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EyeOS: your own cloud desktop

21 points by ErrantX 17y ago

ErrantX 17y ago
We've just installed this in the office and are trialling it as our workspace. It seems pretty handy initially.
- jacquesm 17y ago
  Thank you, this seems to be quite a neat thing. Wonder how they've been able to stay off the radar with 400 K users, I'd never even heard of them.
  - ErrantX 17y ago
    Same. They were in a SourceForge email yesterday evening - that's how I found out about it.
figital 17y ago
I wouldn't mind using this initially for checking email and web browsing .... if I could edit code remotely & productively via sshfs or similar in something like Bespin. It's not something that's "better" than a traditional desktop ... but if the license is permissive the desktop becomes so much more flexible, hackable, and personal.
- ErrantX 17y ago
  that's what's interesting me - looks quite easy to create tools/apps for. We have a few remote workers which this might work well for.
figital 17y ago
The key with these is to be able to get to a good browser experience ASAP. http://eyeos.info http://eyeos.info ..... you have to open the "Applications" folder and then look for "eyeNav" ... (drag that to the desktop) Personally I'd want to see a Firefox icon but I guess someone needs to build a XUL parser in there.
cesare 17y ago
Wow! I just installed it on my ultra cheap shared hosting space. Edit: If you're wondering, the only requirements for the server are Apache (1.3.x or 2.x) & PHP 5. It also has a (still limited) iPhone front end.
rufugee 17y ago
This would be a compelling idea for surfing the web securely from work, IF IT PROXIED TRAFFIC. It doesn't, and I'm afraid folks will be mislead by the way it seems it does. All internet browsing still uses your local connection and a tcpdump proves it. Beware...you're not protected.
teilo 17y ago
This is a nice convergence of technology, and very cool and all, but am I the only one who is really bugged by them calling this "your own cloud system"? "The Cloud" != "a webserver". This is a Javascript desktop with a PHP backend. It could run on a virtual server in a cloud, but that's not even the way they sell it. It's not even sold as an app service ala Google Apps. Also, check out CorneliOS: http://www.cornelios.org/ http://www.cornelios.org/. Similar deal, but built in Perl.
yangyang 17y ago
I've seen this kind of "desktop in a browser" thing before and it seems a bit daft to me (and it certainly isn't an operating system). There's so much scope for better metaphors than the "desktop" one. Google's apps are a good example of this. Your browser already gives you far more efficient window management - why try to replicate in an incredibly inefficient fashion with javascript?
- shawnjgoff 17y ago
  It kind of is an operating system. Check out Process Manager. Read the developer manual.
- figital 17y ago
  Then your desktop becomes more portable, collaborative, hackable, and open. Windows or OSX could make their local scripting environments more open and universal but they have 0 incentive. So eventually the browser will do it. Inefficiencies will be squeezed out over time. Tabs aren't really windows although they will be (or vice versa).
herval 17y ago
Using a browser inside the desktop that runs inside my browser: priceless!

21 points by ErrantX 17y ago

ErrantX 17y ago

We've just installed this in the office and are trialling it as our workspace. It seems pretty handy initially.

jacquesm 17y ago
Thank you, this seems to be quite a neat thing. Wonder how they've been able to stay off the radar with 400 K users, I'd never even heard of them.
- ErrantX 17y ago
  Same. They were in a SourceForge email yesterday evening - that's how I found out about it.

figital 17y ago

I wouldn't mind using this initially for checking email and web browsing .... if I could edit code remotely & productively via sshfs or similar in something like Bespin. It's not something that's "better" than a traditional desktop ... but if the license is permissive the desktop becomes so much more flexible, hackable, and personal.

ErrantX 17y ago
that's what's interesting me - looks quite easy to create tools/apps for. We have a few remote workers which this might work well for.

figital 17y ago

The key with these is to be able to get to a good browser experience ASAP. http://eyeos.info http://eyeos.info ..... you have to open the "Applications" folder and then look for "eyeNav" ... (drag that to the desktop) Personally I'd want to see a Firefox icon but I guess someone needs to build a XUL parser in there.

cesare 17y ago

Wow! I just installed it on my ultra cheap shared hosting space. Edit: If you're wondering, the only requirements for the server are Apache (1.3.x or 2.x) & PHP 5. It also has a (still limited) iPhone front end.

rufugee 17y ago

This would be a compelling idea for surfing the web securely from work, IF IT PROXIED TRAFFIC. It doesn't, and I'm afraid folks will be mislead by the way it seems it does. All internet browsing still uses your local connection and a tcpdump proves it. Beware...you're not protected.

teilo 17y ago

This is a nice convergence of technology, and very cool and all, but am I the only one who is really bugged by them calling this "your own cloud system"? "The Cloud" != "a webserver". This is a Javascript desktop with a PHP backend. It could run on a virtual server in a cloud, but that's not even the way they sell it. It's not even sold as an app service ala Google Apps. Also, check out CorneliOS: http://www.cornelios.org/ http://www.cornelios.org/. Similar deal, but built in Perl.

yangyang 17y ago

I've seen this kind of "desktop in a browser" thing before and it seems a bit daft to me (and it certainly isn't an operating system). There's so much scope for better metaphors than the "desktop" one. Google's apps are a good example of this. Your browser already gives you far more efficient window management - why try to replicate in an incredibly inefficient fashion with javascript?

shawnjgoff 17y ago
It kind of is an operating system. Check out Process Manager. Read the developer manual.
figital 17y ago
Then your desktop becomes more portable, collaborative, hackable, and open. Windows or OSX could make their local scripting environments more open and universal but they have 0 incentive. So eventually the browser will do it. Inefficiencies will be squeezed out over time. Tabs aren't really windows although they will be (or vice versa).

herval 17y ago

Using a browser inside the desktop that runs inside my browser: priceless!