Comments on: Glide OS – A web based free operating system

By: Cloud Security Guy

Cloud Security Guy — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:27:09 +0000

Glide’s GDrive presents tough competition for other online data storage services. The GDrive doesn’t have the same kind of upload limits as other providers, like Google, and offers better user privacy protection… Plus it’s ad-free.

We at the ccskguide.org take a look at the security issues surrounding cloud computing and help prepare candidates for the CCSK Cloud Security Certification. Check out our blog post on Glide OS:
http://ccskguide.org/2011/01/glide-os/

By: Diabolic Preacher

Diabolic Preacher — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:46:45 +0000

As far as I’ve observed, Webtops (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webtop) have been around kinda longer than when “cloud computing” became the buzzword. The other OS I was trying to recall was eyeOS (its on the wikipedia list..and without Flash). The author(s) of desktoptwo have supposedly opensourced the apps and the platform, but I’ve not found further references on where the code is published.

Lots to happen on this front for sure :)

By: Sharninder

Sharninder — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:14:24 +0000

Well, this is just the beginning in my opinion and developers are still experimenting with what they think the future of the desktop will look like. Right now most interfaces just mimic windows or linux and in the future they might look like what you’re saying.

By: Diabolic Preacher

Diabolic Preacher — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:47:20 +0000

There were quite a few attempts like desktoptwo.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DesktopTwo) and one other that I hope to recollect later. What I prefer is for individual apps to have their own sites like office suites, multimedia players/editors, IDE’s and so on combines with a single-sign-on. Requiring flash just to have that desktop like instant responsiveness is sorta bad excuse in the day of ajax and jquery/other similar front-end frameworks.

What do you say?

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By: Kitkat

Kitkat — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:11:36 +0000

A web based OS like Chrome OS is great. But without internet connection, the machine seems to be useless. It might be a success in future but certainly not now. Especially in Malaysia, where not all places have internet coverage and expensive data plan is being sold.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:46:10 +0000

I agree, the day I switched off of Outlook and onto Gmail was the smartest day of life (well almost).

Yes, we shall see…

By: Sharninder

Sharninder — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:06:39 +0000

Yes, it does look promising. Remember the time when everyone wanted their email on their own desktop and pop3/imap ruled. With gmail and the other web based email services, that is one aspect of my digital life that I was only too happy to ‘offload’ to the cloud.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:59:23 +0000

Thanks for the clarification ;)

Yeah, I’ve got too many other programs need to run. I’ll be watching these new systems develop though, I’ve been getting more “virtual” with everything and has been easier and easier.

Thanks again.

By: Sharninder

Sharninder — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:51:25 +0000

Glide OS is not windows so it won’t run programs written for Windows that you already own. If you’re looking to replace windows as your OS, I don’t think this is for you. At this point, I think Glide OS is a concept that’ll really come into it’s own once they release something like an SDK for it. Imagine the possibilities when you can have applications specifically designed for it like the iPhone.