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Why to Use G.ho.st Virtual Computer
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3 minutes and 18 seconds
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Israel
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English
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silviaflorez on Aug 22, 2009
Explanatory video of G.ho.st, a virtual operating system which is the result of a rare collaboration between Israeli and Palestinian developer teams on both sides of the infamous West Bank separation wall.
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- G.ho.st has been asking people like you
- how we can use the web to make personal computing more fun,
- more secure, and more flexible.
- Meet Emma.
- Emma has a PC she uses at work,
- a Mac she uses at home
- and she recently bought a small netbook
- which she uses at coffee shops.
- She also has a mobile phone,
- which includes a small browser.
- She really likes the convinience of using these different devices at different times.
- She's able to get her emails on other devices using Gmail,
- and has some of her photos accessible on Flickr.
- But... she's really confused about where to store the rest of her files,
- and spends too much time emailing files to herself.
- Emma also finds it very annoying to worry about backup, antivirus, and installing software updates.
- Meet Ethan. Ethan is a student.
- He often uses shared computers in his college,
- and uses internet cafes when he travels.
- He finds Yahoo Mail convenient, and uploads some photos to Facebook.
- But... he misses having a desktop of his own.
- Everytime Ethan uses a new computer
- it takes him a few minutes to sing in to all the websites he uses.
- and even then, it doesn't quite feel like it's his own computer.
- Ethan keeps files in a USB drive.
- But last month he lost a USB flash drive
- with some treasured documents and photos.
- So, both Emma and Ethan use different devices at different times.
- Webmail and web photo services have given them a partial solution
- to access stuff from different devices.
- But they still have many of their files offline,
- and spend too much time on administration tasks.
- There is a risk that they could loose files,
- and they're also wary that their files could fall into the wrong hands
- through a virus, or physical theft of the computer.
- Emma and Ethan told G.ho.st they'd be much happier
- If they could access all their stuff on just one single web page
- from any internet browser in the world.
- That's why we developed the G.ho.st virtual computer.
- We store your preciouss files in a secure, professional data center at Amazon.com
- with 24/7 professional administrators.
- Your G.ho.st virtual computer includes your own desktop inside a webpage,
- and the state of your desktop,
- like windows open, is remembered between logins.
- Your virtual computer also includes a lot of cool, free web-based applications
- like an office suite which is compatible with Microsof Office,
- photo editors, and media player which are also accesible from any computer.
- You can login to your virtual computer in seconds by typing
- G.ho.st
- in any browser in the world.
- or G.ho.st/m in a mobile phone
- and access your desktop in exactly the state you last left it.
- The G.ho.st virtual computer is free of charge
- because we get money from the service providers
- who want to offer you cool services.
- So, now Ethan uses G.ho.st for all his computer needs.
- His desktop, files, and programs are all inside G.ho.st.
- Emma still uses her Mac at home,
- but uses G.ho.st sync to synchronize all her files
- so that they're available on G.ho.st when she uses her netbook or mobile phone.
- Also, Emma has shared some music with Ethan,
- and Ethan has interesting photos which he makes public using G.ho.st.
- So G.ho.st is about freedom.
- the freedom to have someone else, someone professional,
- take care of securing your files, installing software,
- and doing backups and antivirus.
- The freedom to do whatever computing you want.


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