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Re:Cloud desktops aren't as good as you'd think by jhickok on Thursday October 06, 2022 @08:23AM (#33107339)
I don't think you need a remote desktop in order to keep the data off the machine.
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Re:Cloud desktops aren't as good as you'd think by JumpCrisscross on Thursday October 06, 2022 @08:29AM (#33107394)
> don't think you need a remote desktop in order to keep the data off the machine

Totally agree. If I’m going somewhere suspect, I travel with a clean, old laptop and pull what I need when I need it.

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Re:Cloud desktops aren't as good as you'd think by NoGravitas on Thursday October 06, 2022 @03:15PM (#33112706)
Yeah, I'd much rather deal with a local desktop and a remote filesystem, for sure.
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Re:Cloud desktops aren't as good as you'd think by gcatalfamo on Thursday October 06, 2022 @04:28PM (#33113644)
I'd like that too, but can you give me a working example that is not based around using a VPN, or editing documents on the browser?

(which are both viable, but there is a different number of drawbacks to each)

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Re:Cloud desktops aren't as good as you'd think by NoGravitas on Friday October 07, 2022 @08:41AM (#33120424)
A remote filesystem over a VPN ought to be reasonable. I can't think of another reasonable way to do it.
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Re:Cloud desktops aren't as good as you'd think by jhickok on Friday October 07, 2022 @11:20AM (#33122539)
Technically any files-over-https might work? I'm thinking Sharepoint, etc.
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