EyeOS - Cloud based OS

[Imran Farouk]

So...I stumbled upon this whilst trying to figure out how to build my own cloud servers...

http://eyeos.org/en/

It's what Google is, I'm thinking, aiming to do with their Chrome OS. Web based OS. The cool thing is they've got a free look at it.

Powerful stuff it can be when used right...it's got some basics on it already,

chess, media, spread sheets and word processor is already on there to name a few things...

Just thought I'd drop a note about it
:biggrin5:

 

[Stephen Gentle]

Well, it's not really what Google are doing with their OS since their operating system is actually an operating system - it's a Linux based OS that runs a special modified version of Chrome. It still an actual OS, with drivers, a scheduler, bootloader, C libraries, a filesystem, and so on. Of course, the big difference between Chrome OS and a normal operating system is that it is designed to only run a web browser, but under the surface it is extremely similar.

EyeOS, while still being pretty cool, is more of a desktop environment written in HTML and Javascript (as well as the server side, which was PHP when I last looked). It still requires an operating system running a web browser to use it.

 

[Imran Farouk]

Though Google's would also require an internet connection right? As would this, EyeOS could take a leap forward but its the issue being that I guess their funding must be limited as well as the thought of competing with these other OS's doesn't appeal as much, let alone trying to get manufactures on board.

I do want to see what Google brings but obviously it'll probably stick with the netbook market as far as it all goes. The only appeal of EyeOS was the idea that its a universal system that I was thinking of having locked on some computers, so boot up into the EyeOS environment.