I’m sitting here thinking about projects, wishing I could fire up a new VM and install Debian while I sit here on the couch. Then I would have a fresh VM ready to go after I recover from sitting on the couch.

Unfortunately the web GUI is not very mobile friendly. Or maybe it is and I just suck at it.

I realize I could have templates and stuff ready to go, but that would require foresight.

And I am just a guy sitting on a couch.

  • mikyopiiEnglish
    191·
    9 months ago

    Setup a virtual desktop on your server and RDP into it to access the web interface. Here is me doing that using my cat as a stand lol.

      • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        Kasmweb in a docker with a FF workspace is how I do it, but this one looks like a RDP session to a Windows box/VM.

      • PriorityMotif@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        You can just use remote desktop into Windows. I used to have a headless PC setup with a GPU so that my wife could play Sims 4 over the network on her ancient laptop from the couch.

        • randombulletEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          It’s really simple. Hardly use it for any heavy lifting.

          I use Proxmox to play with VMs and Open Media Vault on top to be my NAS.

          I’ve done RDP, but figured that it could only be done on desktop.

          • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
            1·
            9 months ago

            I would get a GPU for VFIO and then setup sunshine for streaming. Sunshine won’t work well over really slow connections or connections with high latency but it will allow for a good gaming experience.

            • randombulletEnglish
              1·
              9 months ago

              Should I get a GPU that supports vGPUs or you mean like a GPU passthrough to the VM?

              Everything is wired in my house so thankfully it’s pretty fast.

                • randombulletEnglish
                  1·
                  9 months ago

                  How can a consumer GPu be used across multiple VMs?

                  Sorry if it’s a dumb question. I’ve never messed with GPUs. 90% of the things I do is headless and through CLI.

                  • mikyopiiEnglish
                    1·
                    9 months ago

                    Under hardware > display there is an option for VirtiO-GPU and VirGL-GPU. I’m not super knowledgeable but I think these options allows VMs to make system calls to the GPU. I put an ancient Quadro in my server and my RDP sessions were noticeably better.

      • pete_the_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        Step 1: enable Remote Desktop in Windows

        Step 2: download a Remote Desktop app from app store

        Step 3: use the app to login to the Windows box

        Step 4: profit

    • Saff@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      There is an iOS app I discovered yesterday called ProxMate, and it seems pretty nice!

    • pete_the_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      I’m here to collect your cat tax.

      Also, for us non-Windows folks, just set up a VNC server and do the same thing.