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Sun Ray 2FS, part four: VNC, or the joy of more than 256 colours
Previously, on Behind the Console
In part one, a Sun Ray 2FS came back to life on Oracle Linux 6. Part two established that nothing newer will ever run Sun Ray Software, so the modern web has to come from somewhere e
Sun Ray 2FS, part three: a Debian 13 desktop in 256 glorious colours
Previously, on Behind the Console
In part one, a Sun Ray 2FS came back to life on Oracle Linux 6. In part two, we worked out that nothing newer than Oracle Linux 6 will ever run Sun Ray Softwa
Sun Ray 2FS, part two: can it go modern, and can it do YouTube?
Where we left off
In part one, a Sun Ray 2FS came back from the dead: Oracle Linux 6.10, Sun Ray Software 5.4, a Proxmox VM and a heroic quantity of 32-bit libraries. One question was still open at the end. Would t
Reviving a SunRay2FS
What this is about
A Sun Ray 2FS will still serve up a full GNOME desktop in 2026, provided you give it the server it remembers from its youth: Oracle Linux 6.10 with Sun Ray Software 5.4, here tucked into a Proxmox VM. It’s entirely doable. It’s also a bit like an escape room designed by someone w
