Standalone Desktops Overview

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

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

 

 

 

Typical reasons for creating Standalone desktops:

1. Preparing Training Course material that can be reused time and again outside of a course itself, or kept handy for when it's needed.
2. When you need a flexible machine with perhaps a different Operating System (Linux, Windows) to test out ideas, in a safe environment.
    

Features:

1. Sharing Links allow full access to everyone who has the link!
2. If not used, 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 extra charge for Windows.
4. If you join a course as a Student or Trainer, you will be given free credits which can be used for standalones.
5. If you do not connect to your standalone for over a month, it will be removed.

 

Tip of Use:

Starts with "clonefrom#" followed by the keyword to search desktops from which the desktops were cloned.