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I'm just waiting for EyeOS 2.0 (http://eyeos.org/) to come out. Look at the preview of EyeDocs (http://blog.eyeos.org/2009/10/09/introducing-eyedocs-2/) ... and with the right configuration it can save OpenDocument files.

Best of all...it's self hosted!

I'm just waiting for EyeOS 2.0 (http://eyeos.org/) to come out. Look at the preview of EyeDocs (http://blog.eyeos.org/2009/10/09/introducing-eyedocs-2/) ... and with the right configuration it can save OpenDocument files.

Best of all...it's self hosted!

How about an entire php multiuser webbased OS?

I keep one going on my server, and it actually is very nice.

There are many free Web OS (as I understand them) out there. For example, EyeOS at http://eyeos.org/en or this other: http://www.oos.cc/login.html YouOS https://www.youos.com/ (now closed :( ) and one from the MIT whose URL I can't recall now... These project are 2 or more years old. If the new Web OS is just this old concept, I think like they're just shouting buzzword (again).

take a look at http://eyeos.org/ and tell us what do you think

With the proliferation of cloud-based applications, it's only a matter of time before someone offers a browser-based virtual desktop in the cloud. Once someone hacks into some server up there, they have physical access to the machines for all intents and purposes.

You're looking at G.ho.st or EyeOS.

Why nobody talks about moving the entire OS to the web?

Access from everywhere! No backups! No administration!

There are many examples live and kicking:
G.ho.st
EyeOS
YouOS

There are more, but I liked these the most.

OK, here you go: EyeOS

75. The computer-accessible medium as recited in claim 74, wherein receiving said given client request according to said web services protocol includes receiving a document encapsulated according to a version of Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), wherein contents of said given client request are included in said document and formatted according to a version of XML.

Actually, I spent about 5 minutes using YouOS and was disgusted. It seems like a novelty item, not something that you can actually put to use. Besides, Online Operating Systems aren't really anything new. There are several out there.EyeOS seems better than YouOS... no pun intended?

Check it out eyeOS, its open source also :)

YouOS has been around for a while, and it's part of a growing trend of online desktops (I refuse to refer to them as "Online OSes", because they're simply a desktop page that launches programs, an alternative to Explorer at best).

If you're interested in this area, check out also:
FlyaKiteOSX
the 30Boxes Webtop
EyeOS
Computadora (in Spanish, even though .de ?)
Goowy (it's in Flash though)

And of course, because this is Slashdot, I couldn't go without mentionning that Google is probably preparing their own, since their recent focus on releasing equivalents of desktop applications online (Notes, Excel, Word, Calendar, Picasa, etc) :)

This is pretty similar to EyeOS ( http://eyeos.org/ ), which runs on any web server and lets you use apps (IM, RSS, web browser, games, etc) in it, change the background etc. I've got this running on my web server, and if nothing else it's great when I want to check the /. RSS while away from home :P

YouOS is just sounds like a rip off of eyeOS.

Other people are pointing out that this theory is flawed in that Google needs to get into hardware architecture or you always need an internet connection to do work, etc, but I don't think it's so far fetched. I'm always connected to the internet. It would be great if google made an online OS that runs in any modern browser. It doesn't have to be a huge leap from what they offer now either. Just a way to organize all of your gmail services and consolidate them into one "desktop." Have big buttons for gCalendar, gMail, gSpreadsheet, gWord, search, etc and have the ability to drag and drop stuff from e-mail to calendar for instance and it would be enough for me and probably millions of other people. eyeOS is already working on a desktop for the web.

Links to the various sites mentioned:
Xin
YouOS
eyeOS
goowy
Fold
Orca

Just to add to the url links, here's an interesting looking project:-

http://www.eyeos.org/

What about eyeOS ? It is still in beta, but it might be a revolution: http://eyeOS.org

Opera might me standards-compliant with ECMA, and that means it has less features in the language then Firefox and IE (stuff like designMode which is vital for proper real-world apps).

Give EyeOS a try. It shows some decent real-world apps.

http://www.eyeos.org/