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Re: Real Terminal, All Chrome

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Post by nacs »

WRNZ wrote: post #60
josephg wrote: post #43

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The intermediate, untrusted computer (in this case koding.com's VM) can read my password.

This isn't really the intended use case, sshing from your Koding VM to other servers. However the VM we give you is yours - you have root and full control over it, if there is something on there to capture your passwords then you put it there :) (We are not the NSA)

"This isn't really the intended use case, sshing from your Koding VM to other servers"

Yet in your own site you say: "Stuck on a Windows machine and can’t stand using PuTTY to SSH into work? "

I have to agree with OP, using this for any SSH work would be asking for trouble even if one were to use SSH keys with passwords.

Re: Real Terminal, All Chrome

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Post by wetmore »

Theriac25 wrote: post #70
fka wrote: post #26

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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.

> local bash in the browser is technically not possible for now. Yes it is, and I've seen it. It was posted to HN a while (like about a year or two) ago, and could run emacs etc. It was done by emulating x86 in Javascript and then running Linux on the emulator.

You are probably referring to the work of Fabrice Bellard?

http://bellard.org/jslinux/

Re: Real Terminal, All Chrome

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Post by skybrian »

Nursie wrote: post #39
jlgreco wrote: post #28

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For whatever it is worth, I found ChromeOS's to be trash. I used it for a weekend on my Pixel and found it very unpleasant to use. If your environment isn't restricted such that a terminal in browser is really your only option, I don't know why you would do it that way. I don't see the use.

The one that's normally available (crosh) is pretty awful, yes. The dev-mode shell available by typing "shell" in crosh is more normal. All I really want it for is ssh anyway. If anything more hardcore is needed it gets rebooted into Ubuntu mode. Haven't actually laid eyes on the pixel yet, I have a Samung ARM chromebook and I love it. Is the pixel worth the cash? And have you loaded an alternate OS yet?

If you're running the browser think you might want this instead: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/secure-shell/pnhec...

Re: Real Terminal, All Chrome

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Post by Theriac25 »

wetmore wrote: post #72
Theriac25 wrote: post #70

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> local bash in the browser is technically not possible for now. Yes it is, and I've seen it. It was posted to HN a while (like about a year or two) ago, and could run emacs etc. It was done by emulating x86 in Javascript and then running Linux on the emulator.

You are probably referring to the work of Fabrice Bellard? http://bellard.org/jslinux/

Yes I am, thank you for the link!

Re: Real Terminal, All Chrome

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Post by farslan »

Karunamon wrote: post #51
charlesju wrote: post #24

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They are providing an easy way to create a sandbox to code or learn to code. 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 pro…

Indeed, this fits my use case to an absolute tee right now. I'm trying to pick up Rails, and doing anything related under a Windows environment is downright painful, and I'd rather not dualboot just to get into "work mode". A free VM I can access with any browser? Awesome.

Koding Dev here. There is also a Rails app that let's you create Rails instances very easily! Look at the screenshots here: https://github.com/fatih/RailsDashboard.kdapp

This is already in our Apps section. Just install and use it. Let me know if you like it or something goes wrong :)

Re: Real Terminal, All Chrome

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Post by farslan »

redthrowaway wrote: post #66
Karunamon wrote: post #51

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Indeed, this fits my use case to an absolute tee right now. I'm trying to pick up Rails, and doing anything related under a Windows environment is downright painful, and I'd rather not dualboot just to get into "work mode". A free VM I can access with any browser? Awesome.

Why not spin up an Ubuntu VM in VMware or virtualbox? I'm not knocking the koding terminal, but "I want a Unix environment without dual-booting" is a fairly standard VMware use case.

Spinning up a Virtualbox, especially on a machine with low resources unfortunately is a kill. Besides the Terminal, Koding has features like private Groups, Collaboration, Online editor and so on. That means once you create and begin to use a VM, you can access it from everywhere without any hassle with just one login!

Re: Real Terminal, All Chrome

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Post by fka »

wetmore wrote: post #72
Theriac25 wrote: post #70

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> local bash in the browser is technically not possible for now. Yes it is, and I've seen it. It was posted to HN a while (like about a year or two) ago, and could run emacs etc. It was done by emulating x86 in Javascript and then running Linux on the emulator.

You are probably referring to the work of Fabrice Bellard? http://bellard.org/jslinux/

This is an emulator. Not a real one. This 'looks like a terminal'

Re: Real Terminal, All Chrome

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Post by fka »

Gnewt wrote: post #54

I am so, so tired of all this Koding spam. I've seen spam from multiple accounts (one of which was fka, who now admits to being a dev) on both HN and Reddit.

Am I spamming? I am trying to answer questions individually. And yes I am one of the devs.
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