Show HN: Simula One – Portable Linux VR Computer

Re:Show HN: Simula One – Portable Linux VR Computer by pingpongrandom on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @10:10AM (#30441843)

Casual project follower here: I really want to use this device for remoting into other machines, so I can use my work computer via Simula - does the native Simula OS allow for this?

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Re:Show HN: Simula One – Portable Linux VR Computer by ryukafalz on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @10:25AM (#30442017)

It's just Linux and runs normal Linux applications, so yes. If you just use e.g. a VNC client your work machine's display would be in one window, but if you can find remote desktop software that displays remote windows as local windows I'd imagine that would work fine too with Simula.

(I seem to recall Citrix can do this, though I'm not sure if there are any FOSS/less enterprise-y options that do the same.)

EDIT: Actually I think Xpra does this? Not sure if it'll run on Wayland, or if X11 apps work in Simula via XWayland. If so though, that might work.

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Re:Show HN: Simula One – Portable Linux VR Computer by kanetw on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @11:12AM (#30442636)

Xpra might be able to do it.

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Re:Show HN: Simula One – Portable Linux VR Computer by downrightmike on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @11:13AM (#30442644)

You can do that with any computer with pikvm and tinypilot https://tinypilotkvm.com/ https://pikvm.org/

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Re:Show HN: Simula One – Portable Linux VR Computer by kanetw on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @10:20AM (#30441963)

Sure, you can use Parsec or something, but you'll only get an Immersed-style "virtual desktop". Having full separate window transmission would be more difficult/impossible for non-Linux targets.

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Re:Show HN: Simula One – Portable Linux VR Computer by pingpongrandom on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @10:21AM (#30441973)

That's great to know - thanks!

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