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Hosting virtualbox for my students (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by Vegan_Joe@lemmy.world 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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[–] jrgd@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How locked down are the Chromebooks?

Remote VM seems overkill if you can just enable "Linux for Chromebook", which gives a sandboxed terminal at which point you can setup and install software like Blender, PrusaSlicer, etc.

It won't be the fastest because they are thin clients, but even modern thin clients do decently for 'light' work.

[–] Vegan_Joe@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

If only! They cannot be reimaged at all. They cannot even add extensions to Chrome. They are LOCKED down.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 hours ago

By whom?

Please talk to your IT department. If nothing else you could get the green light for something else.

[–] lorentz@feddit.it 6 points 23 hours ago

Linux from chromebook is just a configuration you enable from the settings menu. If offers you a shell which is similar to a Ubuntu and you can install standard Linux software using the "apt install" command. Said so, if they cannot even install chrome extensions this is likely disabled too.

[–] paf@jlai.lu 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Does it have access to boot menu? If so, change boot order so it goes to usb first. You will then only need to create a bootable usb stick with Linux on it

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 hours ago

I'm sure that won't cause problems...

[–] Vegan_Joe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

They are bios locked (or whatever the Chromebook equivalent of that is).