Standalone Desktops: An Overview

To begin with, how does DaDesktop define a Standalone Desktop?

You can check out a great overview of the various desktop types here. But in simple terms, a 'Standalone' desktop is a machine that isn't necessarily used during an active course. It exists on its own—usable before or after a course, or completely independently—and that flexibility is its real strength.
The Standalone is especially adaptable in this way.

 

 

 

Common reasons for creating Standalone desktops:

1. Crafting training materials that you can reuse again and again, separate from any live course, or keep on hand for future needs.
2. When you want a flexible machine, maybe running a different operating system (Linux, Windows), to safely test ideas in an isolated environment.

Features:

1. Shareable links give full access to anyone who has the link!
2. If left idle, it automatically shuts down after 24 hours

Costs:

1. Creating a desktop is free.
2. Starting it, however, comes with a cost.
3. The price depends on the unit count, determined by CPU, memory, and disk space. Windows desktops incur an additional fee.
4. Joining a course as a student or trainer earns you free credits that can be put toward standalone machines.
5. If you don’t connect to your standalone for more than a month, it will be deleted.

 

Usage tip:

Type "clonefrom#" followed by a keyword to search for desktops that originated from that source.