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This is not a standard terminal replacement, it's a Chrome extension providing quicker access to koding.com's vm service. Vague headline, cool product but not relevant to me right now.
I was thinking about creating this sort of service the other day... is this Docker under the covers?
This is not a standard terminal replacement, it's a Chrome extension providing quicker access to koding.com's vm service. Vague headline, cool product but not relevant to me right now.
hello, koding dev there. "koding.com's vm service" provides a standard real terminal. what are your expectations? asking to make it better.
Does anyone know what Koding.com actually does? I watched both videos, read the "NOW PUBLIC" blog post, and I feel like it might be awesome - but I don't know. Is there a page that details what the product actually is? Kinda feel dumb for even asking, but I can't seem to find out?
A simple use case would be if you were to teach a class on coding that required a Linux environment to compile C, but the students brought their own laptops, you could
A. Struggle with all the possible laptop configurations and how to install VMs and/or the proper packages on those computers
or
B Use koding.com and have everyone do their projects on koding.com's VM so that everyone can focus on learning instead of configuring.
At the end of the project, you also get the added benefit that the tools used to validated homework and projects will be the same tools used to develop. This was a big problem when I was in school where students would develop on a rogue platform (ie. MS or OSX) and the TAs would compile and run the code on Linux and there would be build errors or run time errors for random configuration problems.
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As for their business model, from what I can tell, they want to first create a universal platform for anyone that wants a linux sandbox to play, code, learn. Then they will charge businesses or universities that want to upgrade to have a lot of access or special VMs.
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hello, koding dev there. "koding.com's vm service" provides a standard real terminal. what are your expectations? asking to make it better.
I think he meant (and I initially assumed from the headline) effectively bash in the browser, running locally.
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I think he meant (and I initially assumed from the headline) effectively bash in the browser, running locally.
you're right, but local bash in the browser is technically not possible for now. (if you don't hack or bridge the chrome). It can be an emulator or a connector like the secure-shell app by Google in Chrome store. Terminal app provides a free and full terminal with Koding VM.
Not saying what you've done ain't cool! Just wasn't quite what I expected from the headline :)
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you're right, but local bash in the browser is technically not possible for now. (if you don't hack or bridge the chrome). It can be an emulator or a connector like the secure-shell app by Google in Chrome store. Terminal app provides a free and full terminal with Koding VM.
ChromeOS has something, but I have a feeling that's the browser acting as a window manager and running the terminal from its underlying Linux OS. I do wonder what might be achievable with PNaCl... Not saying what you've done ain't cool! Just wasn't quite what I expected from the headline :)
Earlier quoted context omitted.
you're right, but local bash in the browser is technically not possible for now. (if you don't hack or bridge the chrome). It can be an emulator or a connector like the secure-shell app by Google in Chrome store. Terminal app provides a free and full terminal with Koding VM.
ChromeOS has something, but I have a feeling that's the browser acting as a window manager and running the terminal from its underlying Linux OS. I do wonder what might be achievable with PNaCl... Not saying what you've done ain't cool! Just wasn't quite what I expected from the headline :)