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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/selfhosted

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Hey all,

I'm kind of new to self hosting, and currently repurposing my old PC as a home server. I already set it up to run nginx in docker, so I can use SSL on every website. The next thing for me would be to set up some kind of persisent workspace, that I can access from everywhere (specifically my ipad). I already had a look at kasm, but it looks to overkill. What i want:

Persisent workspace, independent from Ubuntu server
Some kind of Linux distro with a known package manager
accessible through browser, or iPad app
multiple users?
password protected

Thanks,

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

What do you want to do with this workspace? Are you looking for a VNC controlled Linux desktop environment? Or a "codespace" with an editor and a terminal in the browser? Or an office suite? Or..?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

If you just need an online office suite, you can go for Collabora Office. It has some nice integrations, collaborative editing etc. Not sure about an iPad app...

[–] Nekomancer 2 points 8 months ago

As others mentioned it would to know what you plan to use the workspace for.

If it's general configuration management and coding (text editing) an alternative to something like guacamole/rdp/vnc would be to use VsCode remotely over SSH. This lets you run code's UI on a local machine but open and operate on remote files with little overhead. The other option is always ssh + tmux + vim, which is really lightweight, but probably harder to learn.

While remote desktop solutions work (like guacamole) they can introduce a fair amount of input latency which can be awkward.

[–] heisenbug4242 1 points 8 months ago

Perhaps CryptPad fits your needs. It's an open-source privacy-aware collaborative office suite and storage solution. It's end-to-end encrypted, so even if it gets hacked no usable information is leaked.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Something like Guacamole could be a nice fit. Additionally, you need a virtual PC to connect to, Guacamole is just the proxy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

As others have mentioned, workspace is too vaguely defined for good answers. FWIW, I use the Blink Shell app on iOS to ssh into my server and/or computers from my iPad for my command line workspace. I also use my iPad to access/use many of the services I’m self hosting.

If you’re looking for a gui/DE, then something like guacamole would suit you better.