Run a desktop EC2 instance http://alestic.com/ http://ec2jaunty-desktop.notlong.com/ ami-caf615a3 - desktop 32-bit (US) htp://console.aws.amazon.com/ connect via key pair ssh -i ~/Work/Amazon\ Keys/wes-test.pem root@ec2-174-129-115-180.compute-1.amazonaws.com Update apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y Setup user user-setup Connect with NX client, requires Rosetta (and X11)