Amazon EC2 cloud desktop

[Stephen Partington]

​That is a neat article​

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On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Kevin Fries <kevin at fries-biro.com> wrote:

> I think what you are seeking is how to utilize X as it was originally
> written.... A lost art my friend.
>
> For those unaware, X does not work like Windows systems.  Any X based
> application issues commands as a X client, that is sent to a X server.
> When you are on your local machine, these machines are the same, and the
> protocol is hidden my going across localhost.  On Windows based machines,
> program write by callings APIs in the OS that ALWAYS write to the local
> machine.  The result is, that Linux does not require video on the local
> box, just the X client.  You can, unlike a Windows box, have your programs
> write directly to your remote connection!  If your X client is connected to
> your X server over say SSH, via port 6000 (fisrt screen, 6001 for second
> monitor, etc), your Linux desktop can display on your local X server (for
> Windows desktop use MobaXterm), while running at AWS.
>
> See https://comtechies.com/how-to-set-up-gui-on-amazon-
> ec2-ubuntu-server.html for a how to.
>
> Enjoy
> Kevin Fries
>
> On Nov 23, 2017 1:33 AM, "trent shipley" <trent.shipley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have a pre-built EC2 AMI with RStudio I use to study R. I can use it
>> from my Mac or Windows machine. It is nice.
>>
>> I want an EC2 Ubuntu 16.04 AMI to use as an affordable cloud based Linux
>> machine to play with toys, like teaching myself Haskell. Take lappy for
>> coffee, get internet on the phone. Do Haskell exercises. Go home. Continue
>> exercises on desktop. (I can run Linux virtual guests on both the Mac and
>> Windows machine.)
>>
>> Unfortunately, it looks like using the image is a sysadmin challenge, not
>> least because if you want a GUI, you have to get it working on your own.
>> I'm way down the sysadmin learning curve, compounded by the fact that I
>> usually don't enjoy system administration chores.
>>
>> Has anyone got some useful thoughts?
>>
>> Trent
>>
>>
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