad, it just seems dated. Reminds me of the first time I used Linux in the early 2000's.
XFCE only seems that way by default. Look at Korora, they do an amazing job of polishing up XFCE. Feels super modern there.
But it IS dated, that's its charm. It is light and fast, nothing you don't need.
Yeah but can I watch YouTube and netflix through it???
Why wouldn't you be able to? HTML5 (which they both can use now) is implemented in the browser, nothing depends on anything else anymore. Besides, the GUI interface never made a difference with that anyway.
I've tried a few other things, would never be able to watch Youtube through Logmein, VNC, NoDesktop, very laggy compared to RDP 10...
