Cloud desktops are not a cure-all, but they do have their uses. I have "cloud" desktops hosted in my home (on a NUC server) and also on cheap VPS instances, dep

Cloud desktops are not a cure-all, but they do have their uses. I have "cloud" desktops hosted in my home (on a NUC server) and also on cheap VPS instances, depending on my particular needs, whether that be an isolated environment for dangerous work, or just having a portable desktop that I can connect to from whatever device I have at hand, continuing from where I last left off. GPU-intensive desktops are pretty much a no-go, but Mate desktop works beautifully and does what a desktop should: Manage my environment and get the hell out of my way. Browsing on the remote desktop is anything but smooth, but it's good enough for development. I'm not going to stream video on it, though. There's a tiny bit of keystroke latency, but not enough to matter IMO. I'm using Chrome remote desktop so YMMV. Running Steam on a cloud desktop is possible, but it's an exercise in madness. I do it all using LXD to keep things relatively distro agnostic. I've posted the Python script I use here: https://github.com/kstenerud/lxc-launch https://github.com/kstenerud/lxc-launch