Use google colab as a remote machine with the help of ngrok, vnc server and xface desktop you can change the configurations and desktop environment as you please it's just a start

colab_xface_vnc.ipynb

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      "cell_type": "markdown",
      "source": [
        "* Enable colab GPU\n",
        "* Set ngrok auth below\n",
        "* Run all"
      ]
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        },
        "outputId": "56b71ba8-af90-4b4b-dbe3-dbbe2db3d716"
      },
      "cell_type": "code",
      "source": [
        "# install xface\n",
        "!apt install xfce4 xfce4-goodies\n",
        "# install vnc server\n",
        "!apt install vnc4server\n",
        "# install ngrok\n",
        "! wget -q -c -nc https://bin.equinox.io/c/4VmDzA7iaHb/ngrok-stable-linux-amd64.zip\n",
        "! unzip -qq -n ngrok-stable-linux-amd64.zip\n",
        "\n",
        "# configure\n",
        "!printf \"#!/bin/bash\\nstartxfce4 &\" > ~/.vnc/xstartup\n",
        "!chmod +x ~/.vnc/xstartup"
      ],
      "execution_count": 4,
      "outputs": [
        {
          "output_type": "stream",
          "text": [
            "Reading package lists... Done\n",
            "Building dependency tree       \n",
            "Reading state information... Done\n",
            "xfce4 is already the newest version (4.12.4).\n",
            "xfce4-goodies is already the newest version (4.12.4).\n",
            "0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 10 not upgraded.\n",
            "Reading package lists... Done\n",
            "Building dependency tree       \n",
            "Reading state information... Done\n",
            "vnc4server is already the newest version (4.1.1+xorg4.3.0-37.3ubuntu2).\n",
            "0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 10 not upgraded.\n"
          ],
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        "colab": {
          "base_uri": "https://localhost:8080/",
          "height": 54
        },
        "outputId": "f6f7037f-9037-4615-81dc-ca7dfe491575"
      },
      "cell_type": "code",
      "source": [
        "# set the password, max 8 chars\n",
        "!vncpasswd"
      ],
      "execution_count": 5,
      "outputs": [
        {
          "output_type": "stream",
          "text": [
            "Password:\n",
            "Verify:\n"
          ],
          "name": "stdout"
        }
      ]
    },
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        "colab": {
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          "height": 318
        },
        "outputId": "07e1e138-d3f1-4566-da29-47a8efe5e821"
      },
      "cell_type": "code",
      "source": [
        "# set ngrok auth and run forever\n",
        "NGROK_AUTH = \"\"\n",
        "VNC_PORT = 5901\n",
        "\n",
        "from time import sleep\n",
        "from IPython.display import clear_output\n",
        "import requests\n",
        "import json\n",
        "\n",
        "# keep everything running\n",
        "i=0\n",
        "while True:\n",
        "  try:\n",
        "    # start vnc server\n",
        "    if len(get_ipython().getoutput('ps -ef | grep vnc')) <= 2:\n",
        "      get_ipython().system_raw('vnc4server -httpport $VNC_PORT &')\n",
        "      sleep(5)\n",
        "  \n",
        "    ngrok_link = json.loads(requests.get('http://localhost:4040/api/tunnels').text)['tunnels'][0]['public_url']\n",
        "    print(ngrok_link)\n",
        "    sleep(30)\n",
        "    requests.get(ngrok_link)\n",
        "  except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):\n",
        "      raise\n",
        "  except:\n",
        "    # create ngrok port\n",
        "    get_ipython().system_raw('./ngrok authtoken $NGROK_AUTH && ./ngrok tcp $VNC_PORT &')\n",
        "  i+=1\n",
        "  if i >=5:\n",
        "    clear_output(wait=True)\n",
        "    i=0\n"
      ],
      "execution_count": 6,
      "outputs": [
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          "output_type": "stream",
          "text": [
            "tcp://0.tcp.ngrok.io:10721\n",
            "tcp://0.tcp.ngrok.io:10721\n",
            "tcp://0.tcp.ngrok.io:10721\n"
          ],
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            "\u001b[0;31mKeyboardInterrupt\u001b[0m: "
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