Eyeos As the Cloud Computing Working Together IBM and Eyeos Are Making Available a Sample Virtual Linux Desktop Workload for the Solution Edition for Cloud Computing
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INTRODUCTION To The Web Operating System Submitted By: - Vijay Soni V Sem. (Computer Engineering) Govt. Engg. College, Ajmer Written in : PHP, XML, JavaScript Platform : Cross-platform Available in : Multilingual Type : Web Operating System License : AGPL Website : http://eyeos.org Introduction : WebOS and Web operating system are terms that describe networnetwonetworkrkk services for Internet scale distributed computing, as in the WebOS Project at UC Berkeley, and the WOS Project. In both cases the scale of the web operating system extends across the IntInternet,ernet, like the web.. “More generally, WebOS refers to a software platform that interacts with the user through a web browser and does not depend on any particular local operating system ” In a way the term is a misnomer, because it doesn’t mmeeanan a ‘real’ Operating System in the traditional sense - like Linux or Windows. A better term is probably ‘Web Desktop’… WEBTOP is another name for WebOS… What Is EyeOS? eyeOS is an open source web desktop following the cloud computing concept that seeks to enable collaboration and communication among users. It is mainly written in PHP, XML, and JavaScript. It acts as a platform for web applications written using the eyeOS Toolkit. It includes a Desktop environment with applications and system utilities. It is accessible by portable devices via its mobile front end. These services turn the desktop into a service that runs on the Internet rather than on the local computer. As these services include a file system and application management system, they increasingly overlap with the functionality of a traditional desktop computer operating system From a technical point of view, eyeOS is a platform for web applications, created with the idea to make easier the development of these applications. Nowadays there are many web related technologies such as PHP, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, and it is required to know a lot of languages and understand a big number of concepts to create web applications. Furthermore, each web browser interprets this code in a different way and each version and PHP configuration behaves slightly different from the rest. EyeOS seeks to satisfy these problems and some others derived from the web development, offering to the programmers a homogenous platform for their web applications, using only PHP and Javascript delegating to the system the resources management, the communication with the browser, the security, etc… Basic structure of eyeOS : The platform is created over a client-server architecture, where eyeOS is the server and the client usually is a web browser. Cloud Computing Cloud computing is Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software,software, andand information are p rovided to computers and other devices on demand, liklikee the electricity grid. Cloud computing is a natural evolution of the widespwidespreadread adoption of virtualization, Service - oriented architecture and utility computing This frequently takes the form of web -base d tools or applications that users can access and uusese through a web browser as if it were a program installinstalleded locally on their own computer Some of the larger IT firms that are actively involvinvolveded in cloud computing are Fujitsu, Micro soft, Hewlett Packard, I BM, VMware, NetApp and Dell. Cloud Computing Is a Service o IaaS - Infrastructure as a Service o PaaS - Platform as a Service o SaaS - Software as a Service History : The first publicly available eyeOS version was released on August 1, 2005 as eyeOS 0.6.0 in Barcelona (Spain). At the time, it greatly participated in creating the definition of a web operating system and acted as a concept. Quickly, a worldwide community of developers took part in the project and helped improve it by translating, testing and developing it. After two years of development, the eyeOS Team published eyeOS 1.0(on June 4, 2007). Compared with previous versions, eyeOS 1.0 introduced a complete reorganization of the code and some new web technologies, like eyeSoft, a portage-based web software installation system. Moreover, eyeOS also included the eyeOS Toolkit, a set of libraries allowing easy and fast development of new web Applications. With the release of eyeOS 1.1 on July 2, 2007, eyeOS changed its license and migrated from GNU GPL Version 2 to Version 3. Version 1.2 was released just a few months after the 1.1 version and integrated full compatibility with Microsoft Word files. eyeOS 1.5 Gala was released on January 15, 2008. This version is the first to support both Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org file formats for documents, presentations and spreadsheets. It also has the ability to import and export documents in both formats using server side scripting.[7] eyeOS 1.6 was released on April 25, 2008 and included many improvements such as synchronization with local computers, drag and drop, a mobile version and more.[8] eyeOS 1.8 Lars was released on January 7, 2009 and featured a completely rewritten file manager and a new sound API to develop media rich applications. Later, on April 1, 2009 1.8.5 was released with a new default theme and some rewritten apps such as the Word Processor or the Address Book. On July 13, 2009 1.8.6 was released with an interface for the iPhone and a new version of eyeMail with support for POP3 and IMAP. Features : File Sharing Platform With eyeOS you can manage and save your files with a synchronitzatoin between your computer and a virtual network drive connected with eyeOS.. • Fast access to your information from any device with a web browser; • You can create workgroups, managing user profiles and groups to facilitate collaborative work between them; • Blackboard to send messages between users and members of your groups; • Work collaboratively with the same document at the same moment • Allows an eyeOS platform to connect with the end users outside the system by allowing any eyeOS user to share his/her files with everyone, getting a simple URL for any file which should be shared; • Files links can also be sent via e-mail; • Files can also be shared with a password protection and only for certain groups of users; The Base Applications eyeOS comes by default with applications to create and work with Office files (with a word processor and a spreadsheet program), calendar, diary, email (with POP3/IMAP support) and much more. EyeOs aims to be a great stable suite for comfortable online work, both individually and with other users simultaneously. Better, Easier Development Making eyeOs 2.0 applications is easier than ever. The GUI (graphical user interface) is completely implemented in JavaScript, and the system is based on OOP (object-oriented programming) and can be expanded or modified by adding classes and methods. The new store methods (GenericDao) allow you to save and retrieve data from the database transparently: it is not necessary to know SQL. Creating RIA (rich Internet applications) is easy and fast. Now eyeOS is a framework that combines JavaScript and PHP: there is no quicker and easier way to create a RIA. RIA Framework EyeOS is not only a web desktop with its own valuable applications; it has been designed from the beginning to enable easy development and creation of new applications. EyeOS 2.0 is the perfect development framework for quick and easy creation of rich Internet applications. It has been completely developed with open technology and widely accepted standards such as PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, log4php, PHPUnit, OpenOffice and others, enabling the system to function on a common web server without any modifications, and using any standard browser without any additional plug-ins installed. Open Source It is simple to access the EyeOS code, because it follows an open development model with a public SVN, version control system, which tracks the development of the project. Furthermore, all of the EyeOs code is documented so that you can start using it from day one. Develop Easily Learning to program in EyeOs is quick and easy. And once it is done, you don’t have to worry about the system at all! Thus, it is very easy to create an application. EyeOs has been designed as a totally extensible system so that anyone can create an application using PHP and JavaScript and integrate it into the system. Its free software model and free license mean that the software can be adapted without problems. EyeOS as the Cloud Computing Working together IBM and eyeOS are making available a sample virtual Linux desktop workload for the Solution Edition for Cloud Computing. Clients who choose to the eyeOS sample workload can: • Accelerate the learning process for cloud computing with an open source software workload. • Understand the anatomy of cloud images the contain operating systems, middleware and applications. • Increase the speed to value for the Solution Edition for Cloud Computing. Extras : Ublquity : Access your documents, files and applications from anywhere and any device. Flexibility : From the small business to the big corporation. Also for individual use. There is an eyeOS for you! Integration : The eyeOS architecture makes easier and faster the integration of any web application that you use Slmpllclty : From its first steps. eyeOS has been planned and created to be intuitive and easy to use. Collaboration : Share files and edit them in a real-time collaboration suite with other users. Privacy : Decide where your files are: You can have your own eyeOS server! Security : Control your eyeOS. You are who manage roles and permissions for each user. Low costs : All in one in a single platform: the best way to optimize time and resources. Structure And API : For developers, eyeOS provides the eyeOS Toolkit, a set of libraries and functions to develop applications for eyeOS. Using the integrated Portage-based eyeSoft system, one can create their own repository for eyeOS and distribute applications through it.