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I like that if I'm on the move I can take my laptop and I have my complete work environment with me, I can continue my work wherever I'am, etc. How one could r

I like that if I'm on the move I can take my laptop and I have my complete work environment with me, I can continue my work wherever I'am, etc. How one could replicate this with a desktop + laptop combo? Setting up a work environment which syncs between the two constantly?

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JoeAltmaier 5y ago
How can you drag three monitors with you whereever you go? Just the full-sized keyboard would be a drag. I have three desktops. Projects are on SSD VMs that I carry, or in the cloud. So no issues about syncing.
justsomehnguy 5y ago
And what would you do if you lose your laptop? With that in mind (except probably a very heavy data) you already need a way to sync your environment... to something, depends on what are you doing. And if you can sync it for a fast recovery then, probably, you can make it sync between N+1 computers.
ImprobableTruth 5y ago
If your work environment is reproducible this shouldn't be an issue. Nix works well for me personally. Another boon is that if your system goes kaput for whatever reason, you've already done the legwork to immediately get up and running again.
sto_hristo 5y ago
Remote to your desktop from your laptop and never worry about losing/breaking the laptop. I've spent little over a year on a job where i remote desktop'd to office computer from home in a WFH scenario. Was perfectly doable and stable. In this way you won't need the laptop at all and can use a nice tablet. I'm thinking of going this way, but not quite there yet.
- beart 5y ago
  I do this in reverse. My work provides a laptop, but never provided any other hardware at all once we switched to full remote. So I throw it in the closet and remote into it from my personal desktop. I much prefer to sit at a desk in a nice chair, with a good keyboard, monitors, etc.
  - sto_hristo 5y ago
    My latest job is like that - from home with just a laptop. I used it as a secondary monitor (chat, email). At end of day i simply close it and turn on the desktop.

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JoeAltmaier 5y ago

How can you drag three monitors with you whereever you go? Just the full-sized keyboard would be a drag. I have three desktops. Projects are on SSD VMs that I carry, or in the cloud. So no issues about syncing.

justsomehnguy 5y ago

And what would you do if you lose your laptop? With that in mind (except probably a very heavy data) you already need a way to sync your environment... to something, depends on what are you doing. And if you can sync it for a fast recovery then, probably, you can make it sync between N+1 computers.

ImprobableTruth 5y ago

If your work environment is reproducible this shouldn't be an issue. Nix works well for me personally. Another boon is that if your system goes kaput for whatever reason, you've already done the legwork to immediately get up and running again.

sto_hristo 5y ago

Remote to your desktop from your laptop and never worry about losing/breaking the laptop. I've spent little over a year on a job where i remote desktop'd to office computer from home in a WFH scenario. Was perfectly doable and stable. In this way you won't need the laptop at all and can use a nice tablet. I'm thinking of going this way, but not quite there yet.

beart 5y ago
I do this in reverse. My work provides a laptop, but never provided any other hardware at all once we switched to full remote. So I throw it in the closet and remote into it from my personal desktop. I much prefer to sit at a desk in a nice chair, with a good keyboard, monitors, etc.
- sto_hristo 5y ago
  My latest job is like that - from home with just a laptop. I used it as a secondary monitor (chat, email). At end of day i simply close it and turn on the desktop.