Re:Microsoft's “Love” of Linux
by jay_kyburz on Thursday November 21, 2019 @04:38PM
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I can very much imagine a Goole Stadia but for real apps rather than games, where you are interacting with a video stream rather than the app itself.
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Re:Microsoft's “Love” of Linux
by filmgirlcw on Thursday November 21, 2019 @07:45PM
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That already exists. Citrix was doing this a decade ago - VMware too. I think Office was even one of the apps Citrix used to demo its thin client plan when Chromebooks first launched. Honestly, containerize it (for easy spinups), and if you have the bandwidth, a lot of apps would probably be really great run fully remote.
Microsoft released Windows Virtual Desktop earlier this year that is basically a cloud version of Windows 10 (or 7) or Office, that’s designed to be used like Stadia.
Disclosure: I work at Microsoft but not on any of these projects
Re:Microsoft's “Love” of Linux
by jay_kyburz on Thursday November 21, 2019 @08:21PM
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Do you know if they run in a browser on Linux?
If you're asking if WVD desktops can be delivered to a Linux browser, yes - there's a HTML5 client that renders desktops.
In addition, a Linux toolkit was announced for thin clients in the recent Ignite conference.
https://myignite.techcommunity.microsoft.com/sessions/81670?...