From 070999476c544cff03bae316b5e9c67df2b527f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nico Schottelius Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 12:29:50 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ++update --- .../contents.lr | 25 +++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/u/blog/how-to-run-your-browser-in-the-cloud/contents.lr b/content/u/blog/how-to-run-your-browser-in-the-cloud/contents.lr index acc643e..2ae8b77 100644 --- a/content/u/blog/how-to-run-your-browser-in-the-cloud/contents.lr +++ b/content/u/blog/how-to-run-your-browser-in-the-cloud/contents.lr @@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ browsers has so far exhausted the available RAM on my notebook. For many years I have the strict policy to be able to work autonomously with my notebook. So moving parts of what I use to the -cloud was rarely an option, to be able to work offline. +cloud was rarely an option. I want to be able to work offline. However this comes with a drawback that switching the notebook can be -a bit cumbersome, so I migrated to a git + nextcloud + imap +a bit cumbersome. So I migrated to a git + nextcloud + imap based setup in which all "small files" (notes, source code, etc.) reside in git repositories and "big files" (photos, videos, etc.) reside in Nextcloud. @@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ local and remote. ## The browser While you can make a joke about emacs consuming all my memory (it -stands for "[Eight Megabytes And Constantly -Swapping](https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/gnuemacs.acro.exp.html)", +stands for [Eight Megabytes And Constantly +Swapping](https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/gnuemacs.acro.exp.html), doesn't it?), the real problem are actually browsers. It was a problem on my 256MB RAM notebook in 1998 with Netscape Navigator, it is still a problem with firefox and chromium and 16GB RAM in 2019. @@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ Even if you are crazy and upgrade to a 32GB RAM notebook, like I did, you finally become CPU bound! Yes, indeed, the tabs of my browser consume all CPU cores - while it is idling. -There is an important discussion around whether and why browsers use -so many resources, however this is not the focus of this post... +There is an important discussion around why browsers use +so many resources and how to optimise this, however this is not the +focus of this post... + ## The browser in the cloud @@ -72,16 +74,17 @@ recently gained some knowledge about access VNC, RDP and even SSH via the web. Guacamole also supports 2FA, which is a nice add-on. -Sanity check: So... I can use a browser (!) to access my browser (!) +Sanity check: So... I can *use a browser to access my browser* in the cloud. Does that actually make sense? And the answer for me is -"yes", because instead of running many tabs, I only have to run 1 tab +yes, because instead of running many tabs, I only have to run 1 tab locally and can outsource the rest. ## More in the cloud -Actually, what happens behind the scenes is that the VM is running -VNC, so I have actually full access to a remote Linux desktop via -browser and can even run applications like libreoffice. +Actually, what happens behind the scenes is that the VM is running VNC +(we are also experimenting with XRDP), so I have actually full access +to a remote Linux desktop via browser and can even run applications +like libreoffice, blender or gimp remotely. Because I think it's a cool thing to have, our team at ungleich added it as an offer to our [Black IPv6 Friday