Ghost (G.ho.st) - Virtual Computer (in Off-topic)

1 - What is G.ho.stﾮ?

G.ho.stﾮ, pronounced ghost, is the Global Hosted Operating SysTem that provides a free and complete Internet-based Virtual Computer (VC) service, including personal desktop, files and applications, available from any browser, anywhere. G.ho.stﾮ is written with dots in order to make it into a valid web address (URL).

2 - What is a Virtual Computer (VC)?

A service which behaves just like a computer (with a desktop, file system, applications, etc.) but that is not physically installed on any one computer but instead is hosted in a professional data center on the Internet and is accessible from any Internet browser.

13 - How much file storage do I get? The G.ho.stﾮ VC comes with 15GB of free file storage. More storage will be available soon via different promotions or for a modest monthly fee.

22 - If your service is free, how do you make money? G.ho.stﾮ may take a fee from service providers whom you access through the G.ho.stﾮ desktop at no cost to you. For example we get a percentage if you search Google on the G.ho.stﾮ Browser and click on a sponsored link. G.ho.stﾮ may in the future take a fee from users for certain value-added services but we have a long term commitment to providing you with a high quality fully functioning Virtual Computer for free and will only charge users for services over and above a fully functional Virtual Computer, for example for extra storage.

G.ho.st Main Page Check out the Guest account to see how it runs.

If you sign up, if you want, use my referral address 'smallpau1'.

For the promotional code, use launch to get an extra 10GB storage.

Can also add me as a buddy once you get started using the name as well! Send me a request.

Lol I signed up for this literally just before you made this post. Where do I enter the promotional code? I know it's launch, but I couldn't find a place.

After you verify your account through your email, it'll ask for account info, and I think page 2 will ask for the promo code and referral name.

What would you use something like this for?

I was going to use it to backup my music, but it ended is lagging my pc. You could also use it say at work or school and access blocked sites like FB and Youtube.

This looks like a great opportunity to make a Web OS that is based completely on HelloKitty or Voltron or something, but instead it's some kind of silly productivity suite, boooorring!

Well, that's kind of cool. I might have a use for it later on - I like being able to access my stuff from anywhere.

I find it kind of hilarious that its already a file sharing platform, though.

Done. The referral code section appears after creating the login. I made sure to enter your name to give you the extra 5 gigs of porn storage productivity storage.

>;)

What makes this different from the 759437589475938 other web desktops out there?

Amount of space I'm sure is the main difference.

Ok, I'll give you that

I didn't know we had the technology to do things like this yet......

neato!

How much space do you have now smallpau? Is it 5GB per friend? lol =P

Bwahaha, Paul won't be happy until he's up to 400gb of storage.