[ec2-beta] Preliminary thoughts

[Robbie Williamson]

On 01/12/2009 12:12 PM, Jamie Strandboge wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I just recently dove into EC2 and have been thinking about ways to
> leverage its power in my day to day work. Here's some feedback based
> on my (rather limited) use of ec2 so far:
> 
[snip]
> 
> 2. Images for Dapper, Hardy, Intrepid and Jaunty (and beyond) would be
> fantastic for update testing (Gutsy isn't needed as it will be EOL'd
> soon).
We've actually discussed this on the Ubuntu Foundations team and are looking
into it.

> 
[snip]
> 4. X11 with ssh forwarding is *painful* in EC2 (yes, I was enough of a
> masochist to actually play with this :)
> 
I tried to setup an NXServer from NoMachine, but ran into some problems trying
to connect from a local NXClient....probably user error (I still need to play
with it some more). :/  You may want to look at that, since it works with SSH by
default, and provides faster performance, IMO, than VNC.

-Robbie

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Robbie Williamson                     		    robbie at ubuntu.com
Ubuntu Foundations Team Manager             robbiew[irc.freenode.net]
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"You can't be lucky all the time, but you can be smart everyday"
 -Mos Def

"Arrogance is thinking you are better than everyone else, while
Confidence is knowing no one else is better than you." -Me ;)