eyeOS

[somabc]

http://wiki.eyeos.org/images/a/a8/1.8.5Illustration6.png

 

This looks like an interesting idea, your 'OS' lives in the cloud (or at least a remote server). The good thing is it is open source and you can run it on your own server. I have installed it on a low powered Ubuntu server and it runs pretty well. Requires Apache/PHP5.

 

eyeOS - Cloud Computing Operating System | Web Desktop - Web OS - Web Office - your files and applications everywhere

Setup eyeOS At Home - eyeOS Wiki

 

Ubuntu Server

 

sudo tasksel install lamp-server
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/eyeos/eyeOS_1.8.6.2.tar.gz
tar xzvf eyeOS_1.8.6.2.tar.gz
sudo cp eyeOS /var/www
sudo chmod 777 -R /var/www/eyeOS

 

Open a web browser to http:///eyeOS

[EduTech]

I have this running at the moment, not published it LIVE to anyone yet.. but hoping to at some point in the new term very good! and it works!

 

James.

[russdev]

I have seen it not played with it yet but could be very useful.

 

Russ

[Gatt]

eyeOS doesn't like WAMP 2.0i cos it uses PHP 5.3 and eyeOS wants 5.2.x

[tmcd35]

Looks interesting. Does it support RDP? Can I publish TS apps to the eyeOS desktop?

[russdev]

I don't think you can as it is linux based.

 

Russ

[somabc]

Looks interesting. Does it support RDP? Can I publish TS apps to the eyeOS desktop?

 

Afraid not its really just an interactive web page pretending to be a desktop. You could perhaps write your own programs for it though.

[CyberNerd]

I don't think you can as it is linux based.

 

Russ

 

It is actually php based

[clarky2k3]

Afraid not its really just an interactive web page pretending to be a desktop. You could perhaps write your own programs for it though.

 

Its good, we use it here. There is a website eyeOS Apps where people have created there own apps and themes and they also work very well.

[russdev]

It is actually php based

 

Sorry my mistake hmm wonder if will run on vps..

 

Russ

[localzuk]

I've seen this concept before, had accounts at a couple of sites which went bust trying this out. Problem is that whilst it looks fancy, I don't see the point.

 

I can do most of that already just using Zoho.

[Gatt]

for anyone interested I have a demo up here

username / password => demo/demo

[Sylv3r]

I guess this is now something else we need to be looking our for at schools. As I suppose it will allow students to access games and access to unsuitable sites.

[Gatt]

Erm yes and no - the web is accessed within eyeOS via the browser you use to login to eyeOS with - if that makes any sense? so they will still be forced out via the usual proxy settings already in place...

[Sylv3r]

Erm yes and no - the web is accessed within eyeOS via the browser you use to login to eyeOS with - if that makes any sense? so they will still be forced out via the usual proxy settings already in place...

 

Thanks for the explanation.

[localzuk]

Erm yes and no - the web is accessed within eyeOS via the browser you use to login to eyeOS with - if that makes any sense? so they will still be forced out via the usual proxy settings already in place...

 

Unless someone clever comes along and creates a version with php doing the proxying...

[Gatt]

Unless someone clever comes along and creates a version with php doing the proxying...

 

Probably, but surely content filtering software such as Smoothwall would block any php based proxy's?

[localzuk]

Probably, but surely content filtering software such as Smoothwall would block any php based proxy's?

 

That all depends on how it is presented to the content filter.

[Nanawel]

Hi,

 

eyeos doesn't like WAMP 2.0i cos it uses PHP 5.3 and eyeos wants 5.2.x

This will be fixed in the next release.

eyeos is supposed to require PHP 5.x.

 

Sorry my mistake hmm wonder if will run on vps..

It should. Why would it not?

 

I've seen this concept before, had accounts at a couple of sites which went bust trying this out. Problem is that whilst it looks fancy, I don't see the point.

 

I can do most of that already just using Zoho.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but working on Zoho is working on Zoho's server. Working on eyeos is working on YOUR server. Same applies to Google Docs. While it may be a tiny difference for you, it will be the key concept for some organizations and companies (and also a lot of geeks ^^).

 

Now, about the proxies: with the current default version you CANNOT use eyeos to bypass your restrictive proxies/firewalls. So you just need to have a squidguard in your school for example, to prevent any child from accessing unauthorized websites or services.

 

Then, it is possible to install a special PHP proxy on your server to better control and interact with the browsing (directly save images to your account without saving them first on your local computer for instance). Those services are not bundled with the default system but proposed to organizations (schools first) that want this kind of feature.

 

Tiny detail: even though the browser (eyeNav) is subject to the same restrictions as the "real" browser on your local computer, the FTP client uses the eyeOS server to access and manage remote only using HTTP between you and eyeos. This means you can access your FTP server from a HTTP-only restricted area and download/upload files to it.

 

 

If you need more information: eyeos.org / forums.eyeos.org

 

Thanks!

 

 

Anaël - eyeos.org

[localzuk]

Now, about the proxies: with the current default version you CANNOT use eyeos to bypass your restrictive proxies/firewalls. So you just need to have a squidguard in your school for example, to prevent any child from accessing unauthorized websites or services.

 

Then, it is possible to install a special PHP proxy on your server to better control and interact with the browsing (directly save images to your account without saving them first on your local computer for instance). Those services are not bundled with the default system but proposed to organizations (schools first) that want this kind of feature.

 

Tiny detail: even though the browser (eyeNav) is subject to the same restrictions as the "real" browser on your local computer, the FTP client uses the eyeOS server to access and manage remote only using HTTP between you and eyeos. This means you can access your FTP server from a HTTP-only restricted area and download/upload files to it.

 

Ok, so the default code doesn't allow it but you know what kids are like... it won't take them long to hack their own version.

[Nanawel]

Ok, so the default code doesn't allow it but you know what kids are like... it won't take them long to hack their own version.

 

No. I mean then the problem is with your proxy settings, not with eyeos.

The eyeNav browser is just an iframe, so it's like opening a new tab in your local browser (with some additional features actually). If you can find a workaround with it, it means your proxy/firewall settings are wrong.

[Gatt]

@Nanawel - first - welcome to EduGeek!

 

I managed to get eyeOS working with WAMP after installing a PHP 5.2.x

 

I am interested in using this at our school as they want to teach about Open Source, - is there away to import users from either AD or CSV?

[Nanawel]

@Nanawel - first - welcome to EduGeek!

I am interested in using this at our school as they want to teach about Open Source, - is there away to import users from either AD or CSV?

 

Unfortunately there is no "easy" (= direct) way to do this, but this is exactly what a we are planning to add for one of our customers. More precisely the CSV import system.

Once developed (before october), the result will be released in Open-source so it should be directly included in the default release.

 

In the meantime, you can use an old but useful tool: massAccount.

 

We are planning to focus our efforts on the educational domain for the 1.x serie. So next releases should be more and more adapted to schools. Stay tuned!