Huh? Web Operating Systems? Yeah that’s right! Now even a noob should be aware what the heck Cloud Computing means and that Web OS must be something on the Cloud… or more precisely something that resembles an OS on the Internet.

It’s been years before the industry has somewhat finally arrived at a much mature from of Virtualization with several virtualization products released being used at the enterprise level.

Web OS is defined as a virtual desktop somewhere on the internet which is not bound to one physical location and in effect you carry your desktop anywhere you go. It’s different from something called remote PC access which is actually accessing your PC that is bound to one physical location and which can be accessed through network after proper authentication and softwares that do the work.

Here are some of the top web Operating Systems that are making headlines especially after all the craze for Netbooks for which OS which are located on the net are ideally suited.

1) iCloud

iCLoud comes loaded with anything you find on a normal desktop: most common apps like email client and browser chat client and of course online storage of up to 50GB with a sleek file browser and other utilities.

Features:

Online Storage: Familiar interface, Files can be managed through Windows Explorer as well which is really handy.



Productivity Tools: Calendars, which can also be shared, nice email app, MS Office compatible Word editor and personal manager.

Entertainment: iPlay which is a great Audio player. Movie player where you can organize all your favorite Youtube and MetaCafe videos. Photo Organizer which sharing capability

All in all, it’s one of the best web OS and that’s why it tops the list here

Here a video that explains more:

2) JoliCloud

JoliCloud is primarily targeted at Netbooks and hence comes packed with almost everything a net-savvy geek would require. You can easily install in on your favorite netbook and it has a ready support for connectivity hardware like WiFi, Bluetooth and 3G modems. The call the personal desktop your ‘homebase’



It comes packed with pretty much everything! You have Facebook, Skype, Gmail (you can try other email clients too) , Twitter and my favorite Google Reader. What else you would need on your netbook?

The best thing is that you can live-sync updates from your netbook to your JoliCloud homebase whenever you are connected to the internet. And if you’re wondering if your netbook’s hardware has support issues, you can always check the support hardware list here.

Here is how some of your favorite apps feel like on JoliCloud:





The great thing is that you can use Zoho apps on JoliCloud and they work perfectly fine as the Zoho Writer in the screenshot above.

3) eyeOS

eyeOS can be installed on Netbooks as well as can be used at the organization level by installing it on the server. It’s yet another beautiful internet OS with a decent design and loaded with all the necessary apps you would require. You can create your own account which will create a personalized desktop on the Internet for you which can then be accessed from any machine with internet.

Here are the screenshots of some of the cool apps running on eyeOS.

Address book:



Productivity app:



App manager:





eyeOS is OpenSource and there are many different flavors available and the eyeOS has a buzzing developer community

5) Cloudo

Cloudo is yet another internet OS but they like to describe it as a webservice that can run all your favorite web apps on the cloud for you which in effect is same as an Internet OS. I really like Cloudo’s interface.

Cloudo comes packed with all of your favorite apps and you can not only access your Cloudo desktop from PCs but also from a mobile phone!

