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I had a similar idea when I was in 6th or 7th grade of making an "OS in the browser" but back then I was a noob little kid with no skills, the best I got was a lockscreen and an app drawer like that of Firefox OS (remember that?). Seeing this fully realised is very satisfying to me. Great job!
Glad that you like the ArozOS project :)
I still remember Firefox OS as a mobile OS instead of a full desktop interface, and it is also one of the design concepts I studied before I started working on this system. This is the reason that I implemented the web desktop for mobile in ArozOS as well.
I guess now you should have the required skills to make your own "OS in the browser". Maybe you can consider give it a go again after all these years?
Haha I wish! Now that I have enough skills to figure out how to build it, I don't get enough free time π . I tried building an actual OS from scratch using an awesome tutorial by Phillip Opperman but it was too much work. Maybe if I get super excited about this again I might give it a go. Until then I might just find some hobbyist OSes and contribute to them.
We shall see!
Wow, I have been working on a web based desktop environment for almost a year and Im really surprised this is the first time I see your project.
This is my project by the way
Glad that you finally notice this project XD
I have been following a few web desktop projects (including your project of course) on Github & dev.to for quite some time. I am amazed by your idea to move Linux GUI application to web interface. I am looking forward to see your implementation as well as new updates on your designs. :)
Thanks, that means a lot. π
This is neat! I started a similar project at least 3 times but never finished one. Kept getting distracted by the hardware aspect because I'm bad with UI and wimped out. My use case was an RPi with 8" touchscreen as a frontend to an Intel i7 NUC... in my truck. Music, GPS/nav, ODB2, internal and exterior cams, wifi hotspot, video calls, lighting, plus integration with my various ham gear. Hopefully, I'll get back to that project one day!
Your system sounds more powerful than mine! Looking forward to your sharing after it is finished :)
it would be interesting to list the tool you used. Or do you write all by yourself?
Yes, I write it all by myself through out my 3 years journey of developing this system. You can find the source of all the WebApps in my repo.
It is awesome by the way
Hi Toby,
This is pretty amazing.
I do have a question about this though. I looked for a license but could not find one. I see here on dev.to that you refer to yourself as an open-source developer so I assume you mean for ArozOS to be open source? If yes, will you add a license to your GitHub repo so that anyone who seeks to contribute might know what they are contributing to?
This link explains how to assign a license:
docs.github.com/en/github/creating...
BTW, I also created an issue on your repo asking the same:
github.com/tobychui/arozos/issues/57
Hi! First of all, as an open source developer, sometime I do make things that is close source :P
For the ArozOS project, as you can see, all source code are available on Github for anyone who want to read it (and hence the "source is opened" ). There is a section in README that explains the usage requirement / license of this system. Feel free to contact me via email or telegram if you have any inquiry of using this system for any other use cases other than those listed in README.
Hi Toby,
Thanks for the quick reply.
Hmm. I assumed you knew the definition of open-source already βΒ especially being a student in CS βΒ maybe your university does not cover it?
Please forgive me in advance if you do already know this, but your reply makes me think maybe you do not?
So there is well known definition of "open source" and you can find it here on the Open Source Initiatives website. Unfortunately while having source be readable is necessary, it is not sufficient to qualify a project as "open-source":
opensource.org/osd
In a nutshell being "open source" refers to the type of legal license you provide for your source code that allows users to freely modify a work, use said work in new ways, integrate the work into a larger project or derive a new work based on the original.
Here is the list of licenses that are currently recognized as open-source:
opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical
Given your stated usage terms ArozOS would sadly not be considered open-source by the OSI's definition, which AFAIK is pretty universally accepted.
Why do I care? I have a project called Launch I am developing designed to provide a super easy way to run Docker containers without having to even know anything about Docker:
github.com/gearboxworks/launch
When I saw AroxOS I thought Launch would be a great tool to help you let other people easily run your solution without having to figure out how.
Of course our motivation would be that everyone who used Launch to run ArozOS would of course end up with Launch installed on their computer.
However, for software where the license in unclear there is too much legal liability for me to wrap your software and distribute it via our Launch repository. That is why I wanted to know if you planned to license it as open source.
If you do decide later to license it with one of the established open-source licenses please do reach out to me via email at mike at newclarity.net because I think there could be some real synergy between our two projects, assuming you are looking to make it really easy for people to try it and/or use it (which I assume you do since you wrote this article.)
Whatever the case, you've created some pretty amazing software. Kudos!
-Mike
P.S. We have not started a public push for Launch adoption, but plan to soon. Also, our Launch source code is not currently on our repo but will will release it and license with an OSI-approved license once we reach 1.0 and really start promoting it.
Hi Mike, thanks for your detail explanation. This is just a simplified reply that I post on dev.to. Please proceed to your GitHub issue to see the full reply regarding the license issue. We are looking forward to cooperate with you if you are interested in using this project for your business and we can make a great deal out of it :)
Thanks!
Well, is really amazing all your work there, will be great if someday a NAS hardware maker use your OS on his devices and pay you for support and next releases.
Thanks! I think I will switch to full time dev if that really happens :)
Awesome!
Thank you!
This has been something I've been thinking about. Really interesting on how you implemted it. Any plans for future features or changes. Just curious.
I am thinking of supporting IoT devices (as a control hub) as well as cluster features for redundant file storage across different hosts. But feel free to share your thought by creating an Github issue. I would love to hear your ideas as well :)
I did something once. It's small but could add to ideas you'll come up with to standardize IoT support in ArOZ: github.com/dystopiandev/remoffice-...
I wired an Arduino UNO to a multi-channel relay board (as a sample IoT control gateway), then I linked the UNO to a RPi3B over I2C, which I interacted with from a Node.js backend over a Vue-based interface.
ArOZ is a wonderful concept with gorgeous aesthetics!
Thanks so much for you sharing!
I have checked your Github repo and seems you have done something similar of what I am working on. In ArOZ, it use something similar to your design but instead of I2C + Arduino, it use WiFi with ESP8266. I have uploaded some alpha testing code on Github over here and named it Home Dynamic v2
github.com/tobychui/Home-Dynamic
Maybe I will write a new post sharing my design concepts on this IoT system later.
OMG!
I can't even think of doing an OS (done by many many people) all by myself π
OS is just beautiful & you are really brave to attempt & do such a thing.
Best of luck.
I am a little lost here , As I am still green horn at systems programming ....I wan to ask if it is an OS written in go that sits on a web server or a Webapp that's interfaces with a desktop or laptop ....or probably I am asking the wrong question ...someone help
This is an Online System that reproduce a native desktop environment on the web.
awesome,
Thanks!
Bro! I checked out your repo! Totally loved the Whole OS. I must say I am impressed and you got me there.
Thanks! Glad that you like this OS. Hope this project can bring you some insight for you next projects :)
Just a Small suggestion, If there was a easier to remember name for the OS it would have been great. I literally forget the name everytime, maybe it will take some time for me to register.. ha ha but anyway thank you for the gr8 work!
Definitely!
This is amazing
Thanks!
I could not imagine the amount of man hours you put in it. Good effort
Thanks! I can't count how many man hours I put into this project but I do put a lot of my free time improving this system so as to fit my own needs XD
This is awesome! I wanted to create a GUI for file management on raspberry pi once but never got to do it. I'll be keeping an eye out for this project.ππΏ
Glad you like this project :)
For Raspberry Pi, there are quite a lot of different options for file management like the golang file browser project. You can take a look at them if you only need a file browser instead of full desktop experience.
This is brilliant work, Toby! Keep up the good work <3
This is so cool!
Incredible work. Quite the undertaking, but seeing the end result of your work is pretty inspiring.
Thanks! Hope this project can inspire you some new insights on your own projects too :)
This is a Brilliant work. Awesome!
it looks cleaner than Chrome Os <3
This is so cool! Really awesome work ππ»ππ»
Thanks!
It's amazing and overwhelming, how did you approach such a large project, I can't even think on how to start something like this.
It starts small (just a few hundred lines of PHP code), then I add things that I want into it during my free time between lectures (and also use it to automate some of my daily works). After years of tiny improvements it grow this large, which is kind of unexpected :D
Impressive
Kudos man! Great work.
Awesome! π₯π₯
Love it!