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by grun 13y ago
- arc.io with documentation, demos, and examples in Python, C, Ruby, and Node.js. - Support for other developers to build and ship Arc apps. - Installer is 60MB, down from 140MB. - Updated to the latest VirtualBox v4.2.18. - Bu
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by grun 13y ago
Gotcha! Kidding. Arc is registered with launchd, Apple's daemon manager. To halt Arc, unload it from launchd with launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.arc.arcd.plist
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by grun 13y ago
arc.js uses WebSockets to converse with the Arc daemon. And great suggestion; it could certainly be made clearer. Thank you.
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by grun 13y ago
Perhaps. Arc could also use Linux Containers (LXC) directly for the aforementioned benefits. In the future, Arc will be agnostic and support multiple hypervisors. One could use LXC on Linux, HyperV on Windows, VirtualBox, etc.
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by grun 13y ago
The blog post is a little over a month old. The installer is 60MB now. Arc is a daemon that runs on your system, like DropBox. Browsers can use arc.js and instruct Arc to run native code in lightweight Linux virtual machines. Arc is a stron
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by grun 13y ago
I chose VirtualBox over qemu for performance. For size, Arc's installer will continue to shrink (it's down to 60MB from 140MB). A custom built VirtualBox should be quite small. However, VirtualBox does require admin to install whi
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by grun 13y ago
Absolutely -- Arc is coming to Linux and Windows soon.
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Show HN: Native apps for the browser(arc.io)
152 points by grun 13y ago|58 comments
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by grun 13y ago
An attacker would have three primary avenues of attack: 1) Escape the virtual machine sandbox. 2) Denial of service of host resources. 3) Attack network services. For 1), virtual machines provide strong, hardware supported isolat
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by grun 13y ago
> what happens when you try to run more VMs than you have physical cores? The VMs are just processes of the host OS. They're multiplexed over available cores, same as ordinary processes.
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by grun 13y ago
Dirpy had three million monthly users.
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by grun 13y ago
Arc apps will require explicit permission to communicate with a local network. This can be enforced at the hardware layer by the virtual NIC.
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by grun 13y ago
Please shoot me an email so I can destroy the bug.
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by grun 13y ago
VirtualBox is included in the Arc installer. It doesn't have to be downloaded or installed separately.
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by grun 13y ago
Arc is an indomitable name. It's short, memorable, recognizable, and pronounceable. It's also a strong prefix: Arc app, Arc box, Arc sync, Arc OS, etc. Arc passes the highway test with flying colors. Imagine driving down the highw
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by grun 13y ago
Dirpy had three million monthly users.
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by grun 13y ago
> How does one try out this beta? Documentation for Arc and arc.js will be available shortly. > Is this going to be open source? Arc will not be. Perhaps Peggo once Arc has cooled.
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by grun 13y ago
> If I have a VM in the browser can I run.. vim in the browser? My customized instance and all that? Or maybe this wouldn't be too feasible for io-heavy uses? vim, emacs, anything that runs on Linux.
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by grun 13y ago
Native Client 1) Is Chrome only. 2) Can't spawn processes or subprocesses. 3) Can't open raw UDP or TCP sockets. 4) Requires apps be ported.
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by grun 13y ago
> Would the difference here be that instead of running Java, you could run > almost any language? More than just any language - any Linux software.
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by grun 13y ago
> From an end-user POV, what will using an Arc app entail? If Arc is installed, you're good to go. Everything just works. If Arc isn't installed 1) arc.js transparently falls back to the cloud and runs the Arc app on a
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Show HN: Virtual Machines in the Browser(blog.grunseid.com)
281 points by grun 13y ago|148 comments
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by grun 15y ago
Query parameters as a dictionary was an ease of use tradeoff over the rarely utilized flexibility of repeated query parameters. https://github.com/gruns/furl/blob/master/furl.py#L142 Werkzeug's MultiDict looks like a good combination
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by grun 15y ago
No restrictions. Use however you deem fit.
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Python URL manipulation made simple.(github.com)
96 points by grun 15y ago|23 comments