EyeOS: your own cloud desktop

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Post by ErrantX » Fri, Jul 31, 2009, 12:52 PM UTC

EyeOS: your own cloud desktop
eyeos.org

Re: EyeOS: your own cloud desktop

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Post by ErrantX » Fri, Jul 31, 2009, 12:53 PM UTC

We've just installed this in the office and are trialling it as our workspace.

It seems pretty handy initially.

Re: EyeOS: your own cloud desktop

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Post by jacquesm » Fri, Jul 31, 2009, 1:09 PM UTC

ErrantX wrote: post #2

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

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.

Re: EyeOS: your own cloud desktop

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Post by ErrantX » Fri, Jul 31, 2009, 1:25 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #3

ErrantX wrote: post #2

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

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.

Same. They were in a SourceForge email yesterday evening - that's how I found out about it.

Re: EyeOS: your own cloud desktop

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Post by figital » Fri, Jul 31, 2009, 1:42 PM UTC

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.

Re: EyeOS: your own cloud desktop

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Post by ErrantX » Fri, Jul 31, 2009, 1:48 PM UTC

figital wrote: post #5

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.

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.

Re: EyeOS: your own cloud desktop

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Post by figital » Fri, Jul 31, 2009, 1:51 PM UTC

The key with these is to be able to get to a good browser experience ASAP. 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.

Re: EyeOS: your own cloud desktop

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Post by cesare » Fri, Jul 31, 2009, 2:06 PM UTC

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.

Re: EyeOS: your own cloud desktop

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Post by rufugee » Fri, Jul 31, 2009, 2:33 PM UTC

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.

Re: EyeOS: your own cloud desktop

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Post by teilo » Fri, Jul 31, 2009, 2:46 PM UTC

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/. Similar deal, but built in Perl.