Is there a cloud version of Puppy Linux?

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kenshen · #1 Post by **kenshen** » Mon 12 Jul 2010, 17:33

is there a cloud version of puppy linux that does not run in a browser?

nooby · #2 Post by **nooby** » Mon 12 Jul 2010, 19:22

I thought cloud and browsers was how it usually are set up.

Are you thinking of Splashtop and other such BIOS set ups?
Do you know any OS that have cloud without using the browser?
They maybe named it Thin Client or such but it still is a browser is it not?

kenshen · #3 Post by **kenshen** » Mon 12 Jul 2010, 19:30

well i heard the next edition of windows was supposed to have a cloud based kernel so if its possible with windows 8 is it possible with puppy

#4 Post by **Flash** » Mon 12 Jul 2010, 20:28

I think there is a way to boot Puppy over a network. I don't see how you could run an OS from the "cloud" without already having at least a minimal OS running in your computer, that could access the internet and communicate with the server that is running the "cloud" OS. The more I think about it, the less useful it sounds.

kenshen · #5 Post by **kenshen** » Mon 12 Jul 2010, 22:05

well how do you guys think they are doing it with eight ?

`f00 · #6 Post by **`f00** » Tue 13 Jul 2010, 00:27

same old same old, likely a tarted-up appliance to connect and ms-ridden ui. It'd probably 'boot' a whole lot faster

it doesn't need to call home since it never leaves - my guess is the pirates will laugh this one off once they pound a few clients as proof of concept. On the plus side, the server should be easier to keep updated and the hwr can be just as disposable.

Seriously, hwr that's on a link is only as secure as the link and Gibson's still working on his latest.. (but he does think rather highly of appliances like pads).

kenshen · #7 Post by **kenshen** » Tue 20 Jul 2010, 13:58

sorry for bringing back an old thread but is there a way i could do this my self

since windows is moving that direction i figure i wanna see a prof of concept

#8 Post by **Flash** » Tue 20 Jul 2010, 14:36

Your question is too vague to answer. Do what? What exactly is it you want to do?

kenshen · #9 Post by **kenshen** » Tue 20 Jul 2010, 15:12

`f00 wrote:same old same old, likely a tarted-up appliance to connect and ms-ridden ui. It'd probably 'boot' a whole lot faster it doesn't need to call home since it never leaves - my guess is the pirates will laugh this one off once they pound a few clients as proof of concept. On the plus side, the server should be easier to keep updated and the hwr can be just as disposable.

nooby · #10 Post by **nooby** » Tue 20 Jul 2010, 16:23

Maybe one get what Kenshen wants if one follow this older thread?

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=42207

I don't have the knowledge nor motivation but wanted to sort things out.

what the words refers to in this thread.

WillM · #11 Post by **WillM** » Fri 20 Aug 2010, 18:12

It is possible to boot an OS from this site:
http://boot.kernel.org/.
I booted an Ubuntu 9.04 ISO, and also managed to install Fedora13 to disk from that site.
They use the program gPXE from etherboot.org, that is burnt to a CD or USB then booted.
Once booted there are only a few operating systems listed.

In something somewhat related to this topic. In the Ubuntu repository there is a program called Testdrive. Mainly it is used to download nightly builds of Ubuntu and run them in Virtual Box. However there is a menu entry to direct Testdrive to the ISO of any OS.
It couldn't find the ISO for Puppy 5.1, but it did download and run Puppeee.

kenshen · #12 Post by **kenshen** » Sun 22 Aug 2010, 18:13

so we know it is currently possible to net boot but how would apps be handled

technosaurus · #13 Post by **technosaurus** » Tue 24 Aug 2010, 00:10

basically what you need is pup'ngo + bareview (based on gtkmozembed - part of seamonkey up to 1.1.19) or firefox/opera in fullscreen kiosk mode and point the links to the site of your choosing.

to differentiate for different cloud apps you can make symlinks for the appropriate names and make the icons/menu entries as
Exec=googleword http://www.google.com/google-d-s/documents/
where googleword is a symlink to bareview (or a script that starts the browser in bareview mode)

or you could skip all of that and use something like the puppy web desktop and set up jwm (or another light wm) to run it maximized with no titlebar
http://pupweb.org/desktop/
(I haven't updated it in a while so some links are probably broken by now - feel free to borrow/fix any code you want to make it better)

kenshen · #14 Post by **kenshen** » Wed 25 Aug 2010, 02:43

how do i make a symlink that points to a web address

technosaurus · #15 Post by **technosaurus** » Wed 25 Aug 2010, 07:08

it would be easier as a script really

google-docs.sh

Code: Select all

#/bin/sh
defaultbrower https://docs.google.com/

zoho-sheets.sh

Code: Select all

#/bin/sh
defaultbrower http://sheet.zoho.com/?home

and so on and so forth

normally you would just make corresponding desktop files in /usr/share/applications but why bother - just run everything from the browser

if you make all of your scripts with a certain extension then you can run them from the browser

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sorry

kenshen