Desktop

Infrastructure

cloud sandbox

SHOW HN2024

50points
7comments
#1,294of 3,515 in 2024
Top 37%of 2024 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.

Idea: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful for isolating AI-generated code from employee machines

    From 1 comment
    • I had to dig around the docs but here is what I understand: AI generates code that will perform "zip all files", but that could be dangerous because "rm -rf *" running on…
      pizzafeelsright on HN

Objections

  • Purpose unclear from the landing page and docs

    From 1 comment
    • I spent 2 minutes and I still don't get the purpose of this project. What should I do? What is the interesting part about this? It is using terms like "Desktop", "Sandbox",…
      orsenthil on HN

Requests

  • Clearer explanation of concrete use cases

    From 1 comment
    • Thanks, looks cool. XFCE is an excellent choice. It's also my daily driver. Could you shed light on ab actual use case for this? I think I'm not seeing the elephant in the room…
      bubblesnort on HN

Questions

  • What is the actual use case?

    From 1 comment
    • Thanks, looks cool. XFCE is an excellent choice. It's also my daily driver. Could you shed light on ab actual use case for this? I think I'm not seeing the elephant in the room…
      bubblesnort on HN

Alternatives named

  • Qubes OS

    From 1 comment
    • I don't understand your logic. Zip and rm are different commands or functions. However, I understand this could be an easy way of doing Qubes OS without Qubes OS.
      bubblesnort on HN
  • Windows cloud desktops via Parsec-style streaming

    From 1 comment
    • We are building a similar thing but with Windows environments. If you need Windows, shoot me an email to victor+borg.games No public SDK yet, but our client is a fork of old…
      lostmsu on HN

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