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Existing (sort of) solutions
by StephenBeDoper on Tue 1st Dec 2009 05:31 UTC
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You've described the two scenarios that initially got me using remote desktop - my laptop has effectively acted as a dumb terminal for the last few years, running RDP connected to my desktop.

Granted, it's not as seamless as what you described - things like seamlessrdp help, but there's still a fair bit of setup & "geek-fu" required (ditto for remote X). What you're describing sounds a lot like Citrix, but obviously that's out of the reach of individual consumers.

It seems that the easiest solution, at least with current technology, would be an approach where you have a server in your home that serves applications Citrix-style. As long as you had persistent sessions, you could just run your applications off the server (from within the house or externally).


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