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Abcdesktop – a cloud native desktopless system

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Re: Abcdesktop – a cloud native desktopless system

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Post by hedora »

TuringTest wrote: post #21

Why do I keep getting this distinct impression that people use containers to keep reinventing OS processes, but "in the cloud!"? Next thing, you'll see announced a platform for reusable container services that can be dynamically linked from other containers - to avoid including them multiple times in your application containers that share the same version, and we'll have come full circle. Is there a subtle detail abo…

You can dynamically link container services from other containers. Look up "docker layers".

Re: Abcdesktop – a cloud native desktopless system

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Post by a9h74j »

TuringTest wrote: post #21

Why do I keep getting this distinct impression that people use containers to keep reinventing OS processes, but "in the cloud!"? Next thing, you'll see announced a platform for reusable container services that can be dynamically linked from other containers - to avoid including them multiple times in your application containers that share the same version, and we'll have come full circle. Is there a subtle detail abo…

> Next thing, you'll see announced a platform for reusable container services that can be dynamically linked from other containers

DLL --> JCL ... Joinable Container Libraries

Re: Abcdesktop – a cloud native desktopless system

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Post by qbasic_forever »

TuringTest wrote: post #45
qbasic_forever wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Is there a subtle detail about packaging software for distribution as isolated executables that I'm missing? In practice it's a nightmare, particularly for legacy software that demands a ton of dynamic linking to system-installed libraries.

Yeah, but that's a problem with dynamically linked dependencies. If you statically link all your dependencies into a single executable, doesn't it work conceptually the same as a Docker container with all your tech stack contained in a single package?

Yep, but when you're dealing with something to run your desktop or other software inside most of that software is dynamically linked tools and utilities.

Re: Abcdesktop – a cloud native desktopless system

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Post by hedora »

lostapathy wrote: post #9
derekzhouzhen wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A good VNC client should give you responsiveness on par of RDP. VNC tunnel through web socket to a client running in a browser window may push it to the annoying zone though.

What’s a good vnc client and server that actually pulls this off? I’ve never had any luck with it either. At least not on Ubuntu.

TigerVNC

Re: Abcdesktop – a cloud native desktopless system

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Post by alsetmusic »

glmdev wrote: post #12

This seems like a cool concept, but I didn't try it out because the demo requires FULL READ-WRITE access to my GitHub account, its organizations, and private details! Surely reading basic user info would suffice.

I paused for the same reason.

I logged in using my Gmail. I assume a sizable number of people here have a throwaway Gmail. It didn’t need access to anything in the mailbox like with GitHub.

Neat project. Cool for a proof of concept, but not solving any needs I have.

Re: Abcdesktop – a cloud native desktopless system

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Post by ElectricalUnion »

TuringTest wrote: post #21

Why do I keep getting this distinct impression that people use containers to keep reinventing OS processes, but "in the cloud!"? Next thing, you'll see announced a platform for reusable container services that can be dynamically linked from other containers - to avoid including them multiple times in your application containers that share the same version, and we'll have come full circle. Is there a subtle detail abo…

> Next thing, you'll see announced a platform for reusable container services that can be dynamically linked from other containers - to avoid including them multiple times in your application containers that share the same version, and we'll have come full circle.

That unfortunately already exists; Kubernetes namespaces and Helm Charts.

Re: Abcdesktop – a cloud native desktopless system

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Post by puetzk »

hedora wrote: post #51
TuringTest wrote: post #21

Why do I keep getting this distinct impression that people use containers to keep reinventing OS processes, but "in the cloud!"? Next thing, you'll see announced a platform for reusable container services that can be dynamically linked from other containers - to avoid including them multiple times in your application containers that share the same version, and we'll have come full circle. Is there a subtle detail abo…

You can dynamically link container services from other containers. Look up "docker layers".

You can dynamically link one service from another container. Choose wisely.

Re: Abcdesktop – a cloud native desktopless system

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Post by Gorgo »

glmdev wrote: post #12

This seems like a cool concept, but I didn't try it out because the demo requires FULL READ-WRITE access to my GitHub account, its organizations, and private details! Surely reading basic user info would suffice.

Same here, I'm thinking about installing it to try it out but I'm not going to give them full access to my profile.
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