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Pure JavaScript Unix-Like Web Based OS

Posted by Zonk on from the java-and-unix-sitting-in-a-tree dept.

slummy writes " JS/UIX 'is an UNIX-like OS for standard web-browsers, written entirely in JavaScript (no plug-ins used). It comprises a virtual machine, shell, virtual file-system, process-management, and brings its own terminal with screen- and keyboard-mapping.' If only you didn't need an OS to run the web browser on."

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  1. They stole MY idea !!! by The+MESMERIC · · Score: 0, Troll

    I've been thinking about this for over 2 years.
    But I've never publicized or implemented it though :(

    (It would be based on FluxBox .. so all the DHTML would be there, oh and it would work on Konqueror/Opera/Firefox/IE)

    The desktop menu would be translucent (perhaps use an IFrame for IE but PNG for the rest).

    And you would get all the little things like calendar, notes, email, and sessions would be saved on a cookie.

    When I realized the utter complexity (and in a way futility) of the task .. I just kept procrastinating.

    Stuff like that is good to do if you have a LOT of free time in your hands (or people don't keep giving you deadlines).

    Oh and then there was GrannyOS (another vapourware) that I sometimes dream about doing.

    IF you don't act on an idea soon, the Unconscious will tip someone else.

    PS: If anyone wants to have a go at the Javascript Desktop OS - contact me, 2 people are easier. I got a fake "boot-up" script working
    (Detecting this .... [ok], Detecting that ... [ok] like PLD-Linux booting up)

  2. Re:Why is this in the Java topic? by mattgreen · · Score: 0, Troll

    Maybe it is because the link posted is about as useful as Java is. :)