Real Terminal, All Chrome(blog.koding.com) |
Real Terminal, All Chrome(blog.koding.com) |
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/secure-shell/pnhec...
It'll let you run whatever terminal app you like (defaults to SSH w/advanced features like session duplication).
Full disclosure: I am the author of Gate One.
A possible workaround is implementing SSH agent forwarding support in Chrome app. However, you still have to trust remote ssh binary to only do what it's supposed to do while you're connected (i.e. not log your communications, not open secondary channels doing some weird stuff and so on).
Also, it's apparently unpatched since May:
$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 3.9.0-0-generic (root@salt-master.in.koding.com) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) ) #4userns5 SMP Mon May 13 06:15:34 PDT 2013A simple use case would be if you were to teach a class on coding that required a Linux environment to compile C, but the students brought their own laptops, you could
A. Struggle with all the possible laptop configurations and how to install VMs and/or the proper packages on those computers
or
B Use koding.com and have everyone do their projects on koding.com's VM so that everyone can focus on learning instead of configuring.
At the end of the project, you also get the added benefit that the tools used to validated homework and projects will be the same tools used to develop. This was a big problem when I was in school where students would develop on a rogue platform (ie. MS or OSX) and the TAs would compile and run the code on Linux and there would be build errors or run time errors for random configuration problems.
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As for their business model, from what I can tell, they want to first create a universal platform for anyone that wants a linux sandbox to play, code, learn. Then they will charge businesses or universities that want to upgrade to have a lot of access or special VMs.
A free VM I can access with any browser? Awesome.
[1] http://www.google.com/chrome/ [2] http://terminals.classiccmp.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
... my high school hypercard stacks beg to differ...
A new way for developers to work. Software development has finally evolved. It's now social, in the browser and free.
And then throws an error about not being able to connect to the backend.
[edit] Hope it is since nitrous.io seems a bit expensive.
http://wakari.io/ - Focus: Scientific computing and analytics. They also offer a great implementation of IPython Notebook (really, the integration with Anaconda/conda is awesome). It's run by the folks at http://Continuum.io (Anaconda, conda, Numba, IOPro, Bokeh, etc).
http://www.devtable.com/ - A really slick (love the default dark theme) Web-based IDE. The GUI is really nice (minimal--the good kind) and doesn't "get in the way" like some of the competition. They also have lightning-quick deployment of your apps to GAE (the speed at which you can deploy/test your code impressed me). They also have an interesting LaTeX project option which also has instant deployment/testing. Useful because getting the LaTeX tools setup on a workstation can be a real pain (and they're SLOOOOOOW).
I'm not sure how nitrous is expensive. I can't find any ways to give them money right now at all, or even any proposed future pricing. I have a few quibbles with their system, like the way their servers seem to shut down if not used for a couple of days, the ssh sessions disconnect semi-randomly, and no root access to install things that aren't already there, but cost doesn't seem to be an issue.
I have only one real complaint, and it's unique to me. I use a blank page as my new tab page instead of the default, and I could find no way to launch this extension other than setting my new tab page back to the default.
Edit: what's the password for sudo?
1) Use a bookmark. Chrome apps are just bookmarks, after all. If you want to be really clever about it you could even use a (personal, non-social) bookmarking web app like http://bookmarked.us/
2) Install an app that lets you launch other apps. I'm thinking of this one: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/app-launcher/odmpa... (App Launcher)
For what it's worth, I think the level of criticism you're receiving is grossly unfair. However I also don't think you've done yourself any favours here either. You content has been focused on how "cool" this technology is without really focusing on the security of your service. Since this is a hacker forum and since the very nature of SSH is a secure communications channel, it's understandable that people are concerned about this aspect of your business.
However I also think people have gone overboard. This is a typical example of a growing trend on HN for members to dismiss others hard work - after all, it's easier to contribute in a community by offering negative criticism than it is to create content for all to criticise.
Sadly though, even in spite of my issues with the direction this thread has taken and the amount of negativity posted, I do have to agree with the points being raised. So as much as this project interests me and looks innovative, personally I would rather stick with native client running locally. I don't feel you're trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist (sessions can be restored via terminal multiplexers such as screen and tmux and there are already a number of native client terminal emulators available for every OS imaginable). In effect, what you've done is created a product that raises security concerns without offering any real benefits. And it really pains me to say this given my previous rant about the amount of negativity in this thread.
Best of luck though.
I wrote it to solve the problem of, "I need to SSH right now but I don't want to install anything." I've been improving it pretty steadily for about two years now and people seem to like it. I've even got paying customers so it's certainly usable for at least a few people ;)
If you try it and you think it sucks send me a long, detailed ranting email (you can use the feedback form at liftoffsoftware.com if you want). I love em! What's more useful than honest, detailed feedback? I always fix what I can.
I seem to be having some issue registering using my github account though. I suspect this is a load issue?
import os; for x, y, z in os.walk('/'): print x, y, z
http://my.opera.com/vladrodr/blog/2008/11/11/convertir-progr... <-- says it all
Basically, this is just plain awesome. Cheers!
This is already in our Apps section. Just install and use it. Let me know if you like it or something goes wrong :)
Not saying what you've done ain't cool! Just wasn't quite what I expected from the headline :)
if you want to dig deeper (grep for terminal_private_api here):
http://git.chromium.org/gitweb/?p=git/chromium.git;a=commitd...
Yes it is, and I've seen it. It was posted to HN a while (like about a year or two) ago, and could run emacs etc. It was done by emulating x86 in Javascript and then running Linux on the emulator.
Yet in your own site you say: "Stuck on a Windows machine and can’t stand using PuTTY to SSH into work? "
I have to agree with OP, using this for any SSH work would be asking for trouble even if one were to use SSH keys with passwords.
(full disclosure: I wrote Gate One =D )
i already said that. can you serve Gate One as Chrome Extension? No.
Haven't actually laid eyes on the pixel yet, I have a Samung ARM chromebook and I love it. Is the pixel worth the cash? And have you loaded an alternate OS yet?
Right now I'm running Debian Wheezy on my Pixel with a recent kernel that I built myself (the 3.0.whatever kernel Wheezy is on right now doesn't have touchpad support for the Pixel).
The Pixel is only worth the cash if you have very specific use cases. First off, I don't consider it worth the price with ChromeOS at all, so you've got to put a regular distro on it. ChromeOS might be tolerable with cheaper hardware, but for what I paid for the Pixel I just can't stomach it. The hardware itself is underpowered (i5, little ram, runs hot as all hell if you start running a long build or something (seriously, I've burnt myself.)) and has very little storage, so your usage pattern should be lightweight (I've used tiling window managers instead of fancy DEs for years so that is a-okay for me.) The screen is absolutely fantastic; best thing I have ever seen, and the real reason I bought it. The screen is so good that, despite the downsides I've listed, I am very pleased with my purchase.
In short:
Upsides: Fantastic screen. Linus uses one, so shit works. Solid build quality.
Downsides: Expensive, underpowered, can get hot as all fuck.
This is true, my go-to text mode editor (yes you can laugh) nano has Ctrl-O for write-out and that brings up the ChromeOS open dialog instead. It's most irritating.
I might wait for the next-gen pixel then, if there is one. I would like a high-dpi screen and I do usually work on remote systems, but it sounds like there's a problem if it gets that hot when you put any load on it.
So I'll be chilling out in my Lay-Z-Boy with my family watching a kids movie (that we've watched like six times), surfing the web on my phone and lo and behold someone will say something that needs an old fashioned Internet whomping--with references, snide remarks, and lots of puns. The type of thing for which a phone (software) keyboard isn't suited. As in, "I cannot let this person's false statement go unchallenged!"
So I dash to the office ("Honey, where's my super suit?") and I have a choice to make: Un-cable and remove my nicely-mounted (on a cool swiveling arm!) dual-SSD Acer S5 laptop and haul it back to the living room (you know, so I can share the experience with my family =) or I could grab the Chromebook which is conveniently located near the door and has only a single, tiny power connector.
In less than 60 seconds (maybe 30 if I don't grab a drink on the way back!) I will be back in my Lay-Z-Boy, furiously typing away on the Chromebook. Saving the world from the ignorant, shills, and Microsoft fanboys.
> if there is one.
Yeah, that is a big if. I don't have any sort of sales figures for the current Pixel, but I haven't encountered many other people with one... I suspect it isn't selling well.
Load a webpage with just one or two screenshot-sized animated GIFs. Browsers are really bad at this; I wonder how many years it's been since the GIF rendering code was touched in most implementations.
For example, this page: http://imgur.com/a/Htgmq (Animals Staring, SFW)
That'll bring my Samsung Galaxy S4 (a very current quad-core phone) to a crawl but my desktop won't even get the chrome process above 10%. Maybe it's GPU-related? I wonder if Chrome for Android even uses the GPU, hmm...
Hahaha! Have you even used Gmail?
Lots of games (Running Fred, I'm looking at you!) will also peg the CPU at 100%, obviously. Then there's the fact that there's a lot of bad code (JavaScript) out there that does things like downloading 50MB worth of email addresses into an Array :)
Note: You can work around the Ctrl key override problem by opening up any web app via an "application shortcut". Menu-Tools->Create application shortcut.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/crosh-window/nhbmp...
But now, a trick, to make browsers even angrier (which is starting to come up as a use-case in, e.g., forum signatures and avatars):
1. set the GIF to a non-native scale (e.g. width="100" height="100");
2. apply a CSS animation to it, where the CSS animation loops a filter() value on the GIF. For example, filter: hue-rotate() the GIF through a 360 degree cycle every 2s. For maximum pain, apply a filter: blur(). (Warning: this last one may actually crash your browser, or at least cause severe artifacting on random parts of the page. I've been intending to report it to Chrome's bug-tracker for a while...)
I believe this causes as much havoc as it does, because GIFs are always decoded on the CPU, and the results of decoding GIF frames and scaling them to display size are never cached; instead, each time a GIF transitions to a new frame, it writes the frame-delta directly on top of the previous frame's video memory. So, when you apply a GPU-bound filter to a CPU-bound write-heavy texture, you give the GPU's pipeline a pessimal case.