Written on Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:25:46 +0000 - Last updated on Wed, 12 May 2010 07:00:15 +0000 A journal entry in the development of the Warrahoperating system, dated February 5, 2010.
Warrah
concept
The core concept of Warrah is that it is a hybrid between traditional desktop operating systems and web operating systems such as EyeOS. The concept is similar to Google Chrome OS, but different, in that the user retains control of their machine instead of simply using it as a dumb client.
Warrah is fundamentally a web server. The web server portion of W...
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Written on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:18:50 +0000 - Last updated on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:54:33 +0000 A journal entry in the development of the Warrahoperating system, dated February 8, 2010.
Warrah
application format
In Warrah, applications (aka "services") are zip files with an extension
.app. The name that shows up in Warrah's file manager is actually a name specified in the application's configuration, but the true file name (minus .app) is what Warrah uses to identify the application. This is the "service name" part in a Warrah service URL.
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Written on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:42:25 +0000 - Last updated on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:54:10 +0000 A journal entry in the development of the Warrahoperating system, dated February 12, 2010.
"Editions" of Warrah
Developed specifically for the Internet environment, Warrah will be developed in 2 editions:
- Desktop edition: contains the Warrah executive plus a Chromium-based user interface, sitting on top of a minimalist Free Software kernel (Linux or BSD)
- Server edition: contains the Warrah executive, meant to sit on an existing...
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Written on Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:48:20 +0000 - Last updated on Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:51:21 +0000 A journal entry in the development of the Warrahoperating system, dated April 1, 2010.
Motivation for Warrah
OS
Web/Internet in the OS
The Internet and the Web are real prevalent in today's world. People all over the world are connected through it. Warrah is a new breed of system - expressly designed to interconnect with other computers. Since Warrah aims to exclusively use open standards, it can connect even with users of other kinds of system.
W...
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Written on Wed, 12 May 2010 06:53:21 +0000 - Last updated on Wed, 12 May 2010 06:55:58 +0000 rah - 4/23/2010
A journal entry in the development of the Warrahoperating system, dated April 23, 2010.
Available Software
Frontend
Chromium
Chromium 5+ appears to be a kiosk mode, which shows the browser in fullscreen without any browser chrome.
GUI
JQuery UI will likely be used. Some form controls are not available in the current version so they will need to be reimplimented:
- Toolbars
- Split Panes
- Ri...
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Written on Wed, 12 May 2010 06:56:13 +0000 - Last updated on Wed, 12 May 2010 06:57:01 +0000 A journal entry in the development of the Warrahoperating system, dated May 5, 2010.
Coding begins
Coding on this project has begun. The beginnings of the executive has been authored. Right now it can deal with browser requests and run applications. It still needs work though.
Usage on traditional OSs
The Warrah executive was originally planned to run by itself as its own system. However, the design of Warrah inherently allows it to exist inside a traditi...
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Written on Wed, 12 May 2010 07:00:00 +0000 - Last updated on Wed, 12 May 2010 07:33:15 +0000 A journal entry in the development of the Warrahoperating system, dated May 11, 2010.
Progress
Progress is being made on the prototype executive. This prototype version can be found at the following URL:
http://experimental.eightzees.net/Warrah/
Currently, applications can be launched (through the console) and basic dialogs are implemented.
It will not yet work on Windows.