CollabVM: Difference between revisions

'''Official VMs''':

 

 

There are other sites running the CollabVM software that also run other operating systems, like MS-DOS, Windows 98, Debian, etc, and soon, users will be able to host their own VMs with their own operating systems (this has been already done). The site is powered by Guacamole and [[CollabVM Server|collab-vm-server]]. The site features a chatroom, where users are able to type messages to each other. The purpose of the chat is to share ideas on what to do on the virtual machine, although it can be used for pretty much anything. When you login to the website, you are given a generic, [[guest|anonymous guest name]] (typically guest(string of 4-6 numbers)). Server owners can recompile the server with a different name, so it may be different depending on the CollabVM site you're using. You can change your name if you so desire (by clicking the "Change Username" button) or you can leave it as the default guest name.

 

CollabVM 0.01 (originally named "Browser Computer") started in July 2014, as a fun experiment. Instead of a virtual machine, it ran in an actual, physical machine running Windows 95, with a basic node.js script to simply connect to a VNC Server that was running with no password. This version did not have turns - if there were more than 2 users on the VM at once, they would have to use the chat to collaborate or try and fight for control. The page in question was also not hosted on [http://computernewb.com/ Computernewb]. The project was later reconfigured to connect to a remote QEMU session due to people constantly turning the machine off, closing the VNC Server, or destroying the machine. It was fairly unpopular, with only around 5-6 unique people controlling it every 2* weeks or so. The project was closed off in November 2014, but would later be reborn in February 2015.