Comment on Hosting virtualbox for my students
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Screenconnect, teamviewer, proxypro, vnc, RDP are all remote access solutions. Some work fine through a browser but work better from a chrome app.
I wouldn’t virtualize that type of software you listed though, I’d just give them access to the desktop itself.
Vegan_Joe@lemmy.world 6 days ago
The only reason I would virtualize would be to allow multiple users to have access to their own workspaces.
It would seem safer to have them sandboxed within a virtual workspace than to give them all user accounts synchronously on a desktop, if that’s even possible.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 6 days ago
The apps you list need decent gpu and gpu doesn’t virtualize well. You also don’t run into licensing issues with Windows.
You can create individual accounts on the desktops so they get their own workspace.
catloaf@lemm.ee 6 days ago
That’s not really true any more. To actually get it working, especially sharing a GPU between multiple VMs, is finicky, especially if you’re not using the very narrow supported configuration and expensive enterprise hypervisor features. But it is possible, and you can find plenty of articles from people who have gotten it working.
But I still wouldn’t recommend it. I’d give one whole GPU to one VM with PCI passthrough, and let multiple users remote in. Hopefully the apps support that.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Which is why I’ve made the recommendation I did. Skip virtualization and go straight to remote access.