By combining NoMachine software with the Amazon EC2 infrastructure, you can jumpstart your own remote access and desktop delivery solution for employees, partners and customers alike. Or if it's just for your own use, by installing NoMachine you can get remote access to your own personal desktop hosted in Amazon's cloud and get the same benefits as you would as if the physical hardware was really yours.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is Amazon.com's cloud-computing platform of which its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) forms a central part. EC2 provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud, suitable for any organization or individual which needs flexible cloud hosting services. Virtual hosts can be fired up on literally any OS, either as free "Instances" or as pay-for options depending on the HW capacity and what you consume. This particular tutorial will concentrate on the Linux desktop.