Is there a service like this for Linux desktop users?
AWS Workspaces supports both Windows and Linux desktops.
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
#182Curious 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…
Terminal servers were a good idea back in the 90s. All that is old is new again.
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First time I hear about "Remote Attestation", got any trusted sources/resources for someone to read up on it more? (besides Wikipedia and it's sources)
Well, you could try googling for DRM, same beast different name.
This comment seems needlessly user-hostile, much like the same DRM you are railing against.
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I also can't recommend them. Service is operational when working, but the times it isn't working as expected I don't have the patience to message support. Things just aren't straightforward. This was 2 years ago when I used them to run a couple of Windows apps for work.
I had issues with Paperspace too, switched over to Shadow. I pay +/- 14 USD per month for a computer with 4 cores @ 3.4 GHz, 12 GB RAM, GTX 1080, 256 GB SSD. No commitment. I'm not sure where is the good deal with Workstream ?
That seems like an amazing deal. Can you drop a link to Shadow? That's such a vague name I don't have a lot to go on. I am interested to dig into the details of this deal. Is there some kind of Acceptable Use Policy or is it more like a pay-as-you-go VPS?
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#185I have to recommend https://shadow.tech!
It is a Windows VM intended specifically for (but not limited to) gaming!
And it works extremely well, I am playing games on it for ~ 2 years by using their client app on Linux.
Re: Workstream: A fast virtual computer you can use for anything
#186I think there is a market here. I don't use this service, but instead use an EC2 instance as my developer box (for personal projects) and I do like being able to easily move between multiple machines, no matter where I am and easily spin up another instance when I want to start fresh or try out other setups like having a more powerful machine or something with a GPU. At work (I work at AWS) most people do the same fo…
What EC2 instance type do you use for a typical developer machine?
M4.2xl and C5.xl are the most common.
Re: Workstream: A fast virtual computer you can use for anything
#187Why do you need to use a Virtual Computer when you already have a laptop/desktop you use to connect to this Virtual Computer? What am I missing? Is it only for folks connecting from Chromebooks?
Its a subscription service. People want subscriptions.
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#188Earlier quoted context omitted.
I had issues with Paperspace too, switched over to Shadow. I pay +/- 14 USD per month for a computer with 4 cores @ 3.4 GHz, 12 GB RAM, GTX 1080, 256 GB SSD. No commitment. I'm not sure where is the good deal with Workstream ?
That seems like an amazing deal. Can you drop a link to Shadow? That's such a vague name I don't have a lot to go on. I am interested to dig into the details of this deal. Is there some kind of Acceptable Use Policy or is it more like a pay-as-you-go VPS?
Not OP but https://shadow.tech/
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#190Signed up for a paper space account about a year and a half ago, they had a dark UI pattern to stop people from deleting their VMs, and it kept charging me every month with no method to stop it. After a month or too, they changed their UI to allow deleting the VM.