Skylight OS For Linux

Skylight OS is an independent, professional, open source, easy-to-use, flexible, versatile, free and very fast web-based operating system that comes with a dozen of interesting features, such as a file save and file open dialogs, as well server-side file systems for all users.

Key features include a Main Menu that allows the user to easily and quickly launch his/her favorite apps, built-in notification system in the style of NotifyOSD from the Ubuntu Linux operating system, and a JavaScript terminal emulator that allows users to easily and quickly run various commands inside the system.

The OS comes pre-loaded with a control panel from where you can set various useful settings, such as wallpaper, notifications, or to add additional users, a web browser, a file manager that allows you to save files from the Web to your local filesystem, as well as a system tray area that includes a clock and other essential system functions.

To run Skylight OS you will be to have a capable web server, such as Apache or nginx. Download the archive from Softpedia, extract it on your computer and upload the files to the root of your web server or on a specific folder that you need to create prior to proceed further. Then, you can point your favorite web browser from your preferred operating system to the location of the Skylight OS installation (e.g. http://example.com/ or http://example.com/skylightos/).

The Skylight OS project is written in the JavaScript and PHP server-side scripting languages. It is available for download for free on Softpedia, as a universal sources archive that must be deployed on a web server. Both 32-bit and 64-bit instruction set architectures are supported at this time.