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Google Cloud Shell – Free until end of 2016

64 points by js4all 11y ago

banku_brougham 11y ago
I was just explaining to a colleague the best ways to get acces to shell utilities like awk/sed, as a Windows user. In the balance of ease of setup vs functionality I had recommended the git bash application. This looks even better (for 2016).
- netcraft 11y ago
  on windows also check out this: https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow git bash + gow + conemu makes windows not so bad.
- swozey 11y ago
  I'm a big fan of Babun; http://babun.github.io/ http://babun.github.io/
  - srean 11y ago
    If all one wants out of Zsh are the smart tab completions then msys2 is lighter weight alternative. I have found babun a bit laggy.
- shadowfox 11y ago
  In addition to all the other stuff, there is also MSYS2 [1] which includes pacman (the package manager from Arch ported over) and a decent sized package repository. [1] https://msys2.github.io/ https://msys2.github.io/
- daxelrod 11y ago
  If you want a remote unix toolchain in a browser, http://c9.io http://c9.io is a cloud IDE with a browser interface that includes shell access. It's a full Ubuntu environment running in a Docker container on their servers. Their free tier is more than enough for playing with the shell.
mrnismo92 11y ago
Google has been making so many cloud (platform) related announcements lately! I love their service & it makes me happy to see them ramp up their efforts to provide an even better experience & product line.
- razster 11y ago
  Only to take it away after a couple years. I'm avoiding Google services for a while or indef.
  - grf 11y ago
    Would you mind listing the Google Cloud Platform services that have been "taken away"? I'm honestly curious to know if the decision of shutting down services such as Reader impacts your perception towards Google's Cloud offerings. Disclaimer: I work at Google.
    - reustle 11y ago
      Just because one hasn't been taken away yet doesn't mean it won't happen. Obviously Google has a bad track record regarding product lifetime and it's going to take some extra special care to win many people back.
js4all 11y ago
Does anyone known if the docker image for Cloud Shell is open source (or parts of it?)
- skj 11y ago
  I don't see docker mentioned. What makes you ask?
  - deleted 11y ago
    [deleted]
  - js4all 11y ago
    Edit: Sorry for causing some confusion about if this is using docker or not. There is no reference to docker in the docs.
    - mynewtb 11y ago
      Would you be so nice to share the information you got?
tedmiston 11y ago
Can someone clear up two questions for those of us more familiar with EC2: Does "temporary" instance imply volatility or limited uptime? Web preview sounds like I might be able to run cron jobs or small web apps just for myself with SSL included. Does this seem plausible?
- icebraining 11y ago
  It says: "The virtual machine instance that backs your Cloud Shell session is not permanently allocated to a Cloud Shell session and terminates if the session is inactive for an hour. After the instance is terminated, any modifications that you made to it outside your $HOME are lost."
dang 11y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10327485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10327485
ck2 11y ago
Where is that visual google graveyard to remind us about adopting google products... http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/map_of_the_week/2013/03/google_reader_joins_graveyard_of_dead_google_products.html http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/map_of_the_week/201... http://www.wordstream.com/articles/retired-google-projects http://www.wordstream.com/articles/retired-google-projects http://www.networkworld.com/article/2990958/software/google-graveyard-what-google-has-killed-off-in-2015.html http://www.networkworld.com/article/2990958/software/google-...

64 points by js4all 11y ago

I was just explaining to a colleague the best ways to get acces to shell utilities like awk/sed, as a Windows user. In the balance of ease of setup vs functionality I had recommended the git bash application. This looks even better (for 2016).

netcraft 11y ago
on windows also check out this: https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow git bash + gow + conemu makes windows not so bad.
swozey 11y ago
I'm a big fan of Babun; http://babun.github.io/ http://babun.github.io/
- srean 11y ago
  If all one wants out of Zsh are the smart tab completions then msys2 is lighter weight alternative. I have found babun a bit laggy.
shadowfox 11y ago
In addition to all the other stuff, there is also MSYS2 [1] which includes pacman (the package manager from Arch ported over) and a decent sized package repository. [1] https://msys2.github.io/ https://msys2.github.io/
daxelrod 11y ago
If you want a remote unix toolchain in a browser, http://c9.io http://c9.io is a cloud IDE with a browser interface that includes shell access. It's a full Ubuntu environment running in a Docker container on their servers. Their free tier is more than enough for playing with the shell.

mrnismo92 11y ago

Google has been making so many cloud (platform) related announcements lately! I love their service & it makes me happy to see them ramp up their efforts to provide an even better experience & product line.

razster 11y ago
Only to take it away after a couple years. I'm avoiding Google services for a while or indef.
- grf 11y ago
  Would you mind listing the Google Cloud Platform services that have been "taken away"? I'm honestly curious to know if the decision of shutting down services such as Reader impacts your perception towards Google's Cloud offerings. Disclaimer: I work at Google.
  - reustle 11y ago
    Just because one hasn't been taken away yet doesn't mean it won't happen. Obviously Google has a bad track record regarding product lifetime and it's going to take some extra special care to win many people back.

js4all 11y ago

Does anyone known if the docker image for Cloud Shell is open source (or parts of it?)

skj 11y ago
I don't see docker mentioned. What makes you ask?
- deleted 11y ago
  [deleted]
- js4all 11y ago
  Edit: Sorry for causing some confusion about if this is using docker or not. There is no reference to docker in the docs.
  - mynewtb 11y ago
    Would you be so nice to share the information you got?

tedmiston 11y ago

Can someone clear up two questions for those of us more familiar with EC2: Does "temporary" instance imply volatility or limited uptime? Web preview sounds like I might be able to run cron jobs or small web apps just for myself with SSL included. Does this seem plausible?

icebraining 11y ago
It says: "The virtual machine instance that backs your Cloud Shell session is not permanently allocated to a Cloud Shell session and terminates if the session is inactive for an hour. After the instance is terminated, any modifications that you made to it outside your $HOME are lost."

dang 11y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10327485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10327485

ck2 11y ago

Where is that visual google graveyard to remind us about adopting google products... http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/map_of_the_week/2013/03/google_reader_joins_graveyard_of_dead_google_products.html http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/map_of_the_week/201... http://www.wordstream.com/articles/retired-google-projects http://www.wordstream.com/articles/retired-google-projects http://www.networkworld.com/article/2990958/software/google-graveyard-what-google-has-killed-off-in-2015.html http://www.networkworld.com/article/2990958/software/google-...