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darkghost
November 12th, 2006, 06:54 PM
Maybe I'm the last one to know about it, but here is a link to the latest project of Mr Duval , the creator of Mandrake/Mandriva Linux :

http://www.ulteo.com

It's based on Kubuntu, from what I've read, and it should be a Linux based on their server , that u can reach through browser from any connected PC...

Seems very promising.

Dark

MedivhX
November 12th, 2006, 07:11 PM
Seems very shi**y... Won't be popular, I guarantee...

PriceChild
November 12th, 2006, 07:44 PM
Still confused as to what it actually is.. except being more friendlier to new users.

maniacmusician
November 12th, 2006, 08:47 PM
It's a linux distro that you access through a web browser, it seems. Open up firefox, go to the site, login, and get a linux environment?

MedivhX
November 12th, 2006, 10:17 PM
LOL! What an idea!!! I could never load it with this slow net...

darkghost
November 12th, 2006, 10:56 PM
It's a linux distro that you access through a web browser, it seems. Open up firefox, go to the site, login, and get a linux environment?


Yes this is the idea. I don't really know how successful this can be. But it seems interesting to see what it looks like.
Unfortunately, no screenshots and no iso to download yet.

Uhm...I think it would be cool to be on holiday, find a pc connected and load your os, but it might be slow if you dont have fast connection, and privacy is also a concern...

Redache
November 12th, 2006, 11:06 PM
It's brilliant for people who have no computer knowledge and just have Windows or Mac Os and have no idea how to burn an ISO/Boot from a CD to even get to Live CD point. All they'd have to do is log onto the website and they have an instant Linux desktop.
Pretty nifty.

maniacmusician
November 12th, 2006, 11:47 PM
wish i'd known about it sooner; I would've gone for that alpha testing

Patrick K.
November 13th, 2006, 12:00 AM
wish i'd known about it sooner; I would've gone for that alpha testing

Same here, I jump for test builds.

futz
December 10th, 2006, 06:55 AM
An interview with Mr. Duval about Ulteo:
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/12/08/2240242

sanderella
December 10th, 2006, 05:07 PM
Very interesting. It sounds like the kind of distro I could use. Most things in Ubuntu are way over my head. I'll keep an eye on it.

Frak
December 10th, 2006, 05:18 PM
Hasn't YouOS (https://www.youos.com/) been doing this for years?, exept you can reach it from any computer, without downloading it, burning something, or waiting for it to boot up?(just sign in to your account) and what about oszoo.org (http://www.oszoo.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page)? (maybe because they let you use any distro, but for only two hours then its auto restarted...)