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G.ho.st an acronym for Global Hosted Operating SysTem is a service which provides an free online OS, storage space and an email account.

I’d checked this service out and found it a pretty good concept, which allows you to upload your files to your online storage space, work on them on their Virtual Computer and save the changes online. The apps which this Virtual computer provides are pretty cool, since they’re all online services. The spreadsheet and document editor are actually Zoho’s apps which are embedded here. This service uses Amazon’s EC2 and S3 services behind the covers to provide the virtual machines and the storage space.

The only problem I see with these online OS services is the requirement for decent bandwidth to access these. These services tend to crawl on slower lines, rendering these really useless. But then if someone gives me 3GB space free, why should I complain !

G. ho.st (“ghost”, the Global hosted operating system) provides a free and complete Virtual Computer (VC) service, including personal desktop, files and applications, available from any browser. G.ho.st is the world’s first and only true open Web Operating System (Web OS), working seamlessly with leading third-party web applications. The G.ho.st VC delivers a mature computing environment to every person, which is free of charge, available everywhere and admin-free. The G.ho.st VC service is available at http://G.ho.st.

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Link: G.ho.st