Andrew Imeson Web Developer

eyeOS – Cloud Computing Operating System

This week I tried out eyeOS and was amazed at it. No, it’s not Linux. eyeOS is a browser based OS that is written mainly in Javascript, PHP and XML. All you need is a web server with PHP and the other basics. As far as Programs go it has a nice little browser, text editor, FTP client, chat client, word processor, and lots more. In the examples below I have my browser in full screen. To do this press F11.

The eyeOS web browser is ok, it displays webpages in an iframe. It has a bookmark side bar which is nice.

I like the word processor that it comes with, it reminds me a little but of tinyMCE. It can save files as .ODT, .DOC, and  its own little format .EYEDOC.

And finally the FTP Cleint. The eyeOS FTP client is similar to filezilla. It has an easy to use host manager, and seems to work well.

No, I don’t think eyeOS is going to take the Operating System world by storm, but it sure is an amazing service for certain uses, such as when you are on somebody elses computer and need FTP but don’t want to use windows explorer, or install an FTP client then eyeOS could be very usefull. There is also a program for syncing files from you computer to your eyeOS desktop. To find out more go to eyeos.org; to test out eyeOS you can go to eyeos.info and create an account.