Chromebooks Get New Way To Run Windows Apps With Cameyo's Virtual App Delivery

An anonymous reader quotes a report from 9to5Google: Google has worked with Cameyo to give enterprise Chromebooks another way to run Windows applications using ChromeOS Virtual App Delivery. Cameyo is an enterprise company that offers a "Virtual App Delivery" (VAD) platform that can stream Windows, Linux, internal web, and SaaS applications to other devices. This offering is now getting tight integration with ChromeOS. These Windows apps appear like other icons in a Chromebook's launcher and taskbar. Behind the scenes, they are PWAs (Progressive Web Apps) that aim to blur their streamed nature with native file system integration. This includes letting users access local files and folders from within the virtual instances. Similarly, integration with the ChromeOS Clipboard Connector allows for local copy and paste.

When a user opens a specific file type, Cameyo makes it so that the appropriate virtual app launches. These virtual apps can be streamed from the cloud or on-premises data centers. Compared to full virtual desktop apps, this approach is said to "eliminate the infrastructure and licensing complexity." On the security front: "apps and devices are isolated from network resources and segmented by default so that users only access the apps and data they need to get their jobs done, all while eliminating the need to expose firewall and server ports to the open internet." ChromeOS Virtual App Delivery with Cameyo is available today as an enterprise offering. There is no consumer equivalent.

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[drinkypoo]

ChromeOS Virtual App Delivery with Cameyo is available today as an enterprise offering. There is no consumer equivalent.

There's SpawnApps [wordpress.com], so yes, there is a consumer equivalent. This also isn't the first business-oriented product to do this, there is for example Parallels RAS [parallels.com], Turbo.net [turbo.net], Frame [www.fra.me], Go-Global [graphon.com], and I think Citrix has something as well.

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[davide marney]

I believe they meant no consumer equivalent to Cameyo, e.g., it's a business-only app.

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[93 Escort Wagon]

Seems like a distinction few would care about... like saying there's no consumer equivalent to Cintas' uniform delivery.

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[drinkypoo]

I believe they meant "buy our software" and so they paid for a slashvertisement in which they lied.

and up the wifi / network infrastructure needed

[Joe_Dragon]

and up the wifi / network infrastructure needed to be steaming apps

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[Rockoon]

and multiple security/privacy concerns

RDP did this for years!

[Joe_Dragon]

RDP did this for years!

Now will the remote app crash with an local link i

[Joe_Dragon]

Now will the remote app crash with an local link is lost with an local file?
can you copy / mirror files to remote server in an easy way?

I love it

[ArchieBunker]

When the thin client/fat server model keeps reappearing.

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[davide marney]

Well, when you think about it, it never really went away. What is a web agent other than a thin client on a fat server app?

Desktop app deployment using RDP over HTTPS

[davide marney]

Actually, this is a pretty interesting variation on RDP. Here's their 5-minute demo video: https://cameyo.com/news/cameyo... [cameyo.com]

The RDP-over-HTTPS choice is very smart. It makes it possible to distribute links to apps, and to seamlessly replace the desktop window with a browser window. Couldn't find anything on how this is licensed, my guess is there's no licensing savings here, just much easier deployment and support.

I was impressed by the demo video. Certainly worth installing and taking a closer look at if I

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[93 Escort Wagon]

I'm not a Windows guy, but isn't this basically MS' RemoteApp - except for Chrome?

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[davide marney]

Right, it's RDP (Windows remote desktop protocol), only it uses the browser window as the desktop, and it is sandboxed at the level of a specific application.

Google and Valve need to team up

[xack]

The steam deck is already successful and thanks to proton can play most games now, now just do laptops (Chromebooks or Steambooks?) with Proton and also support desktop apps like Office 365, Autocad and Photoshop with proton and finally break the lock on Windows monopoly.

Chromebooks need to chnage the os setup for games

[Joe_Dragon]

Chromebooks need to chnage the os setup for games.
OEM control os updates and drivers with an update timeout window
End users can't update drivers on their own.
sandboxing may get in the way of game mods , user maps, access to save files, ect.

Autocad and Photoshop have free and paided plugins that are side loaded.

Photoshop has it's own licensing and adobe will not take being forced to give google an 20-30% cut and be limited on control of over licensing.

Bad, bad, terrible, no good idea

[MpVpRb]

The tech industry seems intent on forcing us to use the cloud, streamed apps, web apps, anything but locally controlled stuff. They may start free, but eventually will end up as subscriptions

The cloud is a trap
Run away

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[davide marney]

"The web is a trap" Says the guy commenting through a web browser? Umm..

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[bilbo63]

Err, he said "the cloud is a trap". Not "the web is a trap". Not the same thing. Many people mistakenly liken "the web" to "the Internet" as well, so your error is unsurprising.