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Hosting virtualbox for my students (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am looking for a solution for my students who all have Chromebooks (which are locked down).

Their opportunities will be greatly expanded if they had access to Windows-based software (Blender, Unreal Engine, 3D slicing software, etc.,).

I have access to a couple desktop machines that I could host virtual boxes on if there was some way for them to remote into them through a web browser.

Is that something that is possible, and where would I get the information to get started hosting something like that?

If not, are there any alternative solutions that do not require a paid subscription?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Explore kasm, it is fucking amazing Kasm

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I would go for something Cloud based like Azure virtual desktop or similar. I don't think Kasm has a cloud option.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why?

There are not benefits in the cloud solution over the hosted server. It could even be more expensive on the long run...

And yes, kasm has a cloud solution in its web page

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The benefit is that it way easier to manage since you don't have to worry about physical hardware.

I get that it could easily be to expensive but it might not be bad with educational discounts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Got it.

But looking that the question has been posted in a selfhosted thread I don't see the recomendation of the cloud solution :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This is honestly out of the scope of this community

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Honestly I totally disagree, this community is about avoiding SaaS and controlling the important part of the stack to keep your own data under control.

If the service you need is just a provider of vm for your own business, is not a contradiction and it is still selfhosted as long as you control it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

This looks great! It's far outside of my price range though.