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Hey everyone,

I need some help from community experts. Mostly my clients looking for VPS with Windows OS and they need to install chrome to surf some websites. (FYI, not doing any illegal thingy or porn stuff)

Here are the minimum requirements which I have to fulfill

  • Dedicated IP (Multiple Geo Locations)
  • Windows just because to install chrome (GUI)
  • Remote connection RDP - VNC will also work

I am looking for an alternative of Windows or maybe lightweight OS which can be run on LXC, KVM, and OpenVZ.

Let me know if anyone can offer/suggest in these lines.

Thanks

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  • AnthonySmithAnthonySmith Member, Patron Provider
    edited July 2019
    1. You need KVM to run windows.
    2. Windows server is the only legal windows OS you can run on KVM
    3. To run windows server + chrome take at least 4GB Ram
    4. If they are running any automated browsing please take a dedicated CPU core only VPS.

    Now that's the windows part done I should say you can also use vmware or hyperv but hosts using that are as rare as rocking horse poo.

    You can run chrome on any linux OS and installing an windows compatible rdp server is trivial so you do not need windows just for chrome. iirc on ubuntu its as simply as installing 'xrdp' through apt.

    So in conclusion, you can achieve that with literally any linux VPS on any virtualization platform but you do need to keep in mind that none of them are likely to have any hardware acceleration so the experience is not going to be great for heavy use.

    edit: it obviously goes without saying that no VPS 'comes ready' like this for you to just start using chrome and rdp. that part you need to deal with yourself.

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  • Thanks @AnthonySmith , totally understand the windows part very well, yes i agreed it requires some manual configuration to make it live.

    the important thing here to learn from an experienced candidate who has done these things before. I agreed there are a lot of linux GUI versions available but i need something very lightweight along with minimum hardware resources.

  • AnthonySmithAnthonySmith Member, Patron Provider

    debian 9 minimal + LXDE

    That will run on its own with 256mb ram on a container or 512mb on KVM without ever causing any issues.

    Then you just need to add-on how much ram you plan to use for chrome, i would suggest 4GB for general use, 8GB for heavy use.

    There is no such thing as minimal hardware use with a desktop running + chrome active use, it takes up resources, its 2019, that is just how it is.

    Running LXDE is about the lightest weight desktop environment that is still a familiar layout to most people.

  • Debian 32 bit minimal for os if you vps under 2gb of ram or Debian 64bit minimal
    Jwm for desktop ( it's a very light desktop so nothing fancy )
    Vnc4server or other vnc4server variant for remote access
    Cpulimit if you running browser (especially if you running something automatically) on shared vps, hard limit to something reasonable
    Force_bind if you want to run different profile browser with different IP (if your vps have multiple ipv4)
    Daemontools if you want you browser running as a services and automatically restart when stopped/crash

  • YmpkerYmpker Member

    Sorry, this reminded me of:

  • @Ympker said:
    Sorry, this reminded me of:

    Wow :smile:

  • rcxbrcxb Member

    @shaqeel said:
    Mostly my clients looking for VPS with Windows OS and they need to install chrome to surf some websites. (FYI, not doing any illegal thingy or porn stuff)

    What's the reason to have Chrome on the server instead of running it locally? If they just want to browse from a remote IP address, a VPN is the vastly better option.

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  • SoftShellWebSoftShellWeb Member, Patron Provider

    What is the budget?
    Might just get a budget dedicated server with several dedicated IP's and split it into several VM's. If using a VNC client is an option why not just install a lightweight Linux GUI on each VM. Most lightweight GUIs such as LXDE, MATE or Xcfe should be more then enough with the described requirements.

  • shaqeelshaqeel Member
    edited July 2019

    @rcxb VPN is a better option but will not work in my case.

    @SoftShellWeb as mentioned clients are using windows currently so budget is secondary at this moment. high priority to identify the alternative solution.

  • @Ympker said:
    Sorry, this reminded me of:

    Got that t-shirt. I refuse to go to "brainstorming" meetings that involve any marketing/sales people.

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  • DebouncerDebouncer Member, Host Rep

    @captainwasabi said:
    Got that t-shirt. I refuse to go to "brainstorming" meetings that involve any marketing/sales people.

    @captainwasabi,
    Here is another great t-shirt idea.

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  • Internet Explorer and Windows resolve the problem of navigating Internet. No need alternatives as expert say.

  • Debain / Ubuntu with LXDE will serve great to run browser, dropbox, PCmanFM file manager which is pretty much what you seek in a minimal desktop UI. you can access it with TigerVNC or RealVNC. Been using these setups for 10 years now... gets the job done

    Be warned that running video inside browser (youtube etc.) will need hardware acceleration and will not be as smooth. If there is more to your requirement, I suggest you first make a list of applications you will need to run for your remote users so we can suggest opinion accordingly.

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