







Yet another Windows XP in the browser, but with a File System and comes with it, Programs.

The operating system: should there be one?
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“As a Windows user, it’s a very surreal way to install a program.” – Unsung
A blog about software craft and quality

Basic | The Personal Computing Platform
We build products, tools, and standards to make computers more personal.

Computer Files Are Going Extinct
Technology services are changing our internet habits

Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces
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syxanash/awesome-web-desktops
Websites, web apps, portfolios that look like desktop operating systems
ProzillaOS | Web-based Operating System
ProzillaOS is an open-source web-based operating system inspired by Ubuntu Linux and Windows made with React.js by Prozilla.

Plan B: an operating system for ubiquitous computing environments
The conventional approach for building pervasive environments relies on middleware to integrate different systems. Instead, we have built a system that can deal with these environments by exporting system resources through distributed virtual file systems. This requires no middleware, simplifies interoperation, and permits applying general purpose tools to any system resource. A constraint-based file system import mechanism allows the system to adapt to changes in the environment and permits users to customize the environment and tailor adaptation according to their needs. The system has been in use for over a year to carry out our daily work and is underlying the smart space that we built for our department
RDP in the Browser: Remote Desktop Without Installing a Client | Pangolin
Access Windows desktops through a full RDP session rendered in the browser, with clipboard, file transfer, and standard RDP features. Users need only a web browser on their side.

Hello, Operator!
Part of the WonderOS project, this is presented as the operating manual that would come with the reader’s first machine running WonderOS. It is an exercise in exploring how people familiar with mainstream personal computing devices and systems would become computer literate in an itemized environment. It is written as though the reader is familiar with today’s mainstream operating systems, and is exploring their first itemized OS.
Surge Browser — User Cooperative
Explore and download Surge Browser, the people's web browser. Chromium core. Gorgeous display. Equity for clicks.


WinFS, Integrated/Unified Storage, and Microsoft – Part 1
People have been bugging me to write about Integrated Storage for some time, and with Bill Gates having just disclosed that failure to ship WinFS was his biggest product regret now seemed like a g…

Cerulean
Cerulean is one of the most feature-complete Bluesky clients for desktop, packaged in a powerful, native UI that's very light on resources. Supports Windows 98 and up.