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Hosting virtualbox for my students (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I am looking for a solution for my students who all have Chromebooks (which are locked down).

Their opportunities will be greatly expanded if they had access to Windows-based software (Blender, Unreal Engine, 3D slicing software, etc.,).

I have access to a couple desktop machines that I could host virtual boxes on if there was some way for them to remote into them through a web browser.

Is that something that is possible, and where would I get the information to get started hosting something like that?

If not, are there any alternative solutions that do not require a paid subscription?

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago* (3 children)

The benefit is that it way easier to manage since you don't have to worry about physical hardware.

I get that it could easily be to expensive but it might not be bad with educational discounts.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Got it.

    But looking that the question has been posted in a selfhosted thread I don't see the recomendation of the cloud solution :)

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    This is honestly out of the scope of this community

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Honestly I totally disagree, this community is about avoiding SaaS and controlling the important part of the stack to keep your own data under control.

    If the service you need is just a provider of vm for your own business, is not a contradiction and it is still selfhosted as long as you control it.

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