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Web Based Operating System

World Wide Web is a small word which revolutionized the whole world. Without this thing now people find themselves as impossible to live. World Wide Web is called as a system which is interlinked with documents accessed through the internet. In order to get access to all these documents you need to have a web browser. World Wide Web is shortly called as “WWW”. This model was first introduced by an institution called CERN in the year 1980. From those days, this technology started developing; modern ways were formed to make the internet and World Wide Web have everything. Recent revolution in web technology is Web Based Operating System.

You might have listened about home based operating system used in the computer, where you store files, carry out various programming operations and watch movies. Only problem you have with this manual operating system is: you need to carry all your files present on your system to another system using a storage medium. This problem of carrying files is solved using Web Based Operating System.
These operating systems are being made by firms which have a reputation in Internet. Google Chrome has a Spartan interface which looks like OS and allows you to carry operations like your system. Microsoft, known for desktop publishing has announced that it is going to launch web version of Microsoft Office and make it available for free.

http://www.eyeos.org is a good place for using Web based OS. This site is free for use and it allows you to sign up for free. Once you sign up you will be given access to an area which looks like your home based operating system. Some of the common desktop applications like calendar, word processor, contact manager, RSS feed are available in this website. When you save documents then they will be uploaded to eye OS server. In this website you will come across a green eye button which looks like windows vista start page button. This button is a short cut for system settings. G.ho.st is another powerful and colorful Web based OS. Once you sign up in this website, you will be allocated a 5 GB space for storing files online. You will also be created a new G.ho.st email account. This site also has a button which resembles windows vista. This Go button will help you in getting access to features and programs of web based OS.

Another powerful web based OS is http://www.desktoptwo.com. This is a java based web operating system which allows you set up a quick user account. Applications offered by this OS are more advanced and resemble your own operating system. It allows you to carry out various blogging applications and word processing events. This website has a web site editor, which allows you to post blogs of your interest. Though this OS is strong, it has few basic problems of loading. The server sometimes runs slow and will not be able to store online documents.