Free Web Operating Systems (WebOS)
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Free Web Operating Systems (WebOS)
These free web-based operating systems allow you to do a wide variety of activities that you normally perform on your own desktop or PC, using only a web browser. The exact facilities provided by such web OSes vary from site to site, but a typical list of features include things like the ability to store files, share files with other users, play music and videos, create documents and spreadsheets, send and receive email, chat or use internet messaging, etc.
You might be wondering why anyone would want to use a Web OS, seeing as how they are not real operating systems. After all, you still need an operating system like Windows, Mac OS X or Linux to run your browser in before you can access these so-called WebOSes. In general, the web operating systems are primarily useful if you want to work from multiple computers, and want to store your documents, email, bookmarks and other files in one place where they can be accessed from any computer. They are also useful if you need to share files with others, store backups of your important files online, or regularly use an Internet cafe.
In view of this, there is some overlap between sites that advertise that they are Web Operating Systems and those that call themselves by other names. If your purpose in using them is for writing documents, so you may also want to check my Free Online Office Suites: WordProcessors, Spreadsheets, Presentation page. Those who want to back up their files online may also want to look at the Free Online Backup, Internet Hard Drive for Offsite Backup page. Finally, for additional file sharing facilities, you may also want to explore the Free File Storage Hosting page. The criteria for whether a site is listed on one of those other pages or on this page is sometimes a bit arbitrary, so give the other pages a look as well if you're hunting for such a facility.
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Free Web Operating Systems (WebOS)
- eyeOS Web Desktop, Web OS and Web Office
eyeOS provides an online desktop where you can store your files and perform other tasks. It has an office suite (word processor, spreadsheet, presentation) that supports MS Office and OpenOffice document formats, an email client, a proxied FTP client, an RSS news feed reader, a PIM, calendar and contacts manager, customizable desktop, the ability to run multiple instances of an application, upload multiple files to your online desktop, a file synchronization facility for Windows, Mac and Linux, the ability to create user groups to share your files, add desktop widgets (eg the calendar) so that you can see the latest things you need to attend to at a glance, games, calculator, text editor, etc. The entire system is open source, and you can even download the application to your computer and set up your own web OS.
- StartForce: Web Desktop
StartForce provides you with 5 GB of storage for your files on your web desktop, an instant messenger for MSN, AOL, Gtalk and Yahoo, and the ability to share your files with others.
- Ghost Cloud Computing, network storage (formerly G.ho.st)
(Update: Ghost Cloud Computing will be closing on 15 March 2010, and may already be closed by the time you read this.) Ghost Cloud Computing (formerly G.ho.st) provides 1 GB of file storage, an instant messenger, MP3 player, internet radio, an office suite, photo editing, games, an RSS news feed reader, clock, weather, calculator, email, a browser (no kidding, a browser within your browser, but one that can store your bookmarks and cookies), the ability to share/publish your files, etc.
- Jooce
(Update: I think this service is gone. I have not been able to reach it for some time now. For those who want to try, the original domain was "jooce.com".) Jooce allows you to share your photos, documents, music, and videos, watch videos, listen to music, play games, chat (with MSN, Yahoo!, AIM and ICQ), engage in social networking, store your files online, etc, from a customizable online desktop. Apart from your private desktop, you also get a public desktop, called joocetop, that is accessible to others. Files may even be imported from Youtube. An email client is apparently in the works as well.
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