WEB CULTURE

Central Cloud Desktop 

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Cloud computing is a concept that we never really thought was a good idea. We know a lot of people love the concept of storing information out “in the cloud” so that you can access it from anywhere in the world, regardless which PC you’re using.

We guess what has always concerned us about it is security. Don’t we already have enough bits and bytes of ourselves floating around in cyberspace already – easy enough pickings for hackers that want our social security number or credit card information. So, why increase the volume of personal information streaming through the ether? We're not judging anyone that has adopted the cloud mentality – We think it’s convenient and a cool concept. It’s just that we guess the security trade-offs are too great for us.

With that said, We really like the convenience of the cloud concept, and one area where we feel it could be put to good use is right inside the family home/church. Consider what it would be like if anyone in your family/members could log into any computer in the house/church, and access the same central computer system – each person with their own file storage space and desktop setup. Well, by using a cloud desktop solution called eyeOS, you can actually set up such a central “cloud” desktop server right in your home/church.

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Not a Real Cloud – A Church/Home Cloud

This concept is more like a “contained” cloud. You are only creating an environment that is accessible from inside your church/home, on your own church/home network.

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If you think about it, the idea of this is kind of nice. You can have a cheap laptop with hardly any hard drive space. So long as it has decent RAM and a good browser – you can log into your “computer” and start taking advantage of the processor speeds and storage space of your honking home/church server.

Your home/church setup may look something like the image below. The only prerequisite is a decently-powerful server – this can be a tower PC, so long as there’s lots of RAM, a screaming processor and plenty of drive space.

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