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Workstream: A fast virtual computer you can use for anything

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Re: Workstream: A fast virtual computer you can use for anything

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Post by jabroni_salad »

riazrizvi wrote: post #135

Better known as 'Desktop Virtualization'. Established competitors in this space are Citrix/XenDesktop, Microsoft/HyperV, Oracle/VirtualBox, VMware/HorizonView used in combination with remote desktop clients like X11 and Remote Desktop Connect. Is there an angle here that is new and interesting?

This is specifically "desktop as a service" so while there may be Xen or Horizon in the mix it is abstracted away from the customer. The established competitors are Amazon Workspaces and Azure Virtual Desktop.

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Post by frodprefect »

fataliss wrote: post #132

Anybody used it for gaming? I was a beta user of the Nvidia service which is dedicated to gaming and while overall acceptable, lag spikes would render the use of the platform really frustrating. Everything would be smooth for 30s and then "lag" or freeze for up to 1-2s and then resume. Fine if playing the sims, but when you are in a fight in fast paced games it's a deal breaker. To my knowledge, so far, no platform h…

I just tried for the last couple hours. Installed Steam then Fallout 4 and Grand Theft Auto 5. I tried to get GTA to start 5 times but it never would. Just black screen with music playing.

Fallout would start but I couldn't aim with my mouse. I could walk and shoot but it would register mouse movement. Then accidentally hitting ESC would stop full screen and eventually crash to the point I had to hard restart the system.

I don't recommend for gaming.

Re: Workstream: A fast virtual computer you can use for anything

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Post by z3t4 »

bransonf wrote: post #88

Curious what folks think the outlook on this technology is. Rather, will there be any significant shift towards centralized compute in the next decade? Currently, a large institution/corporation has to manage thousands of individual machines. Say a physical component fails, now a technician must go to the location of the machine and give the user a temporary replacement. Alternatively, in a centralized compute enviro…

When making multiplayer games in the 90's I realized that the players computer was sometimes more powerful then the server, so the strategy since have been to put as much work on the client as possible, in order to fit as many players as possible on a server. Because hosting servers is expensive. You want reliability on the server side. Server goes down - hundreds of people cant play. One client goes down - not your problem.

The advance in network capacity and low latency io opens the possibility of thin clients. For example gaming consoles - in a few generations youll probably just connect via your smart tv. The biggest incentive is probably DRM. Where you stream the content rather then owning it.

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Post by vinaynadig »

I use Paperspace for running Fusion360 which is a CAD application. I use a Linux laptop and there are no really good CAD applications in Linux space(I tried FreeCAD but Fusion 360 is so much easier to use though). Works like a charm and extremely light on the wallet(I bill roughly 15 ~ 20 USD per month with around 40 to 60 hours of usage). It's been a godsend so far.
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