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Standalone Desktops Overview

First off, what do we mean in DaDesktop by a Standalone Desktop?

There is a great overview of the different Desktops here. But simply put, a 'Standalone' desktop is a machine that is not necessarily used during a course itself. It 'stands alone' as a separate desktop that can be used before or after the course finishes, or just used on its own without any reference to a course.
The Standalone is particularly flexible in this respect.

Standalone Machine

 

 

 

Typical reasons for creating Standalone desktops:
  1. Preparing Training Course material that can be reused time and time again outside of a course itself, or kept for use as and when necessary.
  2. When you need a flexible machine, perhaps with a different operating system (Linux, Windows), to test out ideas in a safe environment.
     
Features:
  1. Sharing Links provide full access to anyone with the link!
  2. If left unused, it will shut down automatically after 24 hours.
Cost:
  1. Creating a desktop is free.
  2. Starting a desktop will cost you.
  3. The amount depends on the number of units, which is based on CPU, Memory, and Disk Space. There is an additional charge for Windows.
  4. If you enrol on a course as either a Student or Trainer, you will receive free credits that can be used towards standalones.
  5. If you do not connect to your standalone for more than a month, it will be deleted.

 

Tip of Use:

To search for desktops cloned from a specific source, start with "clonefrom#" followed by the keyword.