Show HN: Termbox – Launch a Linux terminal with two clicks
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Re: Show HN: Termbox – Launch a Linux terminal with two clicks
#2Termbox is somewhat similar to the recently announced dply.co, but I think our approach is much better for the following reasons:
* The interface is super streamlined. Open the page, confirm captcha, click launch - boom, you got a terminal. The planned SSH support will be similar to that - no web page, just do ssh root@ubuntu.termbox.io and you get logged in to a Ubuntu box.
* We use VM based containers (hypercontainer.io) and not full VMs, so startup is very fast and instances are super cheap. 2 hours of the 512MB DigitalOcean server cost $0.014, 2 hours of a 512MB Termbox instance currently cost us around $0.0001
* Because our instances are so cheap, we do not impose any limits on the amount of boxes you can create. Just leave them behind, they will be cleaned up automatically.
Re: Show HN: Termbox – Launch a Linux terminal with two clicks
#3Stupid question maybe, but what would the use case for something like this be? Can I run a server on it?
Re: Show HN: Termbox – Launch a Linux terminal with two clicks
#4over capacity. anyone have a screenshot for what the terminal looks like? Is there a countdown timer?
Re: Show HN: Termbox – Launch a Linux terminal with two clicks
#5Termbox is somewhat similar to the recently announced dply.co, but I think our approach is much better for the following reasons: * The interface is super streamlined. Open the page, confirm captcha, click launch - boom, you got a terminal. The planned SSH support will be similar to that - no web page, just do ssh root@ubuntu.termbox.io and you get logged in to a Ubuntu box. * We use VM based containers (hypercontain…
Server capacity reached , please try again later :)
Tried the Debian instance
Re: Show HN: Termbox – Launch a Linux terminal with two clicks
#6After getting an over capacity error, you always get a captcha verification error and have to reload the page
Re: Show HN: Termbox – Launch a Linux terminal with two clicks
#7Stupid question maybe, but what would the use case for something like this be? Can I run a server on it?
The FAQ states that you can't run a server yet.
Re: Show HN: Termbox – Launch a Linux terminal with two clicks
#8over capacity. anyone have a screenshot for what the terminal looks like? Is there a countdown timer?
Welp, I've temporarily reduced the duration to 1h, should free up some slots.
Here's a screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/UsRgXhD.png
Re: Show HN: Termbox – Launch a Linux terminal with two clicks
#9over capacity and I get a captcha error when trying to select a different server. I have to reload the page -- never got to a terminal.
Re: Show HN: Termbox – Launch a Linux terminal with two clicks
#10over capacity. anyone have a screenshot for what the terminal looks like? Is there a countdown timer?
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