Running big Open Source applications in the cloud?

[Gustin Johnson]

The "cloud" is a really vague term.  You could lease a VPS, install X and
NX, remote in and voila, you are running GIMP in the "cloud".  Heck, you
could lease a Windows VPS, RDP in and then run GIMP.  These are bona fide
"cloud" solutions.

I am not sure what you mean by "only data (and commands) passed back and
forth".  Do you want a client side GUI, while offloading the CPU intensive
stuff (like filters), or are you talking about running the whole thing in a
browser?

I guess what I am trying to say is that slapping "cloud" on the name of an
idea does not really say a whole lot.  There are a lot of very different
ways you could leverage an IP network with remote resources (this is all
the term "cloud" really means).

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Pete Wright <pnwright at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Hazan, for the good link.
> But all this discussion is still about various pieces of client software
> you run on a local machine no matter where you get it or how you pay for it.
> I am talking about running the software remotely (in the cloud), not on
> local machines, with only data (and commands) passed back and forth.
> From what I have read so far, Adobe is not talking about that, despite the
> "cloud" in their name for the new iteration of their suite.
> Autodesk has been playing with this concept with very interesting results.
> Their 123D Catch is amazing.
>  http://www.123dapp.com/catch
> And here is the "octocopter" capturing the images to make a 3D 123D catch
> of their HQ.
>  http://www.gizmag.com/autodesk-octocopter-3d-images/22083/
> You can do this with your cell phone, uploading the pix to 123D catch
> where all the computational heavy lifting is done in the cloud.
> I am looking forward to the day when we can do this all complex tasks, and
> Open Source seems like the best way to go forward.
> Cheers
> Pete
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Hazan Pérez <hapk02 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I read this interesting article a few days ago, it addresses the Cloud
>> part:
>>
>> http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/raving-over-adobe-creative-cloud-or-using-free-software
>>
>> If you'd like to know more you would have to ask the developers
>> directly.
>>
>> Also, I think that the Software as a Service part of the cloud goes
>> against the principles of the Free Software, I heard RMS say so as
>> well, so I doubt they'll implement it (I saw a few experiments made by
>> the GNOME team in that respect though). As for sync between different
>> devices and the such the article mentions that (that must come from the
>> user though)
>>
>> I hope this helps solve your doubts.
>>
>>
>> El lun 20 may 2013 11:17:32 COT, Pete Wright escribió:
>> > What, if any, progress is being made to running GIMP, Blender, et all,
>> > in the Cloud? Anybody doing this? If so, how can we help? If not, why
>> not?
>> > Pete
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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