Webvm: Virtual Machine for the Web

Post by apignotti » Wed, Nov 20, 2024, 9:06 AM UTC

JoshTriplett wrote: post #40

apignotti wrote: post #39

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We don't currently expose an API to integrate custom block devices, although it could be possible. We provide an integrated backend based on HTTP byte ranges that can work on any standard compliant HTTP server. See here for more info: https://cheerpx.io/docs/guides/File-System-support#block-dev... CheerpX is indeed proprietary, but free-to-use for individuals and open source projects. We do want to see the community…

> We don't currently expose an API to integrate custom block devices, although it could be possible. I was thinking more about arbitrary custom devices, like custom network drivers (e.g. to connect to a server-side virtual network rather than tailscale) or custom filesystem drivers at either the block or FS layer. > At this stage we believe that keeping CheerpX proprietary serves our growth plans the best, this could…

Post by abixb » Wed, Nov 20, 2024, 9:43 AM UTC

    # Version mismatch: 
    The install version of node.js I had (v12.22.9) was too old to meet the project's requirements (>= 18.13). 

    # Version check before install: Used the following to check version to verify before proceeding ahead with building it:
    node -v
    npm -v

Post by sharperguy » Wed, Nov 20, 2024, 9:49 AM UTC

James_K wrote: post #6

Sad to see Linux turning into a web app. I thought they'd be smart enough to avoid this sort of trend. Hope they continue to support the desktop version.

Post by NikhilVerma » Wed, Nov 20, 2024, 10:31 AM UTC

apignotti wrote: post #24

doctorpangloss wrote: post #22

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I've heard about CheerpJ and your Flash solution too. You guys pump out a lot of pretty sophisticated web middlewares. Supposing people were fully aware of your technology, which application do you think would have the highest yield to be ported to your portfolio of middlewares?

We envision virtualization of corporate internal apps to be of the most interesting markets in the short-medium term. CheerpJ has been very successful in this segment for quite some time already. CheerpX can be seen as an alternative to Citrix, at least for some use cases. In the longer term we plan to get unmodified Docker containers to work with CheerpX, including exposing REST APIs to the local Web app. We have al…

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Nov 20, 2024, 11:27 AM UTC

smusamashah wrote: post #42

Some other VMs that run in browser https://copy.sh/v86/ https://bellard.org/jslinux/ https://jamesfriend.com.au/pce-js/ ( https://github.com/jsdf/pce ) https://www.pcjs.org/ (lots of hardware and OSes) ( https://github.com/jeffpar/pcjs ) https://infinitemac.org/ ( https://blog.persistent.info/2023/03/infinitemac-dot-org.htm ...) https://jamesfriend.com.au/projects/basiliskii/BasiliskII-wo ... https://jamesfriend.com.…