Filed under: Internet, OS Updates, Web services, Open Source, web 2.0
Set up a DIY cloud OS on your LAN with eyeOS MiniServer
It really doesn't get any easier to create a DIY server. Download and run the executable, tick a couple checkboxes, and it's ready to go. Other machines on your network can access the server by opening http://hostname:8080 in a supported browser - Firefox, IE, and Chrome all worked nicely.
The usual basic apps are available: web browser, rss reader, bulletin board, contacts, calendar, word processor, calculator, and notepad. There's even a basic chess game.
Unfortunately, the available version is a bit old. Nevertheless, it's still an incredibly easy way to set up a server to provide the system-in-a-browser experience on your own LAN or WAN. It's very light on resources all the way around: the server only used about 11mb on my Vista x64 machine, and there wasn't a significant increase in Firefox's footprint when running the OS in a tab.
If you're after a bit more information, you can check the MiniServer forum on the eyeOS site. It is, however, largely inactive at this point. Download links in this post point to Brothersoft, as I was unable to find any active links on the eyeOS web site.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
DWes said 7:18PM on 1-09-2009
My head is swimming from how senseless this is. Open a web browser, log into a server, open a web browser on that server and use the remote web browser to browse? All of the inconvenience of the cloud with none of the benefits?
Reply
whiskey said 4:04PM on 1-11-2009
yup... You have to think though that this would be geared towards say a dumb terminal running Morphing Morphix Kiosk without any firefox chrome...
James said 4:43PM on 1-09-2009
Where did you get the Mario FF theme?
Reply
Pau said 9:24PM on 1-09-2009
I highly recommend to download & install the new version (1.8) since this one is pretty old. Installing a new version is as easy as installing a web server + php (or a package including all like xampp or app-serv) and eyeOS on it. Instructions on the eyeos wiki - wiki.eyeos.org.
Reply