Cause Skype leaks to public and has your IP.
I see. Thank you. 2GB of RAM will probably be minimum required for my use.
Chrome will not work on openVZ vps? I dont want anything installed on my travel laptop but my vnc software. Everything else and skype will be on remote computer.
I mean... this is 100% a relative statement. I'm not saying you're wrong... But...
Yeah 2GB of RAM would be a nice start. If it's OpenVZ know that OpenVZ basically stops everything in its track when it's our of ram. If you don't want to risk that (since most desktop apps can be a little more resource intensive than ones without a GUI) then I'd suggest KVM or Xen HVM (if available).
Depending on what client you're using (Windows Client? Linux Client? Mac client? The X2Go Client or the PyHoca-GUI?), I can probably help you out. It uses PulseAudio to process the audio and... well... It's a bit finnicky for me as well at times. Just note that at the moment they haven't been able to work on audio compression for the X2Go sessions, so if you look at your bandwidth usage your outgoing (during audio usage) will probably be double or more than your incoming. This actually has been mostly due to the lack of funding for features like this (Open source project, needs more funding, yeah).
Mine is an i7-4770 w/32GB RAM and SSD drives (upgraded from a Q6700 this summer). It's only function is to run remote desktops (for several people in my company). 1 Gbps port.
The mere mention of Windows is WRONG!!! It ranks right up there with that evil Harry Potter
Haha well if you've added HalfEatenPie on twitter that's not me. I originally only used HalfEatenPie as my alias on LET and now on vpsBoard. It'd be swell to meet the guy named HalfEatenPie on twitter though! I know there's also a band named HalfEatenPie somewhere and well, it's not that uncommon of a name surprisingly (I also don't own halfeatenpie.com!)!@HalfEatenPie I bet we could have some interesting and fun discussions sometime. I know we've really just favorited one another's tweets on occasion but I'm drawing a blank on where you're located. Are you within beer-drinking distance of Oregon or Washington? I want to say Seattle... guess I could go look @ your site.
Honestly my experience with remote desktops and OpenVZ/KVM is that they all work. There's no major issues between each one in terms of usage. Some people complain there's certain small issues or quirks here and there but for me they've all been the same. I do prefer KVM over OpenVZ because of OpenVZ's tendency to "stop everything until more RAM is available". I believe they fixed this with the introduction of vSwap (switching from Burst to vSwap anyways), but I haven't had that many problems with it for a while now, so who knows. KVM operates much more like a standard dedicated server (with the possibility of noisy neighbors here and there)
Advertise away and enjoy the ensuing fun. We are glad to have you on vpsB!
From what I'm told a few people on the X2Go team are also focusing on large company deployments (thin clients). Not really too focused atm on easier installation on other OSes.
Haha well if you've added HalfEatenPie on twitter that's not me. I originally only used HalfEatenPie as my alias on LET and now on vpsBoard. It'd be swell to meet the guy named HalfEatenPie on twitter though! I know there's also a band named HalfEatenPie somewhere and well, it's not that uncommon of a name surprisingly (I also don't own halfeatenpie.com!)!
Actually, @catalysthost and @jetfirenetworks follow each other, and my counterpart (more an L1 who monitors for me when I become unable to blink and have to sleep a little... anyway, he and I occasionally interact and/or RT about OpenVZ stuff with whomever keeps up with their Twitter account
Haha I'll tell ya this. I grew up in Colorado. I moved to Pennsylvania for undergrad. I'm now in Korea (asialand of rice and kimchi) for grad school. If I'm ever around Oregon or Washington I'll definitely let you know and we can share a few beers! (Although thinking about East-coast or the South for PhD maybe!)
We're known for having some of the best beers in the country. Last night I drank a Tricerihops IPA It's a complete coincidence, however, that my favorite beer is called "RPM IPA". Too bad they don't have a style of brewing called -Ivh
Honestly my experience with remote desktops and OpenVZ/KVM is that they all work. There's no major issues between each one in terms of usage. Some people complain that certain small issues or quirks here and there but for me they've all been the same. I do prefer KVM over OpenVZ because of OpenVZ's tendency to "stop everything until more RAM is available". I believe they fixed this with the introduction of vSwap (switching from Burst to vSwap anyways), but I haven't had that many problems with it for a while now, so who knows. KVM operates much more like a standard dedicated server (with the possibility of noisy neighbors here and there)
I don't worry about that though anymore. It's come to a point where my needs on a remote desktop requires a dedicated server, so I simply just go with that.
Oh yeah, I never even bothered with these on beancounter containers. I always set the VSwap to twice the physical allocation for these, if only to give it a cushion. Ironically, by introducing a few non-standard UBC parameters, performance is even further enhanced. (privvmpages = RAM + Swap as your barrier, with no limit set. Having a barrier for privvmpages not only provides for better accounting under VSwap, it seems to balance resources and handle cached memory reclamation, takes the pressure off the "slow memory". Great for those providers who really aren't overselling the crap out of their nodes. The RD's performance is even sharper.
Ahh! Yeah then that's all Ryan haha. He handles the twitter and facebook side. That's awesome!
I do appreciate this. I don't want stray off topic too long, or go into a GVH-inspired diatribe about wanting to be a part of this industry the day I got my first I.T. job... while that may be true, I tend to demonstrate it this in ... better ... ways. Really over there I'm not allowed to discuss my service at all unless it's in the overcrowded spots, and frankly, just ...no. So I chose instead to use knowledge as an advertising strategy, and as a way to make friends with some other providers and maybe remind them that a small business doesn't automatically discount the level of service to expect, or whether or not the company is turning profit. The only thing left is that I'd like for both providers and VPS users to know that I also have a contract to provide I.T. support to the tenants in my office building under the DBA of Northwest Technology Group, in case someone looks me up., It's just supplemental income since I'd be at the office anyway. It doesn't even have a website.
You'd be surprised at some of the advancements that containerization has made through the years. Not to say that every new feature was met with rave reviews, of course *coughploopcough*. Second to that, OpenVZ is, more often than not, treated as an out-of-box moneymaker, when in fact each node and their containers are going to respond differently than the next, and a default install of SolusVM (which is how most kids do it now) does not a happy container make. OpenVZ gives you the ability to spool up, but you've got to put some late nights in it and give it some gusto. People will notice, and the loyal clients will soon follow.
