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"Our Unix-inspired development philosophy favors the integration of lightweight, independent apps and components instead of the monolithic mega-app approach sti

"Our Unix-inspired development philosophy favors the integration of lightweight, independent apps and components instead of the monolithic mega-app approach still common in web development." I have essentially ported Unix itself onto the web at https://www.urdesk.net https://www.urdesk.net . You can say that the site itself is a kind of "mega-app", but given that it is an entire OS-in-a-browser that typically "installs" in < 2 seconds, I think it can be forgiven. There is also an app that is a kind of "Hello World" for AI that uses the Speech Recognition and Voice Synth capabilities of the Chrome browser. To hop directly into the AI, you can check out https://www.urdesk.net/desk?intro=bertie https://www.urdesk.net/desk?intro=bertie The site is now Chrome-only, since I am pretty much going all-in with the whole AI theme, and none of the other vendors include the necessary Javascript API's.

joslin01 12y ago
I deleted root and it froze. Where can I file a bug report? This is unacceptable.
- denniskane 12y ago
  Do you mean: I typed: 'rm /' and the prompt never returned? This didn't actually delete anything, you can always just do a ^C to get the prompt back when it gets stuck like that. I wouldn't consider that a "bug", just an unhandled error condition. More of a "glitch" that will take about 2 seconds to work out. Thanks for the feedback! EDIT: Already fixed with a nice friendly error message!
  - joslin01 12y ago
    Hey friend, I was just joking about "This is unacceptable." Sarcasm :) I do `rm -r -- /`. Very cool project.
teddyh 12y ago
> have essentially ported Unix itself onto the web If by “web” you mean “an up-to-date version of Chrome”, which was what the site told me was the only thing it worked with.
fit2rule 12y ago
How is this Unix? There's nothing in /bin. Did someone crowbar your install already? Where's find/grep/vim? I'll need those if you want this to be a real Unix. Also, maybe fsn[1] is a requirement ... ;) [1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fsn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fsn

joslin01 12y ago

I deleted root and it froze. Where can I file a bug report? This is unacceptable.

denniskane 12y ago
Do you mean: I typed: 'rm /' and the prompt never returned? This didn't actually delete anything, you can always just do a ^C to get the prompt back when it gets stuck like that. I wouldn't consider that a "bug", just an unhandled error condition. More of a "glitch" that will take about 2 seconds to work out. Thanks for the feedback! EDIT: Already fixed with a nice friendly error message!
- joslin01 12y ago
  Hey friend, I was just joking about "This is unacceptable." Sarcasm :) I do `rm -r -- /`. Very cool project.

teddyh 12y ago

> have essentially ported Unix itself onto the web If by “web” you mean “an up-to-date version of Chrome”, which was what the site told me was the only thing it worked with.

fit2rule 12y ago

How is this Unix? There's nothing in /bin. Did someone crowbar your install already? Where's find/grep/vim? I'll need those if you want this to be a real Unix. Also, maybe fsn[1] is a requirement ... ;) [1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fsn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fsn