Ubuntu Desktop In the Cloud 83
jimjimovich writes "One new feature in Ubuntu 10.04 that caught my attention is the Desktop in the Cloud project. Ubuntu already has great EC2 support, and it's getting even better. Now you can launch Ubuntu Desktop instances on EC2 and connect to them with an NX client."
Cost prohibitive? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Cost prohibitive? (Score:5, Insightful)
Checking the EC2 pricing scheme:
Small Linux install: $.085 per hour
Up to the First 10TB of data transfer: 0.15 per GB
And it goes down as you add more instances in. So the cost may be relatively small.
But I wonder, if you are remoting to this machine, won't you be charged for twice the bandwidth if you are using it as your desktop to surf the web? Incoming data has to go to that instance first and then route to you. AFAIK you'll be charged for total bandwidth usage.
Re:Cost prohibitive? (Score:3, Insightful)
I'm not sure what the use case for this would be anyway. Sure you can access your desktop from everywhere, but where are you going to go that has terminals set up for NX? If you're hauling around a netbook anyway, why not just run a local desktop?
Re:i never saw the point of cloud desktops (Score:5, Insightful)